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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sal Mineo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 1992Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1988Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Ellery Queen — James Danello
• Harry O
• 1974Sonic Boom — Subject
• 1973Big John Morrison — Stippy
• Griff — President Gamal Zaki
• Police Story
• 1973Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On — Walter Scheerer
• Tenafly — Jerry Farmer
• 1972The Family Rico — Nick Rico
• Columbo — Rahmin Habib
• 1971Escape from the Planet of the Apes — Dr. Milo
• 1971How to Steal an Airplane — Luis Ortega
• 1971In Search of America — Nick
• 1970The Challengers — Angel de Angelo
• The Immortal
• 196980 Steps to Jonah — Jerry Taggart
• 1969Fortune and Men's Eyes — Rocky, Director
• Hawaii Five-O — Bobby George, Eddie
• 1969Krakatoa, East of Java — Leoncavallo Borghese
• The Name of the Game — Sheldon
• 1967LSD: Insight or Insanity? — Narrator (voice)
• 1967Stranger on the Run — George Blaylock
• Mission: Impossible — Mel Bracken
• 1966The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones — Bobby Jack Wilkes
• Mona McCluskey
• Run for Your Life — Tonio
• 1965The Greatest Story Ever Told — Uriah
• 1965Who Killed Teddy Bear? — Lawrence Sherman
• 1964Cheyenne Autumn — Red Shirt
• Burke's Law — Lew Dixon
• Kraft Suspense Theatre — Ernie
• The Greatest Show on Earth — Billy Archer
• The Patty Duke Show
• Combat! — Larry Kogan, Marcel Paulon, Vinnick
• 1962Escape from Zahrain — Ahmed
• 1962The Longest Day — Pvt. Martini
• Dr. Kildare — Carlos Mendoza
• The DuPont Show of the Week — Coke
• 1960Exodus — Dov Landau
• My Three Sons
• 1959A Private's Affair — Luigi J. Maresi
• 1959The Gene Krupa Story — Gene Krupa
• 1958Aladdin — Aladdin
• Pursuit — Richie Rogart
• 1958Tonka — White Bull
• 1957Dino — Dino Minetta
• DuPont Show of the Month — Aladdin
• 1957The Young Don't Cry — Leslie Henderson
• 1956Crime in the Streets — Angelo 'Baby' Gioia
• 1956Giant — Angel Obregón II
• 1956Rock, Pretty Baby — Angelo Barrato
• 1956Somebody Up There Likes Me — Romolo
• 1956The Dream — Charles Monet
• 1955Rebel Without a Cause — John 'Plato' Crawford
• 1955Rock 'n' Roll Revue — Sal Mineo
• Screen Director's Playhouse — Charles Monet
• 1955Six Bridges to Cross — Jerry - as a boy
• 1955The Private War of Major Benson — Cadet Col. Sylvester Dusik
• Climax! — Miguel
• Omnibus
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Charles, Les
• Studio One — Dino Manetta
• The Philco Television Playhouse

Appearances as themselves (24)

• 2008Dominick Dunne: After the Party — Self (archive footage)
• 2005James Dean: Forever Young — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents — Self (uncredited)
• 2003Murders of Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 1997The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender — Self (archive footage)
• 1996Rediscovering a Rebel — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1995James Dean: A Portrait — Self (archive footage)
• 1992Death Scenes 2 — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1990Death In Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady — Self (archive footage)
• 1975James Dean: The First American Teenager — Self
• 1974James Dean Remembered — Self
• Shindig! — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• The Big Party — Self
• The Dick Clark Show — Self
• American Bandstand — Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self
• The Steve Allen Show — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self