Sal Mineo

Also Credited As:

Salvatore Mineo
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Biography

The role turned the young Mineo into a major star and helped make a career for the actor playing troubled, violence-prone youths throughout the remainder of the decade. Though he disappointed fans with his small part in "Giant" (1956), Mineo earned considerable acclaim - as well as the nickname "The Switchblade Kid" - for his role in "Crime in the Streets" (1956). He went on to earn critical kudos for leading roles in "Dino" (1957) and "The …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

January 10, 1939

LATEST CREDITS

Who Killed Teddy Bear?

Lawrence

Dino

Dino

A Private's Affair

Luigi Maresi

The Gene Krupa Story

Gene Krupa

Tonka

White Bull

Escape From Zahrain

Ahmed

The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones

Bobby Jack Wilkes

How to Steal an Airplane

Luis Ortega

Rebel Without a Cause

Plato

Crime in the Streets

Baby Gioia

An Evening With Jimmy Durante

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Stranger on the Run

George Blaylock

Such Dust As Dreams Are Made On

Walter Scheerer

Six Bridges to Cross

Jerry--as a Boy

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Romolo

The Private War of Major Benson

Cadet Colonel Dusik

Cheyenne Autumn

Red Shirt

Exodus

Dov Landau

Giant

Angel Obregon III

The Family Rico

Nick Rico

Krakatoa, East of Java

Leoncavallo

Escape From the Planet of the Apes

Milo

Mona McCluskey

Jim Stanton; Crone's nephew

The Challengers

Angel de Angelo

Kraft Television Theater

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