About
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...
Known for
SeinfeldSeries • 1989
DallasSeries • 1978
Remington SteeleSeries • 1982
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
The FugitiveSeries • 1963
The A-TeamSeries • 1983
MannixSeries • 1967
L.A. LawSeries • 1986
Mission: ImpossibleSeries • 1966
IronsideSeries • 1967
BatmanSeries • 1966
Quincy, M.E.Series • 1976
The RiflemanSeries • 1958
DragnetSeries • 1951
Dr. KildareSeries • 1961
CannonSeries • 1971
The Six Million Dollar ManSeries • 1974
AliceSeries • 1976
T. J. HookerSeries • 1982
Daniel BooneSeries • 1964
CheyenneSeries • 1955
Simon & SimonSeries • 1981
Ben CaseySeries • 1961
HunterSeries • 1984