Born on this day – Sal Mineo:

Sal Mineo

Actor

Writer

January 10, 1939 – February 12, 1976

Credits:

80 Steps to Jonah (1969); A Private's Affair (1959); ABC Late Night (1974); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); America at the Movies (1976); American Bandstand (1957–1958); Arena (1991); Big Town (1955); Biography (1999–2002); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1967); Burke's Law (1965); Celebrity: Dominick Dunne (2008); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); Climax! (1956); Columbo (1975); Combat! (1964–1966); Court Martial (1966); Crime in the Streets (1956); Cry Vengeance! (1961); Dan August (1971); Death Scenes 2 (1992); Dino (1957); Dr. Kildare (1964); Dynamite: Live and in Concert (1975); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); Ellery Queen (1976); Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971); Escape from Zahrain (1962); Exodus (1960); Frontiers of Faith (1954–1955); Giant (1956); Gila! (2012); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Griff (1973); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); Harry O (1973–1975); Hawaii Five-O (1968–1975); Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988); How to Steal an Airplane (1971); Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (2003); In Search of America (1971); I've Got a Secret (1959); James Dean Remembered (1974); James Dean: A Portrait (1995); James Dean: Forever Young (2005); James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975); Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (1954); Jeanne Wolf with... (1974–1979); Joe Forrester (1976); John Ford et Monument Valley (2013); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Kraft Theatre (1957); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1955); Krakatoa: East of Java (1968); Lamp Unto My Feet (1954–1955); Les échos du cinéma (1962); Look Up and Live (1956); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Making the Boys (2011); Mission: Impossible (1970); Mona McCluskey (1966); Murderers, Mobsters and Madmen: Hollywood Police Blotter (1992); My Three Sons (1971); Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982); NBC Television Opera Theatre (1954); Oh My Word (1965); Omnibus / Segment: Salome; Famous America Boyhoods; The Capital of the World (1953–1955); P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! (2002); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956–1957); Person to Person (1956); Philbin's People (1970); Pioneers of Television (2008); Police Story (1974–1975); Police Surgeon (1974); Pursuit (1958); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Rediscovering a Rebel (1996); Rock 'N' Roll Revue (1957); Rock, Pretty Baby! (1956); Run for Your Life (1966); S.W.A.T. (1975); Sal (2011); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Shindig! (1965); Six Bridges to Cross (1955); Social Security in Action (1965); Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956); Sonic Boom (1975); Stranger on the Run (1967); Studio One (1956); Studio One Anthology (2016); Stu's Show (2023); T.J.'s (1966); Tenafly (1974); Texasville (1990); That Man: Peter Berlin (2005); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The 21st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1964); The 22nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1965); The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 35th Annual Academy Awards (1963); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); The Arthur Murray Party (1957); The Big Party (1959); The Big Record (1957–1958); The Celebrity Game (1964); The Challengers (1970); The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones (1966); The Dating Game (1969); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Dick Clark Show (1958); The DuPont Show of the Month (1958); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957–1965); The Family Rico (1972); The Gene Krupa Story (1959); The Greatest Show on Earth (1963); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); The Immortal (1971); The Juke Box Jury (1956–1959); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Longest Day (1962); The Magical World of Disney (1962); The Match Game (1964–1966); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1969); The Mike Douglas Show (1964–1973); The Name of the Game (1969–1970); The Patrice Munsel Show (1958); The Patty Duke Show (1965); The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights (1999); The Private War of Major Benson (1955); The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957); The Tonight Show (1957); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960–1961); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1969); The Young Don't Cry (1957); Theatre Beat (1969); Tonka (1958); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); What's My Line? (1957 / 1970); What's This Song? (1964); When the Applause Died / Death in Hollywood (1990); Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965); You Don't Say (1964).

On this day in movie history - Rebel Without a Cause (1955):

Rebel Without a Cause

directed by Nicholas Ray,

written by Stewart Stern and Irving Shulman,

based on a story by Nicholas Ray,

was released in the United States on October 27, 1955.
Music by Leonard Rosenman.

Cast:

James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, William Hopper, Rochelle Hudson, Dennis Hopper, Edward Platt, Steffi Sidney, Marietta Canty, Virginia Brissac, Beverly Long, Ian Wolfe, Frank Mazzola, Robert Foulk, Jack Simmons, Tom Bernard, Nick Adams, Jack Grinnage, Clifford Morris, Dorothy Abbott, David Alpert, Jimmy Baird, Paul Birch, Harold Bostwick, Paul Bryar, John Close, Chuck Hamilton, Chuck Hicks, Skipper Huerta, Louise Lane, Nelson Leigh, David McMahon, Edward McNally, Peter Miller, Ralph Moratz, Bruce Noonan, House Peters Jr., Stephanie Pond-Smith, Charles Postal, Nicholas Ray, Gus Schilling, Almira Sessions, Joel Smith, Bert Stevens, Dick Wessel, Robert B. Williams.

