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Paul Mantz is a Actor, Director, Aerial Director of Photography and Pilot American born on 2 august 1903 at Alameda (USA)

Paul Mantz

Paul Mantz
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Nationality USA
Birth 2 august 1903 at Alameda (USA)
Death 8 july 1965 (at 61 years)

Albert Paul Mantz (August 2, 1903 – July 8, 1965) was a noted air racing pilot, movie stunt pilot and consultant from the late 1930s until his death in the mid-1960s. He gained fame on two stages: Hollywood and in air races.

Best films

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
(Aerial Coordinator)
Hell's Angels (1930)
(Pilot)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
(Stunts)
Air Force (1943)
(Pilot)

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Filmography of Paul Mantz (14 films)

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Actor

Seven Wonders of the World
Directed by Tay Garnett, Andrew Marton, Paul Mantz
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Actors Paul Mantz
Rating70% 3.5190053.5190053.5190053.5190053.519005
Documentaire de voyage pendant lequel Lowell Thomas, écrivain, explorateur et présentateur télévisuel, tente de mettre à jour la liste des Sept Merveilles du monde.
Men with Wings, 1h45
Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, Andy Devine, Lynne Overman, Porter Hall, Walter Abel
Roles Pilot
Rating62% 3.142123.142123.142123.142123.14212
In 1903, the Wright Brothers set the scene for aviation's advances and influence barnstormer, Pat Falconer (Fred MacMurray) and his friend, engineer Scott Barnes (Ray Milland). Falconer marries childhood sweetheart Peggy Ransom (Louise Campbell) although Barnes also loves her, but is unwilling to jeopardize his relationship with his friend.

Director

Seven Wonders of the World
Directed by Tay Garnett, Andrew Marton, Paul Mantz
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Actors Paul Mantz
Rating70% 3.5190053.5190053.5190053.5190053.519005
Documentaire de voyage pendant lequel Lowell Thomas, écrivain, explorateur et présentateur télévisuel, tente de mettre à jour la liste des Sept Merveilles du monde.

Cameraman

Toward the Unknown, 1h55
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors William Holden, Virginia Leith, Lloyd Nolan, Charles McGraw, Murray Hamilton, Paul Fix
Roles Aerial Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.242263.242263.242263.242263.24226
USAF Major Lincoln Bond (William Holden) was captured during the Korean War and subjected to torture, finally "cracking" after 14 months and signing a "confession" used for propaganda. Upon his release, he took a year to recover from the ordeal before showing up at the Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, hoping to return to work as a test pilot. His old buddy, Colonel McKee (Charles McGraw), tries his best for him, but the base commander, Brigadier General Banner (Lloyd Nolan), turns him down because he cannot trust him to be stable. A complication is that the general's secretary and love interest, Connie Mitchell (Virginia Leith), is an old flame. Bond presses for a job and accepts the general's offer of routine flying in support. Banner is a hands-on leader, taking the most dangerous assignments himself.

