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Sal Mineo

Actor

Sal Mineo

Born January 10, 1939 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USADied February 12, 197634 films

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).

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The Longest Day posterFirst watchThe Longest Day19627.6as Pvt. MartiniThe retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Rebel Without a Cause poster7.5Rebel Without a Cause1955Giant poster7.6Giant1956Escape from the Planet of the Apes poster6.4Escape from the Planet of the Apes1971Somebody Up There Likes Me poster7.2Somebody Up There Likes Me1956Exodus poster6.7Exodus1960The Greatest Story Ever Told poster6.4The Greatest Story Ever Told1965Cheyenne Autumn poster6.7Cheyenne Autumn1964

Filmography

34 films as actor
  1. 1974Sonic BoomSubject
  2. 1973Big John MorrisonStippy
  3. 1973Such Dust as Dreams Are Made OnWalter Scheerer
  4. 1972The Family RicoNick Rico
  5. 1971How to Steal an AirplaneLuis Ortega
  6. 1971Escape from the Planet of the ApesDr. Milo
  7. 1971In Search of AmericaNick
  8. 1970The ChallengersAngel de Angelo
  9. 196980 Steps to JonahJerry Taggart
  10. 1969Fortune and Men's EyesRocky
  11. 1969Krakatoa, East of JavaLeoncavallo Borghese
  12. 1967Stranger on the RunGeorge Blaylock
  13. 1966The Dangerous Days of Kiowa JonesBobby Jack Wilkes
  14. 1965Who Killed Teddy Bear?Lawrence Sherman
  15. 1965The Greatest Story Ever ToldUriah
  16. 1964Cheyenne AutumnRed Shirt
  17. 1962The Longest DayPvt. Martini
  18. 1962Escape from ZahrainAhmed
  19. 1960ExodusDov Landau
  20. 1959The Gene Krupa StoryGene Krupa
  21. 1959A Private's AffairLuigi J. Maresi
  22. 1958TonkaWhite Bull
  23. 1958AladdinAladdin
  24. 1957The Young Don't CryLeslie Henderson
  25. 1957DinoDino Minetta
  26. 1956Rock, Pretty BabyAngelo Barrato
  27. 1956GiantAngel Obregón II
  28. 1956Somebody Up There Likes MeRomolo
  29. 1956Crime in the StreetsAngelo 'Baby' Gioia
  30. 1956The DreamCharles Monet
  31. 1955Rebel Without a CauseJohn 'Plato' Crawford
  32. 1955Rock 'n' Roll RevueSal Mineo
  33. 1955The Private War of Major BensonCadet Col. Sylvester Dusik
  34. 1955Six Bridges to CrossJerry - as a boy