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Sal Mineo
(1939 - 1976)
Biography from Katz's Film Encyclopedia
 Occupation: Actor
Birth Name: Salvatore Mineo
Born: January 10, 1939, Bronx, N.Y.
Died: 1976
Sad-eyed juvenile, then young lead of the US stage, films, and TV. Dismissed
from a parochial school at eight as a troublemaker, he began attending a dancing
class and two years later he was cast as a child in the Broadway production of The
Rose Tattoo. In 1952 he took over the part of Yul Brynner's son in The
King and I. He made his first film appearance in 1955 and subsequently
appeared in many screen productions, typically portraying troubled youths. He
was nominated twice for Oscars in the supporting capacity, for REBEL WITHOUT A
CAUSE (1955) and EXODUS (1960). He also appeared in several TV productions and
directed a play, Fortune and Men's Eyes, on the West Coast and on
Broadway. He was stabbed to death as he returned to his Hollywood home from a
rehearsal for another play.
Filmography
Filmography from Katz's Film Encyclopedia
| 1955 |
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE |
performer |
| 1955 |
SIX BRIDGES TO CROSS |
performer |
| 1956 |
CRIME IN THE STREETS |
performer |
| 1956 |
GIANT |
performer |
| 1956 |
SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME |
performer |
| 1957 |
DINO |
performer |
| 1957 |
THE YOUNG DON'T CRY |
performer |
| 1958 |
TONKA/A HORSE NAMED COMANCHE |
performer |
| 1959 |
THE GENE KRUPA STORY |
title role |
| 1959 |
A PRIVATE'S AFFAIR |
performer |
| 1960 |
EXODUS |
performer |
| 1962 |
ESCAPE FROM ZAHRAIN |
performer |
| 1962 |
THE LONGEST DAY |
performer |
| 1964 |
CHEYENNE AUTUMN |
performer |
| 1965 |
THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD |
performer |
| 1965 |
WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR? |
performer |
| 1969 |
80 STEPS TO JONAH |
performer |
| 1969 |
KRAKATOA, EAST OF JAVA/VOLCANO |
performer |
| 1971 |
ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES |
performer |
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