The crossword solutions for the term 'MINEO ACTOR' are SAL, which stands for Salvatore Mineo Jr., an American actor, singer, and director. He is best known for his Academy Award-nominated role as John 'Plato' Crawford in the 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause. He was also nominated for an Emmy Award for his performance in the television film The Young Doctors. Mineo was the first actor to be nominated for an Academy Award for playing a homosexual character. He was tragically murdered in 1976 at the age of 37.