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 Bogarts 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.
Commander Christopher Draper
Film 1964
Dr. McEvoy
Film 1978
FBI Agent Fuller
Film 1977
Walther
Film 1980
General Willard
Film 1999
Edward
Film 1976
Film 1985
Man in Windbreaker
Film 1974
Ordway
Film 1980
Capt. Brown
Film 1979
James DiGiorgio
Film 1981
Self
Film 2021
Mickey
Film 1973
Mike
Film 1985
Sgt. O'Neal
Film 1976
Father Poole
Film 1994
Sweeney
Film 1980
Adams
Film 1973
Jim Hadley
Film 1973
Film 1974
Tv 1966
Leo David Fender / Ronald Olson / Jack Landis
Tv 1984
Tv 1976
Eddie
Tv 1977
Health Inspector
Tv 1989
Tv 1958
Albert Hastings
Tv 1982
Roy Harris
Tv 1982
Judge Mitchell Katlin
Tv 1986
Chris Thomas
Tv 1983
Frank Macklin
Tv 1965
Cornell
Tv 1966
Tv 1981
Tv 1976
Karl
Tv 1979
Tv 1972
Tv 1979
Tv 1967
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Hank Yankowski
Tv 1973
Tv 1982
Tv 1959
General Cochran
Tv 1978
Tv 1971
Commander Clayton
Tv 1984
Tv 1967
Tv 1981
Tv 1965
Bailey
Tv 1984
Tv 1962
Tv 1966
Tv 1978
Tv 1967
Tv 1973
Tv 1968
Atawa
Tv 1964
Jack Burmas
Tv 1963
Tv 1975
Tv 1982
Tv 1977
Tv 1972
Ori
Tv 1959
Tv 1971
Tv 1958
Tv 1961
Deputy Bob Howe
Tv 1963
Hal Williams
Tv 1963
Tv 1981
Tv 1963
Tv 1967
Tv 1977
Neurosurgeon
Tv 1961
Tv 1966
Tv 1975
Tv 1975
Tv 1977
Agent Watkins
Tv 1983
Joe Taggart
Tv 1973
Vic
Tv 1965
Gerald Spain
Tv 1965
Norman Whitehead
Tv 1965
Father Minetti
Tv 1968
Terry
Tv 1974
Prof. Bradford Link
Tv 1967
Marcos
Tv 1967
Frank Viola
Tv 1967
Morris Copley
Tv 1951
Sgt. Taliman
Tv 1958
Lawrence
Tv 1977
Paul
Tv 1967
Byron Miller
Tv 1966
Fake Carl Hopwood
Tv 1976
Deputy Vern Hammond
Tv 1967
Renfro
Tv 1972
Al Corassa
Tv 1982
Lt. Sandusky
Tv 1982
Ordway
Tv 1980
Detective Al Corassa
Tv 1982
Detective Thomas
Tv 1982
Bill Fisher
Tv 1966
Tommy Gantt
Tv 1967
Dave Winters
Tv 1967