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Biography

Born

1/10/1939, The Bronx, New York, USA

Died

2/12/1976

Birth Name

Salvatore Mineo, Jr.

Gender

Credits

Recurring Role (2)

Role
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 14 Bob Newhart / Bob & Ray / Sal Mineo / Damita Jo
    1/8/61
  - S 13: Ep 16 January 3, 1960: Bobby Darin & Connie Francis, Toni Fisher, Edgar Bergen, Gene Krupa & Sal Mineo
    1/3/60
  - S 11: Ep 31 Everly Brothers / Sal Mineo / Patachou / Teresa Brewer
    4/27/58
  - S 10: Ep 48 Sal Mineo / Guy Mitchell / Carman McRae / Wes Harrison
    8/25/57
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  scheduled guest
  - S 10: Ep 42 Sal Mineo / Diahann Carroll / Cary Grant (cameo) / Don Cherry / Althea Gibson
    7/14/57
Guest Star (62)

Role
- Biography
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 72 Sal Mineo.
    11/8/99
- Joe Forrester
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Answer
    2/2/76
- Ellery Queen
  Jimmy Danello
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Adventure of the Wary Witness
    1/25/76
- Police Story
  Fobbes
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Test of Brotherhood
    11/14/75
- Columbo
  Rahmin Habib
  - S 5: Ep 2 A Case of Immunity
    10/12/75
- S.W.A.T.
  Roy
  - S 2: Ep 1 Deadly Tide
    9/13/75
- S.W.A.T.
  Joey Hopper
  - S 1: Ep 3 A Coven of Killers
    3/3/75
- Harry O
  Broker
  - S 1: Ep 21 Elegy for a Cop
    2/27/75
- Hawaii Five-O
  Eddie
  - S 7: Ep 21 Hit Gun for Sale
    2/25/75
- Police Story
  Stippy
  - S 1: Ep 19 Big John Morrison (90 min)
    2/26/74
- Tenafly
  Jerry Farmer
  - S 1: Ep 4 Man Running
    1/2/74
- Griff
  President Gamal Zaki
  - S 1: Ep 5 Prey aka Marked For Murder
    10/27/73
- Harry O
  Walter Scheerer
  - S 1: Ep 0 Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On
    3/11/73
- Dan August
  Mort Downes
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Worst Crime
    2/11/71
- The Immortal (1970)
  Tsinnajinni
  - S 1: Ep 14 Sanctuary
    1/7/71
- My Three Sons
  Jim Bell
  - S 11: Ep 14 The Liberty Bell
    1/2/71
- Mission: Impossible
  Mel Bracken
  - S 5: Ep 2 Flip Side
    9/26/70
- The Name of the Game
  Hillary
  - S 3: Ep 1 So Long Baby, and Amen
    9/18/70
- The Virginia Graham Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 24 July 13, 1970
    7/13/70
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 78 December 17, 1969
    12/17/69
  - S 8: Ep 24 October 2, 1969
    10/2/69
  - S 2: Ep 222 August 19, 1964
    8/19/64
  - S 11: Ep 198 June 7, 1973
    6/7/73
  - S 8: Ep 134 March 5, 1970
    3/5/70
- The Name of the Game
  Sheldon
  - S 2: Ep 2 A Hard Case of the Blues
    9/26/69
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 42 September 1, 1969
    9/1/69
  - S 4: Ep 162 August 19, 1970
    8/19/70
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 9 August 28, 1969
    8/28/69
  - S 4: Ep 22 October 4, 1966
    10/4/66
- Allen Ludden's Gallery
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 22 July 22, 1969
    7/22/69
- Hawaii Five-O
  Bobby George
  - S 1: Ep 5 Tiger By The Tail
    10/10/68
- Happening '68
  band contest judge
  - S 1: Ep 17 Box Tops
    4/27/68
  - S 1: Ep 16 Bobby Vee / The Who
    4/20/68
  - S 1: Ep 15 Jonathan Harris
    4/13/68
  - S 1: Ep 14 Marvin Gaye / Lawrence Welk
    4/6/68
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Doctoroff
  - S 4: Ep 19 A Song Called Revenge
    3/1/67
- The Match Game
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 7 Jane Anne Jayroe & Sal Mineo
    10/17/66
  - S 3: Ep 39 Peggy Cass & Sal Mineo
    5/24/65
  - S 2: Ep 43 Peggy Cass & Sal Mineo
    6/22/64
- Combat!
  Marcel Paulon
  - S 5: Ep 4 The Brothers
    10/4/66
- Run for Your Life
  Yanio
  - S 1: Ep 24 Sequestro (pt 2)
    3/21/66
  - S 1: Ep 23 Sequestro (pt 1)
    3/14/66
- Combat!
  Vinnick
  - S 4: Ep 21 Nothing to Lose
    2/1/66
- Mona McCluskey
  General Crone's nephew
  - S 1: Ep 17 The General Swings at Dawn
    1/27/66
- Burke's Law
  Lew Dixon
  - S 2: Ep 29 Who Killed the Rabbit's Husband?
