Full Name Paul Marianetti Role Film actor Name Paul Mantee | Years active 1958–1998 Education College of San Mateo | |
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Spouse Suzy Davis Mantee (m. ?–2013) Books In Search of the Perfect Ravioli: A Novel Movies and TV shows Similar People Byron Haskin, William Girdler, Ann Newman‑Mantee, C Courtney Joyner, Tom Gries | ||
Occupation Film, television actor |
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Paul Mantee (January 9, 1931 – November 7, 2013) was an American film and television actor.
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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.




