Portrait of Paul Mantee

Paul Mantee

Acting

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.

Born: January 9, 1931

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA

Filmography

1999
Memorial Day

as General Willard

1995
Apollo 13

as Reporter

1994
Lurking Fear

as Father Poole

1992
Illusions

as Professor McRoe

1989
Seinfeld

as Health Inspector

1986
L.A. Law

as Judge Mitchell Katlin

1985
1984
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Leo David Fender / Ronald Olson / Jack Landis

1984
Hunter

as Commander Clayton

1983
Masquerade

as Agent Watkins

1983
The A-Team

as Chris Thomas

1982
Remington Steele

as Albert Hastings

1982
Cagney & Lacey

as Lt. Sandusky

1982
Cagney & Lacey

as Al Corassa

1982
Cagney & Lacey

as Detective Thomas

1982
T. J. Hooker

as Roy Harris

1981
Death Ray 2000

as James DiGiorgio

1980
Fugitive Family

as Walther

1980
Wolf Lake

as Sweeney

1979
The Great Santini

as Col. Virgil Hedgepath

1979
1978
1978
The Manitou

as Dr. McEvoy

1978
Dallas

as General Cochran

1977
Logan's Run

as Barton

1977
CHiPs

as Eddie

1977
The Greatest

as Carrara

1977
Day of the Animals

as Roy Moore

1977
Hunter

as Lawrence

1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Fake Carl Hopwood

1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Perkins

1976
1976
Helter Skelter

as Sgt. O'Neal

1976
1975
Framed

as Frank

1975
Breakout

as Cable

1975
1974
In Tandem

as Man in Windbreaker

1974
Big Rose

as Troy

1973
That Man Bolt

as Mickey

1973
Cry Rape

as Jim Hadley

1973
Kojak

as Hank Yankowski

1973
The Magician

as Joe Taggart

1973
1973
Barnaby Jones

as Wallace Brooks

1972
1971
1968
The Name of the Game

as Father Minetti

1968
A Man Called Dagger

as Dick Dagger

1967
1967
Mannix

as Marcos

1967
Mannix

as Frank Viola

1967
Mannix

as Paul

1967
Mannix

as Tommy Gantt

1967
Mannix

as Dave Winters

1967
Ironside

as Prof. Bradford Link

1967
1967
The Invaders

as Deputy Vern Hammond

1966
Mission: Impossible

as Byron Miller

1966
Mission: Impossible

as Bill Fisher

1966
An American Dream

as Shago Martin

1966
Batman

as Cornell

1965
The F.B.I.

as Frank Macklin

1965
1965
The F.B.I.

as Gerald Spain

1965
The F.B.I.

as Norman Whitehead

1965
1964
1964
Daniel Boone

as Atawa

1964
Robinson Crusoe on Mars

as Commander Christopher Draper

1963
Mr. Novak

as Hal Williams

1963
The Fugitive

as Jack Burmas

1963
The Fugitive

as Deputy Bob Howe

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Neurosurgeon

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Nick Malatesta

1958
Steve Canyon

as Sgt. Taliman

1955
Cheyenne

as Johnny Crow

1951
Dragnet

as Morris Copley