Actor Milo Ventimiglia is the new owner of this midcentury three-bedroom in the sun-drenched, saline-tinged environs of Malibu. According to Dirt, the This Is Us cast member paid $4.355 million for the 2,462 square-footer which, from the street, hunkers its single level behind a prominent timber privacy wall and gate.

A closer look at the 1965-built house reveals a full-blooded modern ranch; chock-a-block with lingering postwar optimism, community-minded, open, and slightly analytical. It begins with a glassy, recessed entry, before moving on via snowy-white tile floors which may or may not be Corian lead to a living room with a gas fireplace and a dining room with an atrium ceiling. The master bedroom is but one space in the home to benefit from a sliding glass wall, but it uses it to best advantage, offering a wildly appealing place to wake up on a sunny morn.

The .35 acre lot overlooks a sedate green and occasionally flowering gradient that rolls down to the beach a couple of blocks away. An angular free-form pool and fire pit are highlights of the property’s large patio, which is also its primary destination, although the studio in back — timber-clad, and likely hailing from the 1970s — is the more quietly charming spot.