Nestor Paiva

Nestor Paiva

Nascimento : 1905-06-30, Fresno, California

Morte : 1966-09-09

História

Nestor Paiva (June 30, 1905 - September 9, 1966) was a prolific American actor of Portuguese descent who portrayed the innkeeper on Walt Disney's live-action television series Zorro by ABC and its feature film The Sign of Zorro which was shot in Burbank's Walt Disney Studios. Nestor appeared in motion pictures and television shows from the 1930s to the 1960s such as Get Smart, Bonanza, I Spy, Family Affair, Gunsmoke, The Beverly Hillbillies, and The Addams Family. In 1943, he played the Italian Major in the 20th Century Fox wartime movie Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas. He played the part of Lucas (the boat captain) in the 1954 horror film The Creature from the Black Lagoon starring Ben Chapman as the title monster; Paiva would reprise this role in that film's sequel Revenge of the Creature the following year. He appeared in more than 250 movies. Paiva married in 1941 and had two children, Joseph and Caetana, who appeared with him in the 1956 movie Comanche with Dana Andrews. Paiva died of cancer in 1966. He is buried in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nestor Paiva, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Nestor Paiva

Filmes

They Saved Hitler's Brain
Police Chief Alaniz
At the end of WWII, Nazi officials spirited the living head of Adolf Hitler out of Germany to a hiding place in the South American country of Mandoras, in order to revive the Third Reich at a later date. By the 1960s, the time has come, so a top scientist is kidnapped in order to help keep Hitler alive. This film is a re-edit of The Madmen of Mandoras released in theaters in 1963.
The Spirit Is Willing
Felicity's Father
When Ben and Kate Powell rent a haunted New England house by the sea, their son Steve gets blamed for the destruction caused by three unruly ghosts.
Let's Kill Uncle
Steward
A 12-year-old orphan who has just inherited a fortune is trapped on an island with his uncle, a former British intelligence commander who intends to kill him. A young girl is the boy's only ally against the sarcastic uncle, who uses hypnotism, a pool of sharks, fire, and poisonous mushrooms as weapons.
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Saloon Owner
Dr. Frankenstein's Granddaughter Maria, and her brother assistant Rudolph, moved to the old west because the lightning storms there are more frequent and intense, which allows them to work on the experiments of their grandfather. But the experiments are failing and Rudolph's been secretly killing the corpses afterwards. Meanwhile, the Lopez family leaves the town because of the evil going on there
The Ballad of a Gunfighter
Padre
A former Confederate robs stagecoaches to be able to give money to the local poor people. He soon runs into a gang of robbers who don't have the same good intentions he does.
The Madmen of Mandoras
Police Chief Alaniz
A group of Nazi survivors save Hitler's brain keeping it alive in a huge jar hooked up to a machine. The Nazis plan to release a deadly gas destroying all life on the planet. To ensure their success they kidnap Professor Coleman the only man on the planet with the antidote to the poison gas.
California
Gen. Micheltorena
Revolutionaries rise up against the Mexican government in California in 1841 is told through the story of doomed Mexican general Don Francisco Hernandez, who pits his troops against a tenacious team of revolutionaries led by his half brother, Don Michael O'Casey .
The Wild Westerners
John Bullard
Sheriff Plummer and his men are using their badges to easily rob gold shipments and kill the drivers. Marshal McDowell and his men are looking for the killers. They catch one who is murdered to keep from talking but his killer is identified as Plummer's Deputy. Plummer is still not suspected when McDowell's wife is kidnaped and the outlaws demand the big gold shipment be sent unguarded. So McDowell heads out alone to face the gang with a load of gunpowder instead of gold and only a few trusted Deputies nearby.
Os Quatro Cavaleiros do Apocalipse
O alemão Karl Von Hartrott (Paul Lukas) e o francês Marcelo Desnoyers (Charles Boyer) imigraram para a Argentina após a 1ª Guerra, onde se tornam cunhados ao se casarem com as únicas filhas de Julio Madariaga (Lee J. Cobb), um rico fazendeiro argentino. Karl tem três filhos homens e Marcelo, um casal de filhos, Julio (Glenn Ford) e Chi Chi (Ivette Mimieux). O tempo passa, jovens se tornam adultos, e os filhos de Karl viajam a Alemanha para concluírem seus estudos. Às vésperas da 2ª Grande Guerra, a família de Karl retorna à Argentina e todos se reúnem num grande jantar. Para decepção de Madariaga, seus netos alemães se tornaram oficiais nazistas, inclusive seu genro Karl. Começa um grande conflito familiar, que leva toda a família à Paris tomada e invadida pelos nazistas, colocando de um lado os Von Hartrott, aliados ao nazismo, e de outro os Desnoyers, que ingressam na Resistência Francesa
Atlântida: O Continente Perdido
Megalos (uncredited)
"Atlântida: O Continente Perdido" retorna à lenda do continente desaparecido de Atlântida ao contar a história do jovem Demétrio, um pescador grego que resgata a bela Antilia de um afogamento em mar aberto. A princesa da Atlântida então convence ao já apaixonado rapaz a retornar com ela ao seu estranho e glorioso reino. Lar de maravilhas e encantamentos, Atlântida também é um povo cheio de desejo e maldade, de ambições da conquistas ilimitadas e isto acaba por levar a cidade a sofrer a vingança furiosa da própria Terra, desaparecendo em um colapso que a enterrou em um local até hoje desconhecido para o homem.
