- Best Supporting Actor Rebel Without a Cause 1956
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).
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Filmography
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Awards & recognition
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On February 12, 1976, Sal was returning home after a theater rehearsal when a criminal attacked him and inflicted two stab wounds. One of them pierced his heart, causing severe internal bleeding. As a result of the wounds he sustained, Sal Mineo died.
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