Education
Manetti studied acting in Chicago with the Ted List Players.
Manetti studied acting in Chicago with the Ted List Players.
Rumors that Manetti is related to Conrad (ie that they are half-brothers) are false. His first television role was as a young detective in Jack Webb"s Chase (1973-1974). He would go on to play pilot "Bobby Boyle" in Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976-1978) with Robert Conrad.
He followed this up with a role as a bookie on the short-lived National Broadcasting Company series, The Duke (1979), which also featured Conrad in the title role.
Manetti"s signature role on Magnum, Philippine Islands lasted for the entire eight year run of the series (1980-1988). He also had co-starring roles in 25 feature films and guest starred on many other television shows, including Emergency!, Tenspeed and Brownshoe, Fantasy Island, Battlestar Galactica, Renegade, Quantum Leap, Judge Advocate General and Walker, Texas Ranger.
Manetti also had a minor role in the 1993 film Central Intelligence Agency II: Target Alexa. Since July 2011, Larry and Nancy Manetti have hosted a weekly radio program on CRN Digital Talk Radio Networks.
lieutenant was announced on January 24, 2013 that Manetti had joined Columbia Broadcasting System"s revived version of Hawaii Five-0 in the recurring role of "Nicky "The Kid" Demarco".
The character is described as "a local lounge legend., back in the day, was mentored by the one and only Frank Sinatra."
Manetti is the author of the semi-autobiographical Aloha Magnum, based on his time on Magnum Philippine Islands and anecdotes about fellow cast members and celebrities such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, and Michelle Pfeiffer.