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Sal Mineo

American actor (1939-1976)

Sal Mineo was an American actor best known as John ‘Plato’ Crawford in Rebel Without a Cause, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at 17. He also starred in Crime in the Streets and Giant, and won a Golden Globe and a second Oscar nomination for Exodus. His later films included The Longest Day, Cheyenne Autumn and Escape from the Planet of the Apes.

Sal Mineo appears in 5 films in The Rerun, from 1955 to 1971. Most of that work is in drama, adventure and sci-fi. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Paul Newman (2), James Dean (2), Dennis Hopper (2).

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What movies and TV shows has Sal Mineo been in?
Sal Mineo appears in Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), Exodus (1960), Giant (1956), Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) and Rebel Without a Cause (1955) on The Remote.
When was Sal Mineo born?
Sal Mineo was born on 10 January 1939.

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