Paul Mantee (born Paul Marianetti; January 9, 1931 – November 7, 2013) was an American film and television actor.

Biography

Mantee was born Paul Marianetti in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

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. A journalism major at

San Mateo Junior College College of San Mateo (CSM) is a public community college in San Mateo, California. It is part of the San Mateo County Community College District. College of San Mateo is located at the northern corridor of Silicon Valley and situated on a 1 ...

, Mantee enlisted in the U.S. Navy for four years during the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

that made him decide on acting as a career. He graduated from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

. His stage name was changed from an Italian-sounding name to the name of Humphrey Bogart's character in ''

The Petrified Forest ''The Petrified Forest'' is a 1936 American film directed by Archie Mayo and based on Robert E. Sherwood's 1935 Broadway drama of the same name. The motion picture stars Leslie Howard, Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart. The screenplay was written ...

''. 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''. 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 Canoga Park is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California. Before the Mexican–American War, the district was part of a rancho, and after the American victory it was converted into wheat farms and t ...

, California. He was survived by his wife, Suzy Davis Mantee whom he met while standing in line at the Malibu post office.

Complete filmography

Partial TV credits

References

External links

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