Team

The Flight of the Phoenix, 2h22
Directed by Robert Aldrich, Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Le désert, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine, George Kennedy
Roles Stunts
Rating74% 3.7474053.7474053.7474053.7474053.747405
Frank Towns (James Stewart) is the pilot of a twin-engine Fairchild C-82 Packet cargo plane flying from Jaghbub to Benghazi in Libya. Lew Moran (Richard Attenborough) is the navigator while the passengers are Capt. Harris (Peter Finch) and Sgt. Watson (Ronald Fraser) of the British Army; Dr. Renaud (Christian Marquand), a physician; Heinrich Dorfmann (Hardy Krüger), a German aeronautical engineer; Mr. Standish (Dan Duryea), an oil company accountant; and several oil workers that include Trucker Cobb (Ernest Borgnine), a mentally-disturbed foreman; Ratbags Crow (Ian Bannen), a mean-spirited, sardonic Scot; Carlos (Alex Montoya) and his pet monkey; and Gabriel (Gabriele Tinti). A sudden sandstorm shuts down the engines, forcing Towns to crash-land in the desert. As the aircraft careens to a stop, several oil drums and oil drilling gear break loose and severely injure Gabriel's leg. Two other workers are killed.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, 2h34
Directed by Stanley Kramer, Carey Loftin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Dorothy Provine, Moe Howard
Roles Aerial Coordinator
Rating74% 3.7467053.7467053.7467053.7467053.746705
"Smiler" Grogan (Jimmy Durante), wanted by police in a tuna factory robbery fifteen years ago and on the run from the police, careens his 1957 Ford Victoria off twisting, mountainous State Highway 74 near Palm Springs in Southern California and crashes. Five motorists stop to help him - Melville Crump (Sid Caesar), a dentist, Lennie Pike (Jonathan Winters), a furniture mover, Dingy Bell (Mickey Rooney) and Benjy Benjamin (Buddy Hackett), two friends on their way to Las Vegas, and J. Russell Finch (Milton Berle), who owns Pacific Edible Seaweed Company in Fresno. Just before he dies, Grogan tells the five about $350,000 buried in Santa Rosita State Park near the Mexican border under a mysterious "big W".
Twelve O'Clock High, 2h12
Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, Dean Jagger, Paul Stewart
Roles Stunts
Rating76% 3.8466053.8466053.8466053.8466053.846605
In 1949, former U.S. Army Air Force officer Harvey Stovall (Dean Jagger) is vacationing in Great Britain when he spots a familiar Toby Jug in an antique shop window and is told that it came from Archbury, where Stovall served with the 918th Bomb Group during World War II. Convinced that it is the same jug, he buys it and journeys to the now-abandoned airfield.
Gallant Journey, 1h26
Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Glenn Ford, Janet Blair, Charles Ruggles, Henry Travers, Charles Kemper, Arthur Shields
Roles Pilot
Rating60% 3.049253.049253.049253.049253.04925
The story picks up as Father Dick Ball in San Diego, California, tells the story of his childhood friend, John Joseph Montgomery, who was the first American to ever fly a glider plane in 1883. As early as 1879, John told his girlfriend Regina Cleary about his dreams of flying, although his family was very much opposed to this idea and considered him a fool. Regina believed in him, and secretly supported his work, until the first test flight in 1883, which was successful. John named his flying machine "aeroplane".
Air Force
Air Force (1943)
, 2h4
Directed by Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors John Garfield, John Ridgely, Gig Young, Harry Carey, Charles Drake, John Arthur Kennedy
Roles Pilot
Rating69% 3.493823.493823.493823.493823.49382
On December 6, 1941, at Hamilton Field, near San Francisco, a United States Army Air Corps B-17D bomber Mary-Ann and its crew are being readied for a flight across the Pacific.
Flying Tigers, 1h42
Directed by David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee, Gordon Jones, Paul Kelly, Mae Clarke
Roles Stunts
Rating66% 3.346473.346473.346473.346473.34647
Jim Gordon (John Wayne in his first war film) leads the Flying Tigers, a squadron of freelance American pilots who fly Curtiss P-40 fighters against Japanese aircraft in the skies over China. The pilots are a mixed bunch, motivated by money (they receive a bounty for each aircraft shot down), or just the thrill of aerial combat.
The Woman I Love, 1h25
Directed by Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Paul Muni, Miriam Hopkins, Louis Hayward, Colin Clive, Minor Watson, Elisabeth Risdon
Roles Stunt Coordinator
Rating65% 3.28533.28533.28533.28533.2853
In World War I, French fighter pilot Lt. Claude Maury (Paul Muni) gains a bad reputation in his squadron, flying off on "lone wolf" missions. More importantly, Maury continually returns to base with his air observers/gunners killed or wounded. Others believe he is either "jinxed" or dangerous, and only Lt. Jean Herbillion (George Ibukun) volunteers to fly with him as his observer/gunner. Herbillion has had an affair with his pilot's wife (Miriam Hopkins) and only when he is killed and Maury badly wounded, does the secret come out. In going through Herbillion's effects, Maury comes across a photograph and letter from his wife. She confesses to the affair and begs forgiveness. In the end, he relents as she nurses him back to health.
The Galloping Ghost
Directed by B. Reeves Eason, Armand Schaefer, Benjamin H. Kline
Origin USA
Genres Action
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Dorothy Gulliver, Tom Dugan, Gwen Lee, Francis X. Bushman, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Theodore Lorch
Roles Stunts
Rating58% 2.9070952.9070952.9070952.9070952.907095
Red Grange is thrown off the Clay College football team in disgrace when his friend, Buddy Courtland, takes a bribe to throw the big game and Red attacks him. Red then proceeds to investigate and hunt down the head of the gambling ring responsible. Red eventually clears his name and both he and Buddy are reinstated on the team.