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