DATE OF IMAGE: 1970s PRINT DATE: 1990s ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 2 Original - Printed from the original negative, but in a later period SUBJECTS: Sal Mineo, Jackie Cooper APPROXIMATE SIZE: 6"x4" NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a large number of candid, red carpet and live performance celebrity photos, slides and negatives from the archive of long-time celebrity photographer Nancy Barr-Brandon that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Sal Mineo was born in 939 in The Bronx, New York City, NY and died in 976 in West Hollywood, CA. Salvatore (Sal) Mineo Jr. was born to Josephine and Sal Sr. (a casket maker), who emigrated to the U.S. from Sicily. His siblings were Michael, Victor and Sarina. Sal was thrown out of parochial school and, by age eight, was a member of a street gang in a tough Bronx neighborhood. His mother enrolled him in dancing school and, after being arrested for robbery at age ten, he was given a choice of juvenile confinement or professional acting school. He soon appeared in the theatrical production "The Rose Tattoo" with Maureen Stapleton and Eli Wallach and as the young prince in "The King and I" with Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner. At age 6 he played a much younger boy in Six Bridges to Cross (955) with Tony Curtis and later that same year played Plato in James Dean's Rebel Without a Cause (955). He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in this film and again for his role as Dov Landau in Exodus (960). Expanding his repertoire, Mineo returned to the theatre to direct and star in the play "Fortune and Men's Eyes" with successful runs in both New York and Los Angeles. In the late 960s and 970s he continued to work steadily in supporting roles on TV and in film, including Dr. Milo in Escape from the Planet of the Apes (97) and Harry O (973). In 975 he returned to the stage in the San Francisco hit production of "P.S. Your Cat Is Dead". Preparing to open the play in Los Angeles in 976 with Keir Dullea, he returned home from rehearsal the evening of February 2th when he was attacked and stabbed to death by a stranger. A drifter named Lionel Ray Williams was arrested for the crime and, after trial in 979, convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder. Although taken away far too soon, the memory of Sal Mineo continues to live on through the large body of TV and film work that he left behind. SKU: NBP04383
Item: NBP04383
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