
Paul Mantee
Born: 1931-01-09
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Filmography

The Healers
1974

Call to Danger
1973

Seinfeld
1989

Hunter
1977

W.C. Fields and Me
1976

Fugitive Family
1980

Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
1977

Big Rose
1974

The Time Tunnel
1966

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969

The Fall Guy
1981

Mission: Impossible
1966

Quincy, M.E.
1976

Promises to Keep
1985

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Masquerade
1983

The A-Team
1983

Apollo 13
1995