1. Joe Mantell was an American film and television actor.
12 Facts About Joe Mantell
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Joe Mantell was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as best friend Angie in the 1955 film Marty, which he reprised from the original live teleplay with the same creative team.
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Joe Mantell's father was a butcher, the family name originally was spelled Mantel and accented on the first syllable, but at the beginning of his acting career, Mantell added the extra "L" and changed the pronunciation to "Man-TELL".
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Joe Mantell served in the army during the World War II.
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Early in his career, Mantell worked on Paddy Chayefsky teleplays directed by Delbert Mann for The Philco Television Playhouse, including Arnold in The Bachelor Party.
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Joe Mantell appeared in the anti-censorship episode "Storm Center" of the Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, as well as the 1956 film adaptation by Daniel Taradash.
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Joe Mantell was featured in the pilot of the crime drama, The Untouchables, starring Robert Stack that originally aired as a 2 part episode of the WDP.
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Joe Mantell appeared as a betrayed husband in the "Guilty Witness" episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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Joe Mantell had a recurring role from 1961 to 1962 as Ernie Briggs in six episodes of the CBS sitcom, Pete and Gladys, starring Harry Morgan and Cara Williams.
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From 1967 to 1969 Joe Mantell appeared five times on Mannix, four of which were in his recurring role of private detective Albie Loos.
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Joe Mantell had a small but pivotal role in the gas station scene of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film The Birds.
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Joe Mantell retired from acting in 1990 and on September 29,2010, died in Tarzana, California, at the age of 94.