Gold of the Seven Saints
Gondora Henchman
Fur-trapping partners stumble across a cache of gold, but their discovery quickly attracts every greedy villain in the territory.
Frontier Uprising
Don Carlos Montalvo
Not having heard that war has erupted between the U.S. and Mexico, a wagon train heads west, only to find itself threatened by the Mexicans who have teamed up with hostile Indians.
Can-Can
Bailiff
Montmartre, 1896: o Can-Can, a dança em que as mulheres levantam suas saias, é proibida. Mesmo assim, Simone apresenta o Can-Can todos os dias em sua casa noturna. Suas funcionárias usam os encantos femininos para convencer os agentes da lei a fazerem vistas grossas – e até mesmo a assistirem aos shows.
The Purple Gang
Orlofsky
The story of the infamous Purple Gang - a ring of bootleggers, hijackers and killers in 1920's Detroit.
Vice Raid
Mob Boss Frank Burke
A prostitute sets out to frame a cop.
Pier 5, Havana
A Yank comes to Havana in search of an old friend who disappeared during the Cuban Revolution, and discovers a group of Batista sympathizers plotting to overturn Castro.
Valentão é Apelido
Grigsby (uncredited)
Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent to buy back the policy, but is robbed by Jesse. And when Jesse learns that Milford's boss is on the way out with more cash, he plans to rob him too and have Milford get killed in the robbery while dressed as Jesse, and collect on the policy.
The Case Against Brooklyn
Finelli
A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.
Um de Nós Morrerá
Pete Maxwell
William Bonney - Billy the Kid - arruma emprego com um criador de gado conhecido como 'The Englishman', e fica amigo desse homem pacífico e religioso. Mas quando um desonesto xerife e seus homens matam o inglês porque ele planeja abastecer o forte do exército com sua carne, Billy decide vingar essa morte matando os quatro homens responsáveis mas acaba envolvendo nesse tumulto a vida de todos ao seu redor - Tom e Charlie, dois parceiros com as quais ele trabalhou; Pat Garret, que está prestes a se casar; E o gentil casal mexicano que o abriga quando está com problemas. Para piorar isso está ameaçando a Anistia Geral criada pelo governador Wallace para trazer a paz ao território do Novo México. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
A Força do Amor
Childreth
Change of pace comedy casts Lana Turner and Jeff Chandler as competing pilots who fall in love.
The Deep Six
Pappa Tatos
The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in the WWII drama The Deep Six. Alan Ladd stars as Naval gunnery officer Alec Austin, a Quaker whose sincere pacifist sentiments do not sit well with his crew members. When he refuses to fire upon an unidentified plane, the word spreads that Austin cannot be relied upon in battle (never mind that the plane turns out to be one of ours). To prove that he's worthy of command, Austin volunteers for a dangerous mission: the rescue of a group of US pilots on a Japanese-held island. The ubiquitous William Bendix costars as Frenchy Shapiro (!), Austin's Jewish petty officer and severest critic. If the film has a villain, it is Keenan Wynn as ambitious Lt. Commander Edge, who seems to despise anyone who isn't a mainline WASP.
Outcasts of the City
Pastor Skira
In this drama, set just after the end of WWII, an American officer falls in love with a German woman. Their blissful affair is disrupted when her German ex-lover returns and tries to exact his jealous revenge upon the Yankee. When the ex-lover shows up dead, the American is blamed.
Les Girls
Spanish Peasant (uncredited)
Os ex-membros de uma trupe de dança estão na justiça por causa de memórias recentemente publicadas. Cada um insiste no seu próprio ponto de vista. Depois de escrever um livro revelador sobre seus dias na trupe de dança "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren é processada por difamar sua colega dançarina Angele. Uma narrativa no estilo Rashômon apresenta a história de três pontos de vista, onde Sybil acusa Angele de ter um caso com Barry, enquanto Angele insiste que na verdade era Sybil quem estava tendo o caso. Finalmente, Barry mostra seu lado da história.
