Paul Mantee was an American film and television actor.
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. His stage name was changed from an Italian sounding name to the name of Humphrey Bogarts character in The Petrified Forest. He made a great number of guest appearances in wellknown 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 and a semiautobiographical Bruno of Hollywood .
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