Paul Mantee
Biography
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.
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Full filmography
- Dallas (1978) as General Cochran
- Seinfeld (1989) as Health Inspector
- The A-Team (1983) as Chris Thomas
- The Rifleman (1958)
- The Fugitive (1963) as Jack Burmas
- The Fugitive (1963) as Deputy Bob Howe
- Dragnet (1951) as Morris Copley
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Leo David Fender / Ronald Olson / Jack Landis
- Ironside (1967)
- Ironside (1967) as Prof. Bradford Link
- Simon & Simon (1981)
- Alice (1976)
- Mannix (1967)
- Mannix (1967) as Marcos
- Mannix (1967) as Frank Viola
- Mannix (1967) as Paul
- Mannix (1967) as Tommy Gantt
- Mannix (1967) as Dave Winters
- The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) as Terry
- Batman (1966) as Cornell
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Byron Miller
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Bill Fisher
- Daniel Boone (1964) as Atawa
- Hunter (1984) as Commander Clayton