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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.
As actor
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Memorial Day
Apollo 13
Lurking Fear
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Illusions
First Strike
Promises to Keep
This Girl for Hire
Death Ray 2000
Fugitive Family
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Wolf Lake
The Great Santini
When Hell Was in Session
The Manitou
Day of the Animals
Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
The Greatest
W.C. Fields and Me
Helter Skelter
Framed
Breakout
Big Rose
In Tandem
The Healers
That Man Bolt
Call to Danger
Cry Rape