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Paul Mantee
Born: 9th Jan 1931 San Francisco, California, USA - Died 7th Nov 2013
Dept: Acting
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.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 101
Film: 35 (35%)
Television: 66 (65%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Science Fiction, War & Politics, History, Family, Soap, Documentary
Filmography
2021
A comprehensive story of Hollywood's horror and science fiction films of the 1950s, told by the people who made them. ... view
Character:
Self
1999
An embittered satellite expert gets the opportunity for revenge against the USA by aiding terrorists in a plan to destroy the country's military base. ... view
Character:
General Willard
1995
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with th ... view
Character:
Reporter
1994
1994. Cagney, now a Lieutenant, re-teams with Lacey, who has left the force, to search for a cache of missing firearms. ... view
Character:
Corassa
1994
The storm-swept and depopulated town of Leffert’s Corners has been terrorized for decades by grotesque creatures that breed in the depths beneath th ... view
Character:
Father Poole
1993
This film is a glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhood of rigorous martial arts training ... view
Character:
Doctor
1992
Greg Sanderson is helping his wife, Jan, to recover from a nervous breakdown and revive their strained marriage. Their privacy is interrupted by the a ... view
Character:
Professor McRoe
Jul 1989 (first aired)
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing. ... view
Character:
Health Inspector (1 ep.)
Sep 1986 (first aired)
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994.
Created by Steven B ... view
Character:
Judge Mitchell Katlin (1 ep.)
1985
An aging cowboy returns to the family he abandoned 30 years ago with a terrifying secret. ... view
Character:
Mike
1985
A U.S. Navy submarine captain tries to prevent the Soviets from trying to launch World War III. ... view
Character:
Dec 1984 (first aired)
Crazy Like a Fox is an American television series set in San Francisco, California, that aired on CBS from December 30, 1984 to May 3, 1986. ... view
Character:
Bailey (1 ep.)
Sep 1984 (first aired)
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases. ... view
Character:
Leo David Fender / Ronald Olson / Jack Landis (1 ep.)
Sep 1984 (first aired)
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. D ... view
Character:
Commander Clayton (7 ep.)
Dec 1983 (first aired)
Masquerade is an American espionage television series that aired for a few months on ABC in the spring of 1983. ... view
Character:
Agent Watkins (1 ep.)
Oct 1983 (first aired)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May 28, 1987 on CBS. The show stars Kate Jackson and Bruc ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jan 1983 (first aired)
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as ... view
Character:
Chris Thomas (1 ep.)
Oct 1982 (first aired)
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solv ... view
Character:
Albert Hastings (1 ep.)
Mar 1982 (first aired)
Capitol is an American soap opera which aired on CBS from March 29, 1982 to March 20, 1987 for 1,270 episodes. As its name suggests, the storyline usu ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (260 ep.)
Mar 1982 (first aired)
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Lt. Sandusky (1 ep.)
Al Corassa (1 ep.)
Detective Thomas (1 ep.)
Mar 1982 (first aired)
Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolli ... view
Character:
Roy Harris (1 ep.)
Nov 1981 (first aired)
A.J. Simon is a polished fellow with a taste for classic cars and tailored suits. Rick Simon is his less refined (but still pleasant) older brother wh ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Nov 1981 (first aired)
Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble skills to track and capture bail jumpers. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
1981
A flamboyant secret agent from UNIT, a secret counterespionage group, teams with a lady spy to retrieve a stolen device capable of destroying the worl ... view
Character:
James DiGiorgio
Jan 1981 (first aired)
Based on the 1978 film of the same name, the series is about a bumbling detective in San Francisco and his girlfriend. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1980
Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handful of the denizens behind the cold grey walls of "T ... view
Character:
Ordway
Nov 1980 (first aired)
Fact-based story of the lives and attempted 1946 escape of several inmates in the famous correctional facility. Young inmate Clarence Carnes mastermin ... view
Character:
Ordway (2 ep.)
1980
To the world Brian Roberts looks like a successful businessman, with a lovely wife and two children all living in a dream home. Nevertheless, he has r ... view
Character:
Walther
1980
War veterans visit a lakeside cabin for a week of shooting, drinking, etc. but find the cabin being looked after by a young caretaker named David. Whe ... view
Character:
Sweeney
1979
As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated ma ... view
Character:
Col. Virgil Hedgepath
1979
This film describes Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton's 7-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war. Held in numerous, brutal POW camps, he faced starvation, ... view
Character:
Capt. Brown
Sep 1979 (first aired)
20th-century astronaut Buck Rogers awakens in the 25th century after a freak accident puts him in suspended animation for 500 years. Upon returning to ... view
Character:
Karl (1 ep.)
