
Paul Mantee
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.
Acting (35 movies)

The Great Santini
1979

Robinson Crusoe on Mars
1964

The Manitou
1978

Framed
1975

Day of the Animals
1977

Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
1977

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969

Fugitive Family
1980

Big Rose
1974

A Man Called Dagger
1968

Memorial Day
1999

W.C. Fields and Me
1976

First Strike
1985

Breakout
1975

In Tandem
1974

The Greatest
1977

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980

When Hell Was in Session
1979

Death Ray 2000
1981

Illusions
1992

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021

Blood on the Arrow
1964

That Man Bolt
1973

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
1993

Promises to Keep
1985

Helter Skelter
1976

Lurking Fear
1994

Wolf Lake
1980

Call to Danger
1973

Apollo 13
1995

An American Dream
1966

Cry Rape
1973

Cagney & Lacey: The Return
1994

The Healers
1974

Lionpower from MGM
1967
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