Paul Mantee
Actor
- Born
- January 9, 1931 · San Francisco, California, USA
- Died
- November 7, 2013 (age 82)
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).
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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
Apollo 13
June 30, 1995
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
May 7, 1993
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
December 10, 1969
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
June 1, 1964
Breakout
May 1, 1975
The Great Santini
October 26, 1979
Day of the Animals
May 13, 1977
The Manitou
April 28, 1978
Helter Skelter
April 1, 1976
Lurking Fear
July 27, 1994
The Greatest
May 17, 1977
Wolf Lake
February 8, 1980
Acting36
- 2021Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! as Self
- 1999Memorial Day as General Willard
- 1995Apollo 13 as Reporter
- 1994Cagney & Lacey: The Return as Corassa
- 1994Lurking Fear as Father Poole
- 1993Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story as Doctor
- 1992Illusions as Professor McRoe
- 1985Promises to Keep as Mike
- 1985First Strike
- 1983This Girl for Hire as Finnegan