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Sal Mineo

1939 - 1976

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Salvatore Mineo Jr. (January 10, 1939 – February 12, 1976) was an American actor. He was 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 at age 17, making him the fifth-youngest nominee in the category. 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 a second Academy Award nomination, The Longest Day (1962), John Ford's final western Cheyenne Autumn (1964) and Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sal Mineo is the 2,001st most popular actor (down from 1,530th in 2019), the 3,577th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,577th in 2019) and the 977th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sal Mineo ranks 2,001 out of 13,578. Before him are Fernando Fernán Gómez, Sean Young, Mala Sinha, DeForest Kelley, Lilian Harvey, and William Atherton. After him are Hannah Chaplin, Marie Dubois, Christian Marquand, Frank Morgan, Walter Gotell, and Claire Lacombe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Sal Mineo ranks 178. Before him are Andrew Parker Bowles, Lili Ivanova, Frank Vincent, Brian Mulroney, Harold E. Varmus, and Heinz Holliger. After him are Peppino di Capri, John Howard, Donald Adamson, Ignacio Zoco, Silvana Armenulić, and Wendy Carlos. Among people deceased in 1976, Sal Mineo ranks 94. Before him are Evert Taube, Orlando Letelier, Gottfried von Cramm, Mohammed Ben Aarafa, Alexander Novikov, and Paul Robeson. After him are Freddie King, Howlin' Wolf, Mikhail Katukov, Silvana Armenulić, Paul Douglas, and Grégoire Kayibanda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sal Mineo ranks 3,577 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph Valachi (1904), William Atherton (1947), Kate Chopin (1850), Gardner Fox (1911), Leonard Kleinrock (1934), and Jason Newsted (1963). After him are Bob Casey Jr. (1960), John Frusciante (1970), Gordon Bunshaft (1909), John Grinder (1940), Richard C. Tolman (1881), and David Lee Roth (1954).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sal Mineo ranks 977. Before him are Bill Nunn (1953), Esther Williams (1921), Bea Arthur (1922), Sean Young (1959), DeForest Kelley (1920), and William Atherton (1947). After him are Frank Morgan (1890), Rhea Perlman (1948), Octavia Spencer (1972), Edmond O'Brien (1915), Machine Gun Kelly (1990), and Kristin Davis (1965).

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