Sal Mineo

Salvatore "Sal" Mineo, Jr. (January 10, 1939February 12, 1976), was an American movie and theatre actor. Mineo was born in the Bronx, New York City, into an Italian family. He is best known for his  performance as John "Plato" Crawford opposite James Dean in the movie Rebel Without a Cause. He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Once for his roles in Rebel Without a Cause and once for Exodus.

Mineo was bisexual. In 1976 he played the role of a bisexual burglar in a series of stage performances of the comedy, P.S. Your Cat Is Dead. The play moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles and Mineo moved along with the play. He was arriving home after a rehearsal on February 12, 1976, when he was stabbed to death by a mugger in the alley behind his apartment building. This happened near Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California.Obituary, Variety, February 18, 1976, page 126. He was buried in Hawthorne, New York.

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