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