    4/14/65
- The Patty Duke Show
  himself
  - S 2: Ep 19 Patty Meets a Celebrity
    1/20/65
- Shindig
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 18 Show 18: January 6, 1965: Sal Mineo, Righteous Brothers, Sandie Shaw
    1/6/65
- Kraft Suspense Theatre
  Eddie
  - S 2: Ep 1 The World I Want
    10/1/64
- Dr. Kildare
  Carlos Mendoza
  - S 3: Ep 25 Tomorrow Is A Fickle Girl
    3/19/64
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Loser
    10/22/63
- The DuPont Show of the Week
  Coke
  - S 1: Ep 24 A Sound of Hunting
    5/20/62
- The Ann Sothern Show
  Nicky Silvero
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Sal Mineo Story
    11/2/59
- The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 13 Dick Clark's Birthday Show with Bobby Darin, Sal Mineo, Connie Francis
    11/29/58
- Pursuit
  Richie Rogart
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Vengeance
    10/22/58
- The DuPont Show Of The Month
  Aladdin
  - S 1: Ep 6 Aladdin
    2/21/58
- The Big Record
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 22 February 19, 1958
    2/19/58
  - S 1: Ep 1 September 18, 1957
    9/18/57
- American Bandstand
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 128 January 10, 1958: George Hamilton IV, Sal Mineo, The Twin-Tones
    1/10/58
  - S 1: Ep 7 AB-7: Jodie Sands / Sal Mineo
    8/13/57
- The Steve Allen Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 12 Sal Mineo; Rosemary Clooney; Dale Robertson; Peter Lawford; Guy Lombardo Orchestra
    12/8/57
- The Perry Como Show
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 8 November 2, 1957
    11/2/57
  - S 9: Ep 1 September 15, 1956
    9/15/56
- Kraft Television Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 11: Ep 1 Barefoot Soldier
    10/2/57
  - S 10: Ep 32 Drummer Man
    5/1/57
- Patti Page's The Big Record
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 September 18, 1957
    9/18/57
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest
  - S 8: Ep 44 EPISODE #369
    6/30/57
- Person to Person
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 14 December 14, 1956
    12/14/56
- Climax!
  Miguel
  - S 3: Ep 5 Island in the City
    10/4/56
- Alcoa Hour
  Tommy Angelo
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Magic Horn
    6/10/56
- Screen Director's Playhouse
  Charles Monet
  - S 1: Ep 26 Dream
    5/16/56
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 28: Ep 1 The 28th Annual Academy Awards
    3/21/56
- Studio One
  Dino
  - S 8: Ep 16 Dino
    1/2/56
- Omnibus
  Guard's Brother (as Salvatore Mineo)
  - S 4: Ep 10 Salome
    12/18/55
- Goodyear Television Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 7 The Trees
    12/4/55
- Omnibus
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 2 The Jazz World
    10/16/55
- Omnibus
  Paco (dramatic version)
  - S 2: Ep 10 Capital of the World
    12/6/53
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Charles
  - S 1: Ep 19 A Woman for the Ages
    5/11/52
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Les
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Vision of Father Flanagan
    3/30/52

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- Sal was nominated twice for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, for Rebel Without A Cause (1955) and Exodus (1961).
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- Sal won the Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actor for Exodus (1961).
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- Sal joined a street gang when he was 8 years old and was arrested for robbery when he was 10. He was offered the option of juvenile detention or acting school, which led to his career.
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Quotes
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- (commenting to reporters about his loss of a role in Lawrence Of Arabia after completing work on Exodus) Sal: I lost because I had appeared in a pro-Jewish picture, played a sympathetic Jewish boy, and shot four Arabs.
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