Paul Mantee
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 9, 1931
- Died
- November 7, 2013
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Filmography
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! 2021
as Self
Memorial Day 1999
as General Willard
Apollo 13 1995
as Reporter
Cagney & Lacey: The Return 1994
as Corassa
Lurking Fear 1994
as Father Poole
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story 1993
as Doctor
Illusions 1992
as Professor McRoe
Promises to Keep 1985
as Mike
First Strike 1985
Actor
This Girl for Hire 1983
as Finnegan
Death Ray 2000 1981
as James DiGiorgio
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story 1980
as Ordway
Fugitive Family 1980
as Walther
Wolf Lake 1980
as Sweeney
The Great Santini 1979
as Col. Virgil Hedgepath
When Hell Was in Session 1979
as Capt. Brown
The Manitou 1978
as Dr. McEvoy
Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances 1977
as FBI Agent Fuller
The Greatest 1977
as Carrara
Day of the Animals 1977
as Roy Moore
Helter Skelter 1976
as Sgt. O'Neal
W.C. Fields and Me 1976
as Edward
Framed 1975
as Frank
Breakout 1975
as Cable
The Healers 1974
Actor
In Tandem 1974
as Man in Windbreaker
Big Rose 1974
as Troy
That Man Bolt 1973
as Mickey
Cry Rape 1973
as Jim Hadley
Call to Danger 1973
as Adams
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 1969
as Jiggs
A Man Called Dagger 1968
as Dick Dagger
Lionpower from MGM 1967
as Self - Dick Dagger (archive footage) (uncredited)
An American Dream 1966
as Shago Martin
Blood on the Arrow 1964
as Segura
Robinson Crusoe on Mars 1964
as Commander Christopher Draper
Credits from TMDB.