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Alfredo - the Jeweler (uncredited)
In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying a hotel in Rome. To marry this gal, he has to get her three older sisters married off.
O Renegado do Forte Petticoat
Tortilla
Murphy deserta do Exército da União para avisar os vizinhos do Texas de iminentes ataques indígenas desencadeados por um massacre cometido pelo Exército. Ele supera a desconfiança inicial e convence os colonos (todas as mulheres cujos homens estão fora de combate no Exército Confederado) para se refugiar em uma missão abandonada. Ele as treina para lutar e atirar em antecipação ao ataque. O único outro homem na missão foge para se salvar e acaba levando os índios de volta para a missão.
The Wild Party
Branson
An ex-football brute (Anthony Quinn) and his beatnik gang take a rich girl (Carol Ohmart) and her boyfriend hostage (Arthur Franz) at a jazz joint.
Ride The High Iron
Yard Boss
A recent war veteran accepts a job in public relations, but he becomes increasingly unhappy with his career choice. Originally filmed for TV but released theatrically.
The Mole People
Prof. Etienne Lafarge
A party of archaeologists discovers the remnants of a mutant five millennia-old Sumerian civilization living beneath a glacier atop a mountain in Mesopatamia.
Scandal Incorporated
Leland Miller, tabloid publisher
Are the shocking "Scandal Magazine" stories true?
Comanche
Puffer
Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner.
Menace from Outer Space
Prof. Cardos
A nontheatrical (16mm) film comprise of three contiguous episodes of the TV series "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger".
Tudo que o Céu Permite
Manuel
Cary Scott é uma respeitável viúva da alta classe média, que sente-se frustrada, mas reencontra o amor ao se apaixonar por Ron Kirby, seu jardineiro. Apesar de ser 15 anos mais velha e ter um casal de filhos já crescidos, ela decide assumir esta paixão. Entretanto Cary encontra preconceito em vários de seus amigos íntimos e até mesmo nos filhos, que não aceitam que a mãe tenha tal relação.
Tarântula!
Sheriff Jack Andrews
A lone-wolf scientist sequestered in a mansion near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly which took only four days to develop. As the doctor investigates, aided by the scientist's new, and very female, assistant, they discover that, far worse, something much larger and hungrier than it ever should be, is devouring local cattle - and humans - in increasingly large quantities.
Hell on Frisco Bay
Louis Fiaschetti
A cop framed for a murder he did not commit hunts the San Francisco waterfront for the Mob racketeers who are responsible.
A Revanche do Monstro
Captain Lucas
Um grupo de cientistas encontrou na Amazônia um ser anfíbio, meio homem, meio peixe. A criatura fora baleada e deda como morta, mas agora se descobre que ele sobreviveu. Feito prisioneira, ela foi levada para um laboratório na Flórida. Após várias tentativas de humaniza-la ou até mesmo domesticá-la, a criatura sai de controle. Escapa do laboratório e tenta chegar ao mar, mas começa sofrer uma intensa perseguição.
O Código do Diabo
Martinelli
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
O Derradeiro Assalto
Greasy
Outlaws on the lam battle attacking Apaches.
Thunder Pass
Daniel Slaughter
A cavalry unit escorts a group of civilians through dangerous territory inhabited by Indians on the warpath.
Duelo de Assassinos
Captain Jake Thornton
"Only a fool sticks his neck out for somebody else. Don't get in the habit of it." Outlaw gunslinger Sam Garrett offers that sage wisdom to fellow fugitive Tom Cameron, who's on the run from the "Bluebellies," Texas State Police officers who wield a brutal iron fist of enforcement in the early 1870s. But quick-draw, hard-bitten Garrett soon decides not to take his own advice after young Cameron heads home to surrender - and instead gets framed for a revenge murder by a jealous rival for the affections of his girl.
Moby Dick
Capt. Peleg
The demented, ruthless Captain Ahab pursues the white whale which took off his leg years before.
A Grande Noite de Casanova
Gnocchi
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.
O Monstro da Lagoa Negra
Captain Lucas
Na Amazônia brasileira, o pesquisador Carl Maia fotografa o que parece ser a nadadeira de um anfíbio possivelmente extinto. Carl viaja para mostrar sua descoberta e obter apoio financeiro, mas ao retornar com outros pesquisadores, descobre que dois funcionários deles foram mortos. Eles rumam para a Lagoa Negra, onde acham uma misteriosa criatura anfíbia, que pode ser o elo perdido entre duas espécies - uma aquática e outra terrestre.
