Paul Mantee
Mantee was born Paul Marianetti in San Francisco, California. A journalism major at San Mateo Junior College, Mantee enlisted in the U.S. Navy for four years during the Korean War that made him decide on acting as a career. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.
His stage name was changed from an Italian-sounding name to the name of Humphrey Bogart's character in The Petrified Forest. He made a great number of guest appearances in well-known television shows and starred in a handful of films, including a cult classic, Robinson Crusoe on Mars. A restored version of the film was released in 2007 by The Criterion Collection. Mantee authored two novels, In Search of the Perfect Ravioli (Ballantine Books, 1991) and a semi-autobiographical Bruno of Hollywood (Ballantine Books, 1994).
Mantee, a longtime Malibu resident, died November 7, 2013 at a rehabilitation center in Canoga Park, California. He was survived by his wife, Suzy Davis Mantee.
Birthday: 09 January 1931
Birth place: San Francisco, California, USA
Known for: Acting
Movies known for
The Great Santini
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
The Manitou
Framed
Day of the Animals
Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Fugitive Family
Big Rose
A Man Called Dagger
Memorial Day
W.C. Fields and Me
First Strike
Breakout
In Tandem
The Greatest
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
When Hell Was in Session
Death Ray 2000
Illusions
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Blood on the Arrow
That Man Bolt
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Promises to Keep
Helter Skelter
Lurking Fear
Wolf Lake
Call to Danger
Apollo 13
An American Dream
Cry Rape
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
The Healers
Lionpower from MGM
Related TV Shows
The Time Tunnel
Murder, She Wrote
Alice
CHiPs
Seinfeld
Remington Steele
T. J. Hooker
L.A. Law
The A-Team
The F.B.I.
Batman
Simon & Simon
Quincy, M.E.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
The Streets of San Francisco
240-Robert
Mannix
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Kojak
Cagney & Lacey
Hawaiian Eye
Dallas
Cannon
Hunter
Ironside
The Fall Guy
Laredo
Crazy like a Fox
Sam Benedict
Felony Squad
Vega$
Cimarron Strip
The Outcasts
Police Story
Daniel Boone
The Fugitive
S.W.A.T.
Capitol
The Fantastic Journey
Search
Adventures in Paradise