Paul Mantee

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.

Apollo 13

7.4

Seinfeld

8.3

The A-Team

7.5

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

6.9

Batman

7.3

The Six Million Dollar Man

7.2

Murder, She Wrote

7.5

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

7.6

Mission: Impossible

7.6

Dallas

6.8

The Time Tunnel

7.6

The Fall Guy

7.5

Robinson Crusoe on Mars

6.3

Remington Steele

7.1

CHiPs

6.8

Kojak

7.0

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

6.9

Quincy, M.E.

7.5

Breakout

6.3

The Streets of San Francisco

7.0

Hunter

7.2

Simon & Simon

6.7

T. J. Hooker

6.3

L.A. Law

7.1

Day of the Animals

5.2

S.W.A.T.

7.0

The Great Santini

6.7

The Manitou

5.5

Helter Skelter

6.8

Ironside

6.8

Cagney & Lacey

6.9

The Invaders

6.8

The Fugitive

7.2

Alice

7.0

Lurking Fear

4.8

Mannix

6.7

The Rifleman

7.0

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

6.3

Cannon

6.4

Dragnet

6.4

Daniel Boone

6.9

Logan's Run

6.5

Barnaby Jones

6.9

The F.B.I.

5.5

Grizzly Adams

7.0

77 Sunset Strip

6.7

Vega$

7.0

The Greatest

5.6

Police Story

6.9

Dr. Kildare

5.3

Framed

6.6

Wolf Lake

6.5

Ben Casey

5.6

Laredo

6.3

The Magician

6.7

The Name of the Game

6.8

Cimarron Strip

5.0

The Fantastic Journey

5.8

That Man Bolt

4.8

Hawaiian Eye

5.2

Search

6.9

Blood on the Arrow

3.7

Crazy like a Fox

7.1

Capitol

5.7

Adventures in Paradise

5.7

W.C. Fields and Me

7.8

An American Dream

4.6

Felony Squad

6.4

Memorial Day

5.0

Illusions

4.8

Bronk

6.2

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

4.5

Cry Rape

6.7

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

8.7

The Outcasts

5.3

The Lieutenant

6.0

Joe Forrester

7.0

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

4.0

240-Robert

5.5

Sam Benedict

6.0

O'Hara, U.S. Treasury

5.5

Mr. Novak

6.5

Jericho

6.5

Man From Atlantis: The Disappearances

7.0

A Man Called Dagger

6.0

First Strike

5.0

When Hell Was in Session

7.0

Death Ray 2000

5.0

Promises to Keep

5.0

Foul Play

5.0

Masquerade

5.0

Steve Canyon

6.0

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

5.0

Fugitive Family

0.0

Big Rose

0.0

In Tandem

0.0

Call to Danger

0.0

The Healers

0.0

Rango

0.0