Anything Goes
Dr. Henry T. Dobson
On an ocean liner, a nightclub singer tries to help a fellow American romance an English heiress who is being forced to return home to marry a man she doesn't love. The American must avoid his boss who is traveling on the same vessel and disguises himself as a gangster traveling with a minister who is, in fact, a disguised gangster on the lam.
O Tesouro Perdido do Amazonas
Jacques
At Rio Galdez's remote Brazilian trading post live assorted outcast Americans and Europeans, including Jerry Russell, ex-engineer who became obsessed with the Jivaro headhunters' treasure, quit his job, and took up with the bottle and local girl Maroa. But he still gets letters from his nominal fiancée in California, and unexpectedly the shapely, glamorous Alice Parker arrives, expecting to marry a rich planter. Disillusioned, Alice is almost ready to fall into Rio's arms when news comes that Jerry is missing in Jivaro country.
Killer Ape
Andrews
Nasty white hunters are testing out their germ warfare weapons using wild animals in Africa… until they run into Jungle Jim.
Prisoners of the Casbah
Marouf
A low-born thief loves a Moroccan Princess. She must marry to escape death at the hands of her enemies. The groom is able to wed or cast away his bride simply by saying "I Marry You" or "I Divorce You" three times.
Eu, O Juri
Manuel
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer in his first film adventure. Originally screened in 3D.
A Volta dos Irmãos Corsos
Lorenzo
Siamese twins separated at birth retain a psychic link; each feels the other's pain and happiness.
Paris em Abril
A Senhorita Ethel "Dynamite" Jackson (Doris Day) é uma "Garota do Coro" que erroneamente recebe um convite do Departamento de Estado para representar o teatro americano em uma exposição de artes em Paris. Há apenas um problema, o convite foi feito para a senhorita Ethel Barrymore. Então S. Winthrop Putnam (Ray Bolger), o burocrata que cometeu o erro tentou, sem sucesso, corrigir o seu engano. É muito tarde, pois "Dynamite" Jackson está fora de Paris, onde os dois se encontram e se casam, ou assim eles imaginam! - traduzido de Kelly
South Pacific Trail
Carlos Alvarez
Rex, Slim and the boys are fired by a wealthy rancher but decide to help him out when his daughter intends on marrying a shifty, gold-digging actor. Meanwhile, the rancher's foreman executes plans for a train robbery.
Mara Maru
Captain Van Hoten (uncredited)
Gregory Mason é um marinheiro de salvados marítimos que actua nas Filipinas e que mantém um romance com a esposa do seu sócio, Andy. Após o assassinato de Andy, ele é abordado por um homem misterioso e obrigado a embarcar em busca de um tesouro de que Andy já estaria à procura. Porém, ninguém confia realmente em ninguém nesta viagem.
The Fabulous Senorita
José Rodriguez
A Cuban businessman's (Nestor Paiva) daughter (Estelita) elopes with a professor (Robert Clarke) instead of marrying a banker's son.
Telefonema de um Estranho
Four strangers board a plane and become fast friends, but a catastrophic crash leaves only one survivor. He then sets off on a journey to discover who these people were, but ultimately discovers the devastating truth about himself.
Double Dynamite
'Hot Horse' Harris, the Bookie
An innocent bank teller, suspected of embezzlement, is aided by an eccentric, wisecracking waiter.
The Lady Pays Off
Manuel
The naive Evelyn Warren, elected school teacher of the year by Time Magazine, goes to Las Vegas, where she loses a lot of money. In order to pay her debts, casino manager Matt Braddock asks her to take care of his sad little daughter Diana.
A Millionaire for Christy
Mr. Rapello
Christy Sloane is sent on a business trip to inform radio personality Peter Lockwood that his uncle has died and left him $2 million. Christy, who's in financial straits, decides to try to snag Peter. Zany hijinks ensue and romantic sparks fly.
Flame Of Stamboul
Joe Octavian
An American agent working undercover as a cafe pianist in Cairo sets out to capture a notorious spy and jewel thief known as "The Voice". Director Ray Nazarro's 1951 drama stars Richard Denning, Lisa Ferraday, Norman Lloyd, George Zucco, Nestor Paiva, Donald Randolph and Dick Elliott.
O Gavião do Deserto
Abdul
A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daughter.
