He served in the United States Army and landed in the second wave at Normandy, France during World War II.
Rumored to be a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp because of his work in Monster Squad and in V.
Mr. Cimino, a resident of New York City at the time of WWII, joined the U.S. Army in the 1940s and participated in the Normandy invasion.
He was substitute teacher filling in for Sidney Lumet at the New York High School for the Performing Arts in New York City.
He was awarded the 1970 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor in a Principal Role for his performance in "The Man in the Glass Booth" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
Son of Andrea Cimino, a tailor, and his wife, Leonilda Cimino. He played violin as a child and studied violin at Juilliard School of Music in New York City.
He is interred at Woodstock Cemetery in Woodstock, New York.
He was awarded the 1958 OBIE Awrad for his performance as Smerdyakov in the play production of "The Brothers Karamazov.".
He studied acting, directing, and modern dance at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York City. He also studied dance classes with Martha Graham.