Paul Mantee
Paul Mantee (January 9, 1931 – November 7, 2013) was an American film and television 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. 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 whom he met while standing in line at the Malibu post office.

Complete Filmography
 1958 Onionhead as Sailor (uncredited)
 1959 Battle of the Coral Sea as Bomber Co-Pilot (uncredited)
 1964 Robinson Crusoe on Mars as Commander Christopher "Kit" Draper
 1964 Blood on the Arrow as Segura
 1966 An American Dream as Shago Martin
 1968 A Man Called Dagger as Dick Dagger
 1969 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as "Jiggs"
 1972 Adventures of Nick Carter (TV Movie) as O'Hara
 1973 Call to Danger (TV Movie) as Adams
 1973 Cry Rape (TV Movie) as Jim Hadley
 1973 That Man Bolt as Mickey
 1974 Big Rose: Double Trouble (TV Movie) as Troy
 1974 The Healers (TV Movie)
 1975 Breakout as Cable
 1975 Framed as Frank
 1976 W.C. Fields and Me as Edward (uncredited)
 1976 Helter Skelter (TV Movie) as Sergeant O'Neal
 1977 Day of the Animals as Roy Moore
 1977 The Greatest as Carrara
 1978 The Manitou as Dr. McEvoy
 1979 When Hell Was in Session (TV Movie) as Captain Brown
 1979 The Great Santini as Colonel Virgil Hedgepath
 1980 Wolf Lake as Sweeney
 1980 Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (TV Movie) as Ordway
 1981 Death Ray 2000 (TV Movie) as James Di Giorgio
 1985 First Strike
 1992 Illusions (TV Movie) as Professor McRoe
 1993 Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story as Doctor
 1994 The Lurking Fear as Father Poole
 1994 Cagney & Lacey: The Return (TV Movie) as Corassa
 1995 Apollo 13 as Reporter #4
 1998 Memorial Day as General Willard (final film role)

Partial TV credits

 The Rifleman (1961-1963) - John Wing / Cade Conway
 Cheyenne (1961-1962) - Johnny Crow / Jimmy
 Twelve O'Clock High (1965-1966) - Captain Rice / Lt. Nick Constantinius
 The Invaders (1967) - Deputy Vern Hammond
 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1968) - Jim Bentley
 Days of Our Lives (1965) - Lieutenant Spalding (1975)
 The Fugitive (1966-1967) - Deputy Bob Howe / Jack Burmas
 Rango (1967) - Carter (Episode "The Spy Who Was Out Cold")
 Mission: Impossible (1967-1971) - Bill Fisher / Byron Miller
 Ironside (1968-1975) - Prof. Bradford Link / Asst. D.A. Paul Corey
 Mannix (1968–1975) - Wayborn / Paul / Dave Winters / Frank Viola / Blake / Tommy Gantt / Marcos
 Daniel Boone (1970) - Atawa
 The Streets of San Francisco (1973-1975) - Renfro / Baxter
 Barnaby Jones (1977-1979) - Jay Tucker / Wallace Brooks
 CHiPs (1977) - Eddie
 Logan's Run (1978) - Barton
 Vega$ (1979, 1981) - Capt. Jim Schmidt / Roy / Sergeant Ross
 Quincy, M.E. (1977-1982) - Nick Ganziano / Perkins / Auto Inspector / Fake Carl Hopwood
 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
 Simon & Simon (1981) - Range Officer
 Dallas (1983) - General Cochran
 The A-Team (1984) - Chris Thomas
 The Fall Guy (1983-1986) - Quinn / Sergeant Rogers
 Cagney & Lacey (1983-1988) - Al Corassa / Lt. Sandusky
 Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1984) - Perry Lunsford
 Hunter (1989-1991) - Commander Tom Clayton
 L.A. Law (1989) - Judge Mitchell Katlin
 Seinfeld'' (1994) - Health Inspector

References

External links
 
 Paul Mantee at Allmovie
 Notice of death

1931 births
2013 deaths
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American male writers
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male novelists
Male actors from San Francisco
Writers from San Francisco
College of San Mateo alumni
United States Navy personnel of the Korean War