Aug 1979 (first aired)
240-Robert is an American drama series that ran on ABC from 1979 to 1981. The series title is a reference to the call-sign designation for the Los Ang ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1978 (first aired)
Private detective Dan Tanna drives around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place f ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Roy (1 ep.)
1978
A psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400 year-old demonic Native American spirit. ... view
Character:
Dr. McEvoy
Apr 1978 (first aired)
The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly w ... view
Character:
General Cochran (1 ep.)
Sep 1977 (first aired)
In a futuristic society where reaching the age of 30 is a death sentence, a rebellious law enforcement agent goes on the run in search of Sanctuary. ... view
Character:
Barton (1 ep.)
Sep 1977 (first aired)
Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorc ... view
Character:
Eddie (1 ep.)
1977
Elizabeth is kidnapped, one of dozens of scientists held prisoner on the island of Felicitos, controlled by special mineral springs that render their ... view
Character:
FBI Agent Fuller
1977
Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic boxing triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of th ... view
Character:
Carrara
1977
The depletion of the earth's ozone layer causes animals above the altitude of 5000 feet to run amok, which is very unfortunate for a group of hikers w ... view
Character:
Roy Moore
Feb 1977 (first aired)
Global espionage with an American agent and his sexy partner. ... view
Character:
Lawrence (1 ep.)
Feb 1977 (first aired)
The Fantastic Journey was an American science fiction television series that was originally aired on NBC from February 3 through June 17, 1977. ... view
Character:
Morgan (1 ep.)
Oct 1976 (first aired)
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Fake Carl Hopwood (1 ep.)
Perkins (1 ep.)
Aug 1976 (first aired)
Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1976
The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family". ... view
Character:
Sgt. O'Neal
1976
In 1920s New York City, W. C. Fields is a successful headlining entertainer, but when his girlfriend leaves him and his broker loses his money, Fields ... view
Character:
Edward
Sep 1975 (first aired)
Medical Story is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from September 4, 1975, until January 8, 1976. Police Story's producers probe the medi ... view
Character:
Robert Fowler (1 ep.)
1975
Joe Don Baker plays a gambler who is framed for a crime he did not commit. A corrupt legal system leads him into a plea bargain and four years behind ... view
Character:
Frank
1975
A bush pilot is hired for $50,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner. ... view
Character:
Cable
Apr 1975 (first aired)
Bronk is an American television series starring Jack Palance as Detective Lieutenant Alex Bronkov. The series is set in the fictional Ocean City, Cali ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Feb 1975 (first aired)
S.W.A.T. is an American action/crime drama series about the adventures of a Special Weapons And Tactics team operating in an unidentified California c ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1974
The director of an urban medical center faces various major problems during the course of running the hospital. ... view
Character:
1974
Gypsy truckers -- a tough veteran driver and his young college-educated partner -- come to the aid of embattled citrus growers in this pilot for the 1 ... view
Character:
Man in Windbreaker
Original title: Big Rose: Double Trouble
1974
Rose Winters, a private detective out of Los Angeles, teams with Ed Mills, a somewhat inexperienced young detective, to find out who is blackmailing a ... view
Character:
Troy
Jan 1974 (first aired)
Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman ... view
Character:
Terry (1 ep.)
1973
Fred Williamson chop-sockeys his way through this popular blaxploitation adventure as Jefferson Bolt, a Kung Fu expert assigned to deliver a cool $1 m ... view
Character:
Mickey
1973
A man who is arrested for rape swears it wasn't him but somebody who looks just like him, but the victim insists it was him. ... view
Character:
Jim Hadley
Oct 1973 (first aired)
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City. ... view
Character:
Hank Yankowski (1 ep.)
Oct 1973 (first aired)
The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, ... view
Character:
Joe Taggart (1 ep.)
Mar 1973 (first aired)
Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the Empire of Chaiba, a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia. He initiates a ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1973
A federal agent recruits a computer whiz to try to free a Mafia witness who has been kidnapped and held in a heavily fortified compound. ... view
Character:
Adams
Jan 1973 (first aired)
Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm ... view
Character:
Wallace Brooks (1 ep.)
Sep 1972 (first aired)
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Renfro (1 ep.)