Êxito Fugaz
Louis Galba
Nos anos 30, o órfão semi abandonado Rick Martin (Kirk Douglas) é criado por sua irmã, sem qualquer cuidado ou amor. Um dia, ele ouve uma canção em um templo e como tem ouvido absoluto, é capaz de reproduzi-la no piano. Quando ele vê um trompete em uma casa de penhores, ele se apaixona pelo instrumento e trabalha para arranjar o dinheiro necessário para comprá-lo. Então ele se encontra com o lendário trompetista Art Hazzard (Juano Hernandez) e Rick se torna seu protegido. Art ensina como tocar trompete e Rick se torna um trompetista bem sucedido mas rebelde. Ao longo de sua carreira, os amigos de Rick Martin são Art Hazzard, o pianista Willie 'Smoke' Willoughby (Hoagy Carmichael) e a cantora Jo Jordan (Doris Day) e acaba se tornando a estrela de sua orquestra. Quando Jo apresenta sua amiga Amy North (Lauren Bacall), que é um estudante de medicina que gosta de experimentar novas sensações, Rick acaba se apaixona por ela, bem no início de sua queda.
Inspetor Geral
Gregor (uncredited)
An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise. Fearing he will discover they've been pocketing tax money, they make several bungled attempts to kill him.
Monstro de um Mundo Perdido
Brown
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.
Follow Me Quietly
Benny
1949 thriller about the hunt for a serial killer known as "the Judge" who kills his victims on rainy nights.
Señor Droopy
Bullfight Attender (voice) (uncredited)
The wolf, the champion toreador, and Droopy, the challenger, are competing to see who is best in the bullring in the hopes of winning the hand of actress Lina Romay (who appears in a live action shot).
Bride of Vengeance
Mayor
The tiny independent duchy of Ferrara is located between Casare Borgia's Rome and Venice, and Borgia has plans to conquer Venice via Ferrara. He murders his sister's husband and makes it appear that Alfonso D'Este of Ferrara was behind the killing. To avenge herself against Ferrara and D'Este, Lucretia Borgia marries D'Este and intends to poison him. But...she falls in love with him.
Alias Nick Beal
Karl
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
Joana D'Arc
Henri le Royer, Catherine's husband
No século XV, a França é uma nação derrotada e arruinada após a Guerra dos Cem Anos contra a Inglaterra. A menina de fazenda de 14 anos de idade Joana D'Arc afirma ouvir vozes do Céu pedindo-lhe para levar Exército de Deus contra Orleans e coroando o fraco Delfim Charles VII como Rei da França. Joana arregimenta as pessoas com a sua fé, forma um exército e conquista Orleans. Quando seu exército está pronto para atacar Paris, o corrupto Charles vende seu país para a Inglaterra e dissolve o exército. Joana é presa, vendida ao Burgundians Ingleses e submetida a um julgamento político vergonhoso no castelo de Rouen.
O Valente Treme-Treme
Patient #2
Calamity Jane, uma famosa pistoleira, é libertada da prisão por seus comparsas. Levada à presença do Governador Johnson e do Comissário, eles lhe contam que a sua fuga foi planejada, de forma que todos pensassem que ela teria sido executada pelos colegas. É proposta a ela seu perdão, em troca de Jane ajud-a-los a prender uma quadrilha que contrabandeia armas para os indígenas.
Mr. Reckless
Gus
An oil well digger tries to win back his former girlfriend, now engaged to another man.
Lar, Meu Tormento
Joe Appollonio
An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.
Angels' Alley
Tony 'Piggy' Locarno
Slip invites his cousin Jimmy to stay with his family after he is released from prison. However, Jimmy soon gets mixed up with an auto-theft ring.
Adventures of Casanova
Prefecture Police
Casanova, a young patriot in 18th-century Sicily, upon learning that his father and sister have been murdered, returns to Palermo and engages in guerilla tactics against the forces of the Governor. Lady Bianca, the Governor's daughter, is in love with one of the patriots, Lorenzo, and desires to escape from the palace. Her lady-in-waiting, Zanetta, enlists the aid of Casanova and he rescues them and takes them to the partisan's camp. The rebels are victorious. Lady Bianca makes plans to marry Lorenzo, and Casanova and Zanetta have similar plans.
