Paul Mantee
Actor
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.
Filmography
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
as Doctor 1993
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
as Jiggs 1969
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
as Commander Christopher Draper 1964
Breakout
as Cable 1975
Day of the Animals
as Roy Moore 1977
The Manitou
as Dr. McEvoy 1978
The Great Santini
as Col. Virgil Hedgepath 1979
Helter Skelter
as Sgt. O'Neal 1976
Lurking Fear
as Father Poole 1994
The Greatest
as Carrara 1977
Wolf Lake
as Sweeney 1980
Framed
as Frank 1975
That Man Bolt
as Mickey 1973
Blood on the Arrow
as Segura 1964
An American Dream
as Shago Martin 1966
Illusions
as Professor McRoe 1992