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.
Movie | Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! | Self | 2021-02-13 |
Movie | Tomb of Terror | Father Poole | 2004-04-01 |
Movie | Memorial Day | General Willard | 1999-05-18 |
Movie | Apollo 13 | Reporter | 1995-06-30 |
Movie | Lurking Fear | Father Poole | 1994-07-27 |
Movie | Cagney & Lacey: The Return | Corassa | 1994-11-06 |
Movie | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story | Doctor | 1993-05-07 |
Movie | Illusions | Professor McRoe | 1992-10-14 |
Series | Seinfeld | Unknown | 1989-07-05 |
Series | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
Movie | Promises to Keep | Mike | 1985-10-15 |
Movie | First Strike | 1985-05-10 | |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1984-09-18 |
Series | Crazy like a Fox | Unknown | 1984-12-30 |
Series | The A-Team | Chris Thomas | 1983-01-23 |
Series | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Unknown | 1983-10-03 |
Series | Masquerade | Unknown | 1983-12-15 |
Series | Cagney & Lacey | Unknown | 1982-03-25 |
Series | T. J. Hooker | Unknown | 1982-03-13 |
Series | Capitol | 1982-03-26 | |
Series | Remington Steele | Unknown | 1982-10-01 |
Movie | Death Ray 2000 | James DiGiorgio | 1981-03-05 |
Series | Foul Play | Unknown | 1981-01-26 |
Series | The Fall Guy | Unknown | 1981-11-04 |
Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
Movie | Fugitive Family | Walther | 1980-10-01 |
Movie | Wolf Lake | Sweeney | 1980-02-08 |
Series | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Ordway | 1980-11-05 |
Movie | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Ordway | 1980-11-05 |
Series | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Unknown | 1979-09-20 |
Series | 240-Robert | Unknown | 1979-08-28 |
Movie | When Hell Was in Session | Capt. Brown | 1979-10-08 |
Movie | The Great Santini | Col. Virgil Hedgepath | 1979-10-26 |
Movie | The Manitou | Dr. McEvoy | 1978-04-28 |
Series | Vega$ | Unknown | 1978-09-20 |
Series | Grizzly Adams | Unknown | 1977-02-09 |
Series | The Fantastic Journey | Unknown | 1977-02-03 |
Series | Hunter | Unknown | 1977-02-18 |
Movie | The Greatest | Carrara | 1977-05-17 |
Series | Logan's Run | Unknown | 1977-09-16 |
Series | CHiPs | Unknown | 1977-09-15 |
Movie | Day of the Animals | Roy Moore | 1977-05-13 |
Movie | Helter Skelter | Sgt. O'Neal | 1976-04-01 |
Movie | W.C. Fields and Me | Edward | 1976-03-31 |
Series | Alice | Unknown | 1976-08-31 |
Series | Quincy, M.E. | Unknown | 1976-10-03 |
Series | S.W.A.T. | Unknown | 1975-02-24 |
Movie | Breakout | Cable | 1975-05-21 |
Series | Bronk | Unknown | 1975-04-17 |
Series | Joe Forrester | Unknown | 1975-09-09 |
Movie | Framed | Frank | 1975-08-01 |
Movie | Big Rose | Troy | 1974-03-26 |
Movie | The Healers | 1974-05-22 | |
Movie | Call to Danger | 1973-02-27 | |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Series | Kojak | Unknown | 1973-10-24 |
Movie | That Man Bolt | Mickey | 1973-12-01 |
Movie | Cry Rape | Jim Hadley | 1973-11-27 |
Series | Search | Unknown | 1972-09-13 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
Series | O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | Unknown | 1971-09-17 |
Movie | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Jiggs | 1969-12-10 |
Movie | A Man Called Dagger | Dick Dagger | 1968-01-31 |
Series | The Name of the Game | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Series | The Outcasts | Unknown | 1968-09-23 |
Series | The Invaders | Deputy Vern Hammond | 1967-01-10 |
Series | Rango | Unknown | 1967-01-13 |
Series | Cimarron Strip | Unknown | 1967-09-07 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Series | Batman | Unknown | 1966-01-12 |
Movie | An American Dream | Shago Martin | 1966-08-31 |
Series | The Time Tunnel | Unknown | 1966-09-09 |
Series | Jericho | Unknown | 1966-09-15 |
Series | Felony Squad | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Movie | Robinson Crusoe on Mars | Commander Christopher Draper | 1964-06-01 |
Movie | Blood on the Arrow | Segura | 1964-10-11 |
Series | The Lieutenant | Unknown | 1963-09-14 |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Series | Mr. Novak | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
Series | Sam Benedict | Unknown | 1962-09-15 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
Series | Hawaiian Eye | Unknown | 1959-10-07 |
Series | Adventures in Paradise | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
Series | The Rifleman | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
Series | Dragnet | Unknown | 1951-12-16 |