A Caminho do Rio
Cardoso
Scat Sweeney e Hot Lips Barton, dois músicos do Vaudeville desempregados, fogem para bordo de um navio rumo ao Rio, depois de incendiar acidentalmente o topo de um circo. Eles então se envolvem com uma possível suicída, Lucia, que primeiro agradece a eles, então, inesperadamente, os entrega ao capitão do navio. Então eles descobrem que ela foi hipnotizada, para passar por um casamento de conveniência, e quando o navio chega ao Rio, os meninos aparecem na cerimônia, a fim de interromper o casamento e ajudar a pegar os bandidos. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
Robin Hood of Monterey
The Alcalde
Eduardo Belmonte overhears his new step-mother, Maria, and her lover, Don Ricardo Gonzales plotting to take over the Belmonte rancho on the night of the fiesta given by her husband, Don Carlos Belmonte. Eduardo offers Maria money if she will depart the hacienda premises, but she refuses and then accuses Eduardo of making love to her. The old Don doesn't take kindly to his son hitting on his step-mother and attacks him in a rage. The lights go out, the father is killed and Maria blames Eduardo, who escapes from the house, chased by Ricardo's men. The Cisco Kid and Pancho rescue Eduardo, who has been shot, and hide him while they investigate. Cisco discovers that bullets from Maria's gun, a handy little derringer, are the same type that killed Don Carlos. But the Alcalde arrests Cisco and Pancho, and Cisco is "supposedly" executed by a firing squad, but IS NOT shot and escapes by a trick. And now Maria and Ricardo are in real trouble with Cisco on the loose.
Fúria Abrasadora
Curley
A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results.
A Likely Story
Tiny
A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon herself to prove to him that he's not.
Carnival in Costa Rica
Padre Rafael
Two pairs of lovers try to thwart an arranged marriage at Costa Rican fiesta time.
Shoot to Kill
Gus Miller
A gritty crime story involving a newspaper man and crooked politicians.
Acordes do Coração
Orchestra Leader
A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.
O Lobo Solitário no México
Police Capt. Carlos Rodriguez
In this entry in the enduring series, the suave jewel thief finds himself helping the police break up a ring of diamond smugglers. Along the way, he winds up accused of both robbery and murder.
The Last Crooked Mile
Ferrara
A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.
Champanhe Para Dois
Fernandez
A man and a woman fight over the last bottle of champagne left in San Francisco--she wants it for a wedding, and he wants to use it to christen a ship.
Badman's Territory
Sam Bass
After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is not a part of America. Anyone there is beyond the law so the town is populated with outlaws. Next to arrive is Sheriff Rowley, following his brother whom the Gang have brought in injured. Rowley has no authority and gets on well enough with the James boys but is soon involved in other local goings-on, including a move to vote for annexation with Oklahoma which would allow the law well and truly in.
Fear
Detective Shaefer
B-movie film noir take on Crime and Punishment. A college student gets deeper and deeper in trouble when he takes a loan from a shady college professor.
Cornered
Police Official (uncredited)
A World War II veteran hunts down the Nazi collaborators who killed his wife.
Dois Malandros e uma Garota
McGurk
Na virada do século, Duke e Chester, dois artistas de vaudeville, vão ao Alasca para fazer fortuna. No navio para Skagway, eles encontram um mapa para uma mina de ouro secreta, roubada por McGurk e Sperry, um casal de bandidos. Eles se disfarçam de McGurk e Sperry para sair do navio. Enquanto isso, Sal Van Hoyden está no Alasca para tentar recuperar o mapa; tinha sido roubado do pai dela. Ela se apaixona por Ace Larson, que quer roubar a mina de ouro para si. Duke e Chester, McGurk e Sperry, Ace e seus capangas, e Sal, se perseguem por todo o campo, tentando obter o mapa. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
Sensation Hunters
Lew Davis
A naive young girl, looking to escape from a bad family situation, falls in love with a man who turns out to be a cad, and leads her down the road to ruin.
Along the Navajo Trail
Janza
U.S. Deputy Marshal Roy investigates the disappearance of a government agent who has come to Dale's father's Ladder A Ranch. The bad guys want the land the ranch sits on because they know an oil pipeline is planned through this location.
Aladin e a Princesa de Bagdá
Kahim
Aladin resolve esfregar a sua lâmpada e descobre que existe um gênio, que poderá realizar todos os seus desejos. Ele resolve utilizar a lâmpada pedir a mão da amada em casamento. O sultão descobre que o irmão gêmeo tomou conta do trono e que alguém está utilizando os poderes da lâmpada contra ele. Aladin resolve então reconquistar a lâmpada, salvar o gênio e ainda realizar os seus desejos.
Nob Hill
Luigi
A Barbary Coast saloon owner hopes to marry his way into San Francisco's high society. Directed by Henry Hathaway, the film was released in 1945.
Amor à Terra
Bartender
Sam Tucker, um colhedor de algodão, em busca de um futuro melhor para sua família, decide cultivar sua própria plantação de algodão. No primeiro ano, os Tuckers enfrentam uma doença, uma inundação e um vizinho ciumento. Será que vão conseguir se transformar em agricultores? (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
Salomé, A Rainha
Panatela
During the Austrian-Prussian war, Anna Marie is a dancer who is forced to flee her country after she is accused of being a spy. She ends up in a lawless western town in Arizona, where she uses her charms and dancing skills to transform herself into "Salome" during her dance routines.
