Paul Mantee

Acting • Born 1931-01-09 – Died 2013-11-07

Acting1San Francisco, California, USA

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.

Filmography

118 credits

The Great Santini

Movie • 1979

Col. Virgil Hedgepath

Robinson Crusoe on Mars

Movie • 1964

Commander Christopher Draper

The Manitou

Movie • 1978

Dr. McEvoy

Framed

Movie • 1975

Frank

Day of the Animals

Movie • 1977

Roy Moore

Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances

Movie • 1977

FBI Agent Fuller

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Movie • 1969

Jiggs

Fugitive Family

Movie • 1980

Walther

Big Rose

Movie • 1974

Troy

A Man Called Dagger

Movie • 1968

Dick Dagger

Memorial Day

Movie • 1999

General Willard

W.C. Fields and Me

Movie • 1976

Edward

First Strike

Movie • 1985

Breakout

Movie • 1975

Cable

In Tandem

Movie • 1974

Man in Windbreaker

The Greatest

Movie • 1977

Carrara

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

Movie • 1980

Ordway

When Hell Was in Session

Movie • 1979

Capt. Brown

Death Ray 2000

Movie • 1981

James DiGiorgio

Illusions

Movie • 1992

Professor McRoe

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

Movie • 2021

Self

Blood on the Arrow

Movie • 1964

Segura

That Man Bolt

Movie • 1973

Mickey

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Movie • 1993

Doctor

Promises to Keep

Movie • 1985

Mike

Helter Skelter

Movie • 1976

Sgt. O'Neal

Lurking Fear

Movie • 1994

Father Poole

Wolf Lake

Movie • 1980

Sweeney

Call to Danger

Movie • 1973

Adams

Apollo 13

Movie • 1995

Reporter

An American Dream

Movie • 1966

Shago Martin

Cry Rape

Movie • 1973

Jim Hadley

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

Movie • 1994

Corassa

The Healers

Movie • 1974

Lionpower from MGM

Movie • 1967

Self - Dick Dagger (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Time Tunnel

TV • 1966

Ambahai

Murder, She Wrote

TV • 1984

Leo David Fender / Ronald Olson / Jack Landis

Alice

TV • 1976

CHiPs

TV • 1977

Eddie

Seinfeld

TV • 1989

Health Inspector

Remington Steele

TV • 1982

Albert Hastings

T. J. Hooker

TV • 1982

Roy Harris

L.A. Law

TV • 1986

Judge Mitchell Katlin

The A-Team

TV • 1983

Chris Thomas

The F.B.I.

TV • 1965

Frank Macklin

Simon & Simon

TV • 1981

Batman

TV • 1966

Cornell

Quincy, M.E.

TV • 1976

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

TV • 1979

Karl

The Streets of San Francisco

TV • 1972

240-Robert

TV • 1979

Mannix

TV • 1967

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

TV • 1983

Kojak

TV • 1973

Hank Yankowski

Cagney & Lacey

TV • 1982

Hawaiian Eye

TV • 1959

Dallas

TV • 1978

General Cochran

Cannon

TV • 1971

Hunter

TV • 1984

Commander Clayton

Ironside

TV • 1967

The Fall Guy

TV • 1981

Laredo

TV • 1965

Crazy like a Fox

TV • 1984

Bailey

Sam Benedict

TV • 1962

Felony Squad

TV • 1966

Vega$

TV • 1978

Cimarron Strip

TV • 1967

The Outcasts

TV • 1968

Police Story

TV • 1973

Daniel Boone

TV • 1964

Atawa

The Fugitive

TV • 1963

Jack Burmas

S.W.A.T.

TV • 1975

Capitol

TV • 1982

The Fantastic Journey

TV • 1977

Morgan

Search

TV • 1972

Adventures in Paradise

TV • 1959

Ori

O'Hara, U.S. Treasury

TV • 1971

The Rifleman

TV • 1958

Ben Casey

TV • 1961

The Fugitive

TV • 1963

Deputy Bob Howe

Mr. Novak

TV • 1963

Hal Williams

Foul Play

TV • 1981

The Lieutenant

TV • 1963

Rango

TV • 1967

Dr. Kildare

TV • 1961

Neurosurgeon

Jericho

TV • 1966

Bronk

TV • 1975

Logan's Run

TV • 1977

Barton

Masquerade

TV • 1983

Agent Watkins