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Paul Mantee

Actor

Paul Mantee

Born January 9, 1931 in San Francisco, California, USADied November 7, 201334 films

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.

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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.

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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? posterFirst watchThey Shoot Horses, Don't They?19697.6as JiggsIn the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Apollo 13 poster7.5Apollo 131995Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story poster6.9Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story1993Robinson Crusoe on Mars poster6.3Robinson Crusoe on Mars1964The Great Santini poster6.8The Great Santini1979Breakout poster6.3Breakout1975Helter Skelter poster6.9Helter Skelter1976The Manitou poster5.4The Manitou1978Day of the Animals poster5.2Day of the Animals1977

Filmography

34 films as actor
  1. 1999Memorial DayGeneral Willard
  2. 1995Apollo 13Reporter
  3. 1994Cagney & Lacey: The ReturnCorassa
  4. 1994Lurking FearFather Poole
  5. 1993Dragon: The Bruce Lee StoryDoctor
  6. 1992IllusionsProfessor McRoe
  7. 1985Promises to KeepMike
  8. 1985First Strike
  9. 1983This Girl for HireFinnegan
  10. 1981Death Ray 2000James DiGiorgio
  11. 1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking StoryOrdway
  12. 1980Fugitive FamilyWalther
  13. 1980Wolf LakeSweeney
  14. 1979The Great SantiniCol. Virgil Hedgepath
  15. 1979When Hell Was in SessionCapt. Brown
  16. 1978The ManitouDr. McEvoy
  17. 1977Man from Atlantis IV: The DisappearancesFBI Agent Fuller
  18. 1977The GreatestCarrara
  19. 1977Day of the AnimalsRoy Moore
  20. 1976Helter SkelterSgt. O'Neal
  21. 1976W.C. Fields and MeEdward
  22. 1975FramedFrank
  23. 1975BreakoutCable
  24. 1974The Healers
  25. 1974In TandemMan in Windbreaker
  26. 1974Big RoseTroy
  27. 1973That Man BoltMickey
  28. 1973Cry RapeJim Hadley
  29. 1973Call to DangerAdams
  30. 1969They Shoot Horses, Don't They?Jiggs
  31. 1968A Man Called DaggerDick Dagger
  32. 1966An American DreamShago Martin
  33. 1964Blood on the ArrowSegura
  34. 1964Robinson Crusoe on MarsCommander Christopher Draper