Paul Mantee

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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.

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Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Movie Self
1999
Memorial Day
Movie General Willard
1995
Apollo 13
Movie Reporter
1994
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Movie Corassa
1994
Lurking Fear
Movie Father Poole
1993
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Movie Doctor
1992
Illusions
Movie Professor McRoe
1989
Seinfeld
TV show Health Inspector
1986
L.A. Law
TV show Judge Mitchell Katlin
1985
Promises to Keep
Movie Mike
1985
First Strike
Movie
1984
Crazy like a Fox
TV show Bailey
1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV show Leo David Fender / Ronald Olson / Jack Landis
1984
Hunter
TV show Commander Clayton
1983
Masquerade
TV show Agent Watkins
1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
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