Paul Mantee
Known For
Acting
Born
1931-01-09 in San Francisco, California, USA
Died
2013-11-07
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 Known For
Seinfeld
as Health Inspector
Murder, She Wrote
as Leo David Fender / Ronald Olson / Jack Landis
The A-Team
as Chris Thomas
Mission: Impossible
as Byron Miller
Mission: Impossible
as Bill Fisher
Dallas
as General Cochran
Batman
as Cornell
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Terry
Quincy, M.E.
Quincy, M.E.
as Fake Carl Hopwood
Quincy, M.E.
as Perkins
The Fugitive
as Jack Burmas
The Fugitive
as Deputy Bob Howe
Ironside
Ironside
as Prof. Bradford Link
Mannix
Mannix
as Marcos
Mannix
as Frank Viola
Mannix
as Paul
Mannix
as Tommy Gantt