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.
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Movies (36)
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021 · Self
Memorial Day
1999 · General Willard
Apollo 13
1995 · Reporter
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994 · Corassa
Lurking Fear
1994 · Father Poole
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
1993 · Doctor
Illusions
1992 · Professor McRoe
Promises to Keep
1985 · Mike
First Strike
1985
This Girl for Hire
1983 · Finnegan
Death Ray 2000
1981 · James DiGiorgio
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980 · Ordway
Fugitive Family
1980 · Walther
Wolf Lake
1980 · Sweeney
The Great Santini
1979 · Col. Virgil Hedgepath
When Hell Was in Session
1979 · Capt. Brown
The Manitou
1978 · Dr. McEvoy
Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
1977 · FBI Agent Fuller
The Greatest
1977 · Carrara
Day of the Animals
1977 · Roy Moore
Helter Skelter
1976 · Sgt. O'Neal
W.C. Fields and Me
1976 · Edward
Framed
1975 · Frank
Breakout
1975 · Cable
The Healers
1974
In Tandem
1974 · Man in Windbreaker
Big Rose
1974 · Troy
That Man Bolt
1973 · Mickey
Cry Rape
1973 · Jim Hadley
Call to Danger
1973 · Adams
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969 · Jiggs
A Man Called Dagger
1968 · Dick Dagger
Lionpower from MGM
1967 · Self - Dick Dagger (archive footage) (uncredited)
An American Dream
1966 · Shago Martin
Blood on the Arrow
1964 · Segura
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
1964 · Commander Christopher Draper
TV shows (66)
Seinfeld
1989 · Health Inspector
L.A. Law
1986 · Judge Mitchell Katlin
Crazy like a Fox
1984 · Bailey
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Leo David Fender / Ronald Olson / Jack Landis
Hunter
1984 · Commander Clayton
Masquerade
1983 · Agent Watkins
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The A-Team
1983 · Chris Thomas
Remington Steele
1982 · Albert Hastings
Capitol
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · Lt. Sandusky, Al Corassa, Detective Thomas, Det. Al Corassa
T. J. Hooker
1982 · Roy Harris
Simon & Simon
1981
The Fall Guy
1981
Foul Play
1981
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980 · Ordway
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979 · Karl
240-Robert
1979
Vega$
1978 · Roy
Dallas
1978 · General Cochran
Logan's Run
1977 · Barton
CHiPs
1977 · Eddie
Hunter
1977 · Lawrence
The Fantastic Journey
1977 · Morgan
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Fake Carl Hopwood, Perkins
Alice
1976
Medical Story
1975 · Robert Fowler
Bronk
1975
S.W.A.T.
1975
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Terry
Kojak
1973 · Hank Yankowski
The Magician
1973 · Joe Taggart
Police Story
1973
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Wallace Brooks
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Renfro
Search
1972
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
1971
Cannon
1971
The Outcasts
1968
The Name of the Game
1968 · Father Minetti
Mannix
1967 · Marcos, Frank Viola, Paul, Tommy Gantt, Dave Winters
Cimarron Strip
1967
Ironside
1967 · Prof. Bradford Link
Rango
1967
The Invaders
1967 · Deputy Vern Hammond
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Byron Miller, Bill Fisher
Jericho
1966
Felony Squad
1966
The Time Tunnel
1966 · Ambahai
Batman
1966 · Cornell
The F.B.I.
1965 · Frank Macklin, Vic, Gerald Spain, Norman Whitehead
Laredo
1965
Daniel Boone
1964 · Atawa
Mr. Novak
1963 · Hal Williams
The Fugitive
1963 · Jack Burmas, Deputy Bob Howe
The Lieutenant
1963
Sam Benedict
1962
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Neurosurgeon
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Ori
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Nick Malatesta
The Rifleman
1958
Steve Canyon
1958 · Sgt. Taliman
Cheyenne
1955 · Johnny Crow, Jimmy
Dragnet
1951 · Morris Copley