Acting
Paul Mantee
EN cinema · 36 credits
Born
9 January 1931
Died
7 November 2013 (aged 82)
Birthplace
San Francisco, California, USA
Also known as Paul Marianetti
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.
Known for
Filmography
Memorial Day
as General Willard
Apollo 13
as Reporter
Lurking Fear
as Father Poole
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Corassa
Illusions
as Professor McRoe
Promises to Keep
as Mike
This Girl for Hire
as Finnegan
Death Ray 2000
as James DiGiorgio
Fugitive Family
as Walther
Wolf Lake
as Sweeney
The Great Santini
as Col. Virgil Hedgepath
When Hell Was in Session
as Capt. Brown
The Manitou
as Dr. McEvoy
Day of the Animals
as Roy Moore
Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
as FBI Agent Fuller
The Greatest
as Carrara
W.C. Fields and Me
as Edward
Helter Skelter
as Sgt. O'Neal
Framed
as Frank
Breakout
as Cable
Big Rose
as Troy
In Tandem
as Man in Windbreaker
That Man Bolt
as Mickey
Call to Danger
as Adams
Cry Rape
as Jim Hadley
A Man Called Dagger
as Dick Dagger
Lionpower from MGM
as Self - Dick Dagger (archive footage) (uncredited)
An American Dream
as Shago Martin
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
as Commander Christopher Draper
Blood on the Arrow
as Segura