A Medal for Benny
Frank Alviso
Benny's girl friend is being romanced by the town ne'er do well who keeps coming up with get-rich-quick schemes. Benny's father is a simple man who is bewildered by the world at large.
The Falcon in Mexico
Manuel Romero
The Falcon travels to Mexico where he gets involved with murder and a mysterious painting.
True to Life
Kapopolis (uncredited)
A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. The show becomes a big hit, but he begins to feel guilty about his charade when he falls in love with the family's pretty older daughter.
A Canção do Deserto
Benoit
Paul Hudson, leads a group of desert bandits against some Nazis, who want to use them as cheap labor for their railroad.
O Gordo e o Magro - Mestres de Baile
Silvio - Ringleader (uncredited)
Dois professores de dança trapalhões (Hardy e Laurel) ajudam um inventor desajeitado a vender sua nova invenção e facilitam o romance dele com uma bela jovem da alta sociedade. Eles fazem de tudo para salvar as finanças da sua escola de dança!
Tornado
Big Joe Vlochek
The owner of an Illinois coal mine struggles to keep his business in operation, all the while unaware that among his employees is a saboteur planning destruction and chaos.
Background to Danger
Koylan
An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.
Rhythm of the Islands
Chief Nataro
Rhythm of the Islands is set in the South Seas, presumably far away from the shooting war. The nonsensical plotline finds hero Tommy (Allan Jones) posing as a native chief. Joan Holton (Jane Frazee), daughter of a millionaire (Ernest Truex), falls in love with Tommy, unaware that he's a charlatan.
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
The Scorpion
Don Winslow (titular hero of the serial "Don Winslow of the Navy") is reassigned to the United States Coast Guard, to guard the coast against saboteurs and sneak attacks.
The Hard Way
Max Wade (Uncredited)
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
American Empire
Defense Attorney
Richard Dix as Dan Taylor and Preston S. Foster as Paxton Bryce are two longtime friends seeking their fortune in Texas after the war. The two men decide, not without problems, to establish a cattle empire. Paxton becoming too ambitious, distances himself from Dan and Abby, Paxton's wife. It will only be after a personal tragedy that he will come back to his senses.
Ódio e Paixão
Barney, Cafe Proprietor
Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham rides roughshod over his friends, his lovers, and his ideals in his trek toward financial success in the Pittsburgh steel industry, only to find himself deserted and lonely at the top. When his crash comes, he finds that fate has dealt him a second chance.
Road to Morocco
Sausage Vendor (uncredited)
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.
Idílio em Dó-Ré-Mi
Nick (uncredited)
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
King of the Mounties
Count Baroni
King of the Candian riding police is up against Japs and Nazis who are about to invade Canada. They just want to clear the way with a new futuristic plane called "The Falcon" first, but that's not gonna happen if Kig has his way.
Timber!
Jules Fabian
Two FBI agents are sent to investigate sabotage at a lumber camp.
Broadway
Rinelti
Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.
The Girl from Alaska
Geroux
A would-be prospector becomes involved in a plot to deceive an old prospector of his cache, but falls in love with his daughter instead.
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.
Fly-By-Night
Grube
Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns out that Jeff's passenger is an inventor has just escaped from a shady sanitarium, where he has been held prisoner by Nazi spies.
Johnny Eager
Tony Luce (uncredited)
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
A Porta de Ouro
Flores
Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.
Segure o Fantasma
Glum (uncredited)
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.
Meet Boston Blackie
Martin Vestrick (uncredited)
When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in New York, the trail leads to Coney Island and a spy ring.
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Rufus - Henchman in Hawaii
Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.
A Estrada de Santa Fé
Abolitionist Noticing Army Horse Brand (uncredited)
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
Dark Streets of Cairo
Ahmend, waiter-thug
A rapid series of murders occurs when a professor disrupts a tranquil Egyptian tomb by removing some precious jewels.
Levanta-te, Meu Amor
Uniformed Clerk (Uncredited)
Claudette Colbert faz o papel de uma jornalista americana baseada em Paris que envia para seu jornal notícias sobre a Guerra Civil Espanhola e se envolve com um aviador aventureiro que luta do lado dos republicanos (o papel de Ray Milland).
Legião de Heróis
Half-breed
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)
They Knew What They Wanted
Tony's Pal at Table (uncredited)
While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal.
He Stayed for Breakfast
Gendarme
Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker who hides a handsome and fiery Communist fugitive in her apartment.
