Person Details

Birthday: 1931-01-09 06:52:57

Death: 2013-11-07 06:52:57

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 30

TV Involvements: 24


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

L.A. Law
Average
7

L.A. Law

(1986) Judge Mitchell Katlin
The A-Team
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8

The A-Team

(1983) Chris Thomas
Dallas
Average
7

Dallas

(1978) General Cochran
T. J. Hooker
Average
6

T. J. Hooker

(1982) Roy Harris
The Fugitive
Average
7

The Fugitive

(1963) Deputy Bob Howe
Hunter
Average
7

Hunter

(1984) Commander Clayton
Murder, She Wrote
Average
8

Murder, She Wrote

(1984) Leo David Fender / Ronald Olson / Jack Landis
Daniel Boone
Average
7

Daniel Boone

(1964) Atawa

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1999 General Willard
1995 Reporter
1994 Corassa
Father Poole
1993 Professor McRoe
Doctor
1989 Health Inspector
1986 Judge Mitchell Katlin
1985 Mike
N/A
1984 Bailey
Leo David Fender / Ronald Olson / Jack Landis
Commander Clayton
1983 Agent Watkins
N/A
Chris Thomas
1982 Albert Hastings
N/A
N/A
Lt. Sandusky
Al Corassa
Roy Harris
1981 N/A
N/A
James DiGiorgio
N/A
1980 Ordway
Walther
Sweeney
1979 Col. Virgil Hedgepath
Capt. Brown
Karl
N/A
1978 N/A
Dr. McEvoy
General Cochran
1977 N/A
N/A
FBI Agent Fuller
Carrara
Roy Moore
N/A
N/A
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1976 N/A
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Sgt. O'Neal
Edward
1975 N/A
Frank
Cable
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1974 N/A
Man in Windbreaker
Troy
1973 Mickey
Jim Hadley
Hank Yankowski
Joe Taggart
N/A
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1972 N/A
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1971 N/A
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1969 Jiggs
1968 N/A
Father Minetti
1967 Dick Dagger
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Deputy Vern Hammond
1966 N/A
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Shago Martin
Cornell
1965 Frank Macklin
Vic
Gerald Spain
Norman Whitehead
N/A
1964 Segura
Atawa
Commander Christopher Draper
1963 Hal Williams
Jack Burmas
Deputy Bob Howe
N/A
1962 N/A
1961 N/A
Neurosurgeon
1959 N/A
Ori
1958 N/A
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1951 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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