On this day in movie history - Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 movie & novel):

Somebody Up There Likes Me

directed by Robert Wise,

written by Ernest Lehman,

based on the autobiography by Rocky Graziano with Rowland Barber,

was released in the United States on July 4, 1956.
Music by Bronislau Kaper.

Cast:

Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Harold J. Stone, Joseph Buloff, Sal Mineo, Ray Stricklyn, Robert Loggia, Steve McQueen, Angela Cartwright, Jack Orrison, Frank Campanella, Dean Jones.

Recommended reading:

Somebody Up There Likes Me

By Rocky Graziano with Rowland Barber.

Filmed as Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), directed by Robert Wise.

Published by Ecco Press.

Published 1954.

ISBN 13: 9780880013932

ISBN 10: 0880013931

ASIN: 0880013931

Paperback.

Description:

The blood-soaked autobiography of a fist-happy hoodlum…

Rocky’s right hand saw him through three stretches in reform school, four man-size prisons, the middle-weight championship of the world, and a career as a television comedian with Martha Raye.

We get a view of what it’s like to be on the lam from truant officers, probation officers, goons, cops, and creeps too stupid to be anything but legitimate. What it’s like to hit first or get hit! – Saturday Review.

On this day in movie history - Crime in the Streets (1956):

Crime in the Streets

directed by Don Siegel,

written by Reginald Rose,

was released in the United States on May 23, 1956.
Music by Franz Waxman.

Cast:

James Whitmore, John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo, Mark Rydell, Virginia Gregg, Peter J. Votrian, Will Kuluva, Malcolm Atterbury, Denise Alexander, Dan Terranova, Peter Miller, Steve Rowland, Robert Alexander, Doyle Baker, Paul Bryar, Richard Curtis, Shirley Heart, Frank Mills, Duke Mitchell, Jimmy Ogg, Syd Saylor, Ray Stricklyn, Paul Wallace.

On this day in movie history - Six Bridges to Cross (1955):

Six Bridges to Cross

directed by Joseph Pevney,

written by Sydney Boehm,

based on They Stole $25,000,000 – And Got Away with It by Joseph F. Dinneen,

inspired by the true 1950 Brink’s Robbery,

was released in the United States on January 19, 1955.
Music by Frank Skinner and Herman Stein.

Cast:

Tony Curtis, George Nader, Julie Adams, Jay C. Flippen, Sal Mineo, Jan Merlin, Richard Castle, William Murphy, Kendall Clark, Don Keefer, Harry Bartell, Tito Vuolo, Gina Aguglia, Ronald Anton, Peter Avarmo, John S. Barratt, Nicky Blair, Ted Bliss, Edward F. Bowers, William Brackman, Paul Bretanus, Ralph Brooks, Charles Buswell, Joseph Cammarata, Gordon B. Clarke, Tom Coleman, Hal Conklin, William Conley, John J. Connolly, Charles J. Conrad, Harry Cooper, Henry M. Coughlin, John F. Dacey, Sayre Dearing, Kem Dibbs, James Diorio, Paul Dubov, Sam Finn, Diane Flaherty, William Flannery, Carl Frank, Jack Gargan, Grant Gordon, Joe Gray, Herbert Gross, Claudia Hall, Chuck Hamilton, Kathleen Hooper, John Hormel, Helen Keeton, Elizabeth Kerr, Manuel P. Kurland, Scott Lee, Peter Leeds, Carey Loftin, Robert Lynn, Edmund M. MacClosky, Helen Mayon, Bob McElroy, James McGah, Edward McNally, Joe McTurk, Doris Meade, Harold Miller, Carl Moore, Dan Moynihan, John J. Muldoon, Mary Newton, William H. O'Brien, Carl O'Bryan, Robert Paolucci, Kenneth Patterson, Pennachi, Michael F. Powers, Joseph Quaranta, George Ramsey, Harry Raven, John Regan, Edward Richardson, Di Di Roberts, Kenny Roberts, Nandy Robie, Charles F. Roche, William Ryan, Cosmo Sardo, Frank E. Sawin Jr., Anabel Shaw, Edward R. Skrickus, James Stone, Hal Taggart, Janice Thomas, Clifford F. Tobey, Larry Turner, Charles Victor, Jean Goodale Wales, Robert T. Walley, Roger White, Howard Wright.