Sal Mineo

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-01-10 (37 years old)

Deathday

1976-02-12

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Sal Mineo

Biography

Salvatore Mineo Jr. (January 10, 1939 – February 12, 1976) was an American actor, singer, and director. He is best known for his role as John "Plato" Crawford in the drama film Rebel Without a Cause (1955), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Mineo also starred in films such as Crime in the Streets, Giant (both 1956), Exodus (1960), for which he won a Golden Globe and received second Academy Award nomination, The Longest Day (1962), and Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sal Mineo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1955

Rebel Without a Cause

as John 'Plato' Crawford

1956

Giant

as Angel Obregón II

1960

Exodus

as Dov Landau

1962

The Longest Day

as Pvt. Martini

2008

Dominick Dunne: After the Party

as Self (archive footage)

1964

Cheyenne Autumn

as Red Shirt

1956

Crime in the Streets

as Angelo 'Baby' Gioia

1955

Six Bridges to Cross

as Jerry - as a boy

1959

1958

Tonka

as White Bull

2005

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as John 'Plato' Crawford in Rebel Without A Cause (archive footage)

1965

Who Killed Teddy Bear?

as Lawrence Sherman

1955

The Private War of Major Benson

as Cadet Col. Sylvester Dusik

1967

LSD: Insight or Insanity?

as Narrator (voice)

1957

The Young Don't Cry

as Leslie Henderson

1966

1971

1957

Dino

as Dino Minetta

1969

80 Steps to Jonah

as Jerry Taggart

1956

Rock, Pretty Baby

as Angelo Barrato

1967

Stranger on the Run

as George Blaylock

1959

A Private's Affair

as Luigi J. Maresi

1996

Rediscovering a Rebel

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970

The Challengers

as Angel de Angelo

1996

The Celluloid Closet

as Self (archive footage)

1973

1968

Krakatoa, East of Java

as Leoncavallo Borghese

1973

1997

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

1972

The Family Rico

as Nick Rico

1974

Sonic Boom

as Subject

1958

Aladdin

as Aladdin

1955

1992

Death Scenes 2

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990

Death In Hollywood

as (archive footage)

1995

James Dean: A Portrait

as Self (archive footage)

1956

The Dream

as Charles Monet

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