Sep 1972 (first aired)
Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET, from September 1972 to August 1973. It ran for 23 epis ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1971 (first aired)
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury is an American television crime drama starring David Janssen and broadcast by CBS during the 1971-72 television season. Jack Web ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1971 (first aired)
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1969
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a ... view
Character:
Jiggs
Sep 1968 (first aired)
A bounty hunter who was a Confederate Officer teams up with an ex-slave who was a Union Soldier during the Civil War. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1968 (first aired)
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totalin ... view
Character:
Father Minetti (1 ep.)
1968
An agent finds himself pitted against a former Nazi who plans to become ruler of the world through mind control. ... view
Character:
Dick Dagger
Sep 1967 (first aired)
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed b ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Marcos (1 ep.)
Frank Viola (1 ep.)
Paul (2 ep.)
Tommy Gantt (1 ep.)
Dave Winters (1 ep.)
Sep 1967 (first aired)
Cimarron Strip is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from September 1967 to March 1968. Starring Stuart Whitman as Marshal Jim Cr ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Mar 1967 (first aired)
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to t ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Prof. Bradford Link (1 ep.)
Jan 1967 (first aired)
Rango is an American Western situation comedy starring comedian Tim Conway which was broadcast in the United States on the ABC television network in 1 ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jan 1967 (first aired)
The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them, for ... view
Character:
Deputy Vern Hammond (1 ep.)
1967
"Lionpower from MGM" (1967) is an exciting 60's promotional short subject, which showcases MGM's releases for the 1967-68 film season under a "five se ... view
Character:
Self - Dick Dagger (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sep 1966 (first aired)
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of ... view
Character:
Byron Miller (1 ep.)
Bill Fisher (1 ep.)
Sep 1966 (first aired)
Jericho is an American espionage series set during World War II. The series stars John Leyton, Don Francks and Marino Masé as secret agents, and aire ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1966 (first aired)
Twenty-year veteran Detective Sergeant Sam Stone is paired with rookie Briggs in a large Western metropolis. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1966 (first aired)
The Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series, written around a theme of time travel adventure. The show was creator-producer ... view
Character:
Ambahai (1 ep.)
1966
Stephen Rojack is a decorated war vet who has now found success as an outspoken television personality. During a vicious argument with his wife, Debor ... view
Character:
Shago Martin
Jan 1966 (first aired)
Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole ... view
Character:
Cornell (2 ep.)
Sep 1965 (first aired)
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the character ... view
Character:
Frank Macklin (1 ep.)
Vic (1 ep.)
Gerald Spain (1 ep.)
Norman Whitehead (1 ep.)
Sep 1965 (first aired)
Laredo is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 16, 1965, to April 7, 1967. Laredo stars Neville Brand, William Smith ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1964
In this western, the sole survivor of an Apache ambush rides out to save a young boy who has been captured. The hero was a captured outlaw en route to ... view
Character:
Segura
Sep 1964 (first aired)
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10 ... view
Character:
Atawa (1 ep.)
1964
Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food and companionship on the lifeless ... view
Character:
Commander Christopher Draper
Sep 1963 (first aired)
Mr. Novak is an American dramatic series starring James Franciscus in the title role, which aired on NBC for two seasons, from 1963 to 1965. ... view
Character:
Hal Williams (1 ep.)
Sep 1963 (first aired)
Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allow ... view
Character:
Jack Burmas (1 ep.)
Deputy Bob Howe (1 ep.)
Sep 1963 (first aired)
Situated at Camp Pendleton, the West Coast base of the U.S. Marine Corps, The Lieutenant focuses on the men of the Corps in peace time with a Cold War ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1962 (first aired)
Sam Benedict is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The series was created and executive produced by E. Jack ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1961 (first aired)
The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respe ... view
Character:
Neurosurgeon (1 ep.)
Oct 1959 (first aired)
Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they work both hotel security and are hired by others to look ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 1959 (first aired)
Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Ada ... view
Character:
Ori (1 ep.)
Oct 1958 (first aired)
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office locate ... view
Character:
Nick Malatesta (1 ep.)
Sep 1958 (first aired)
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Sep 1958 (first aired)
Steve Canyon is a commander for the U.S. air force. His assignment is to go to various bases to troubleshoot problems ... view
Character:
Sgt. Taliman (1 ep.)
Sep 1955 (first aired)
Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawma ... view
Character:
Johnny Crow (1 ep.)
Jimmy (1 ep.)
Dec 1951 (first aired)
Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dr ... view
Character:
Morris Copley (1 ep.)