Sal Mineo stripping off on the beach at Malibu circa 1955.

Salvatore ‘Sal’ Mineo, Jr. (1939-1976) was a Golden Globe-winning American movie and stage actor, best known for his Academy Award-nominated performance opposite James Dean in the film Rebel Without a Cause.

He often played juvenile delinquents. His acting ability and exotic good looks earned him not only roles as a Native American boy in Tonka, but also as a Jewish emigrant in Otto Preminger's Exodus (1960) for which he received another Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor.

He died prematurely at the age of 37 as the result of a stabbing.