Fruto Proibido
Venezuelan Officer (uncredited)
Dois amigos petroleiros meio malandros, que ao longo de 20 anos se tornam magnatas do petróleo, amam a mesma mulher. Os amigos Big John McMasters e Square John Sand, ambos aventureiros do petróleo, são do tipo falantes, divertidos, que conseguem malandramente equipamentos e capital suficiente para desenvolver os seus próprios campos de petróleo. Mas sua amizade é posta à prova quando Big John fica inadvertidamente apaixonado por Elizabeth, a namorada de longa data de Square John Sand. Eventualmente, sua amizade e parceria chega ao fim num Cara ou Coroa. Anos mais tarde, quando o interesse de Big John pela bela Karen Vanmeer ameaça seu casamento também, Square John intervém em um esforço para salvar o casamento de seu ex-amigo - mesmo que isso signifique arruiná-lo financeiramente.
O Gavião do Mar
First Slavemaster
Enquanto a Espanha prepara um exército para invadir a Inglaterra, o pirata britânico Geoffrey Thorpe embarca em uma missão para saquear barcos espanhóis. Quando ele captura o barco que transportava o embaixador Don Jose Alvarez de Cordoba, o vistoso capitão apaixona-se por sua sobrinha, a bela Dona Maria, que se instala confortavelmente na Inglaterra. Dedicado a proteger os interesses ingleses, Thorpe vai para o mar em uma perigosa expedição que pode determinar o destino do país.
Phantom Raiders
Policeman at Morris' Office & at Finale
In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers Llewellyns of London to hire vacationer Nick Carter and his eccentric associate Bartholomew to investigate. Nick recognizes influential nightclub owner Al Taurez as a shady operator, but getting the goods on him depends on slick diversions involving the heavyweight champ of the Pacific Tuna Fleet, a Panamanian bombshell armed with American slang, a young couple in love and a whole raft of crooks and cutthroats.
Quero Ser Feliz
Bluebell Manager
Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part of town, however. When she meets and falls for a hard-working man, they marry and she hides her past from him. When he discovers the truth it jeopardizes their marriage.
The Marines Fly High
Pedro Fernandez
Marine lieutenants Dan and Jim fight bandits in the South American jungle, while competing for the attention of beautiful Joan Grant.
O Corcunda de Notre Dame
Man in Street When Gypsies Arrive (uncredited)
Esta produção estrelada por Charles Laughton, que estava no auge de sua carreira quando personificou Quasímodo (o Corcunda), recebeu duas indicações ao Oscar, em 1939. É provavelmente, a melhor interpretação dada ao triste personagem, morador da Catedral de Notre Dame, que perambula pelos impressionantes cenários de Paris, criados especialmente para o filme, em Hollywood. Maureen O'Hara está perfeita como a linda cigana Esmeralda, pela qual Quasímodo se apaixona desesperadamente, a ponto de romper a paz da imponente e secular Catedral, aterrorizando a população.
O Hotel dos Acusados
West Indies Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
O Coronel Burr MacFay suspeita que um jovem queira assassina-lo. Ele liga para Nick e Nora (com o novo bebê) para ajudá-lo.
Unseen Guardians
Mail Order Crook
The "unseen guardians" of the title are the Postal Inspection Service, which investigates mail order racketeering; the Underwriters' Laboratories, which are shown testing electrical equipment, fire extinguishers, and large floor safes; and those who run orphanages, who assure that the children in their care are placed in proper adoptive homes.
Beau Geste
Corporal Golas (uncredited)
Michael "Beau" Geste deixa a Inglaterra depois de acontecimentos que o deixaram frustrado, e se junta a infame Legião Estrangeira Francesa. Lá, ele se reúne com seus dois irmãos no norte da África, onde enfrentam mais perigo com seu comandante sádico do que com os árabes rebeldes.
Aliança de Aço
Canadian Pacific Conductor (uncredited)
Sinopse: Cecil B. DeMille nos leva de volta ao ano 1860, então reconstrói a primeira ferrovia intercontinental, a Union Pacific. Um dos últimos feitos do Presidente Lincoln foi autorizar a expansão da Union Pacific para o oeste dos EUA. Um espetáculo real e histórico, que as vezes mescla as aventuras fictícias do inspetor ferroviário (McCrea), a bilheteira (Stanwyck), e o melhor amigo de McCrea, Preston. Infelizmente, Preston une-se a Donlevy, que está empenhado a destruir a ferrovia, em nome de um cartel de políticos corruptos. Durante um ataque indígena, McCrea e Preston lutam lado a lado para salvar Stanwyck, então o inspetor tenta convencer Preston, a tornar-se um homem honesto.
Meia-Noite
Woman's Escort (uncredited)
An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.
Prison Train
Morose
Gangsters plan an assassination of a rival while he rides the train carrying him to prison.