JAMES DEAN OF "THE REBELS"TEAM CAPTAIN
*Fact Or Fiction: "Captain Mean Dean" they call him on ice and themore you get near him, the meaner he gets and he'll keep the opposingteam scorelessto the end. A true Rebel!
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 - September 30, 1955) was an American actor, born on a Marion, Indiana family farm to Winton and Mildred WilsonDean. Dean begain his career with a soda commercial followed by a bit partin the television series, Hill Number One. He quit college to focus on hisbudding career, but hest ruggled to get jobs in Hollywood and only succeededin paying bills by working as a parking lot attendant. He appeared in severaluncredited bit roles in such forgettable films as Sailor Beware, but finallygained recognition and success in 1955 in his first starring role, that ofCal Trask in East of Eden, for which he received an Academy Award nominationfor Best Actor in a Leading Role. He followed this up in rapid succession withtwo more starring roles, in Rebel Without a Cause, and in the 1956 release Giant,for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award. Dean died in a road accidentin a Porsche 550 Spyder, before Giant was released. He is buried inPark Cemeteryin his home town of Fairmount. He is one of only five people to be nominated forBest Actor for his first feature role, and the only person to be nominated twiceafter his death. His very brief career, violent death and highly publicizedfuneraltransformed James Dean into a cult object and pop icon of apparentlytimeless fascination.
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