Barry Newman
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| Born | Barry Foster Newman November 7, 1938  Boston, Massachusetts |
| Years active | 1960 - present |
Barry Foster Newman (born November 7, 1938), is an American actor perhaps best known for the character "Kowalski" in the cult classic film Vanishing Point in which he plays a pill-popping outlaw/hero driving a white 1970 Dodge Challenger. He is also known for his television character Anthony Petrocelli on the crime-drama Petrocelli, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe and Emmy award.
Newman was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Boston Latin School and Brandeis University, where he took a degree in cultural anthropology. During the 1970s and 1980s, he was a household name, starring in adventure films such as including Vanishing Point (1971), Fear Is the Key (1972), City on Fire (1979). More recently he has appeared in Amy (1981), Daylight (1996), Bowfinger (1999), The Limey (1999), and 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)," What the bleep" (2004), "Grilled" (2006)
[edit] Filmography
- Pretty Boy Floyd (1960)
- The Moving Finger (1963)
- The Lawyer (1970)
- Vanishing Point (1971)
- Fear Is the Key (film) (1972)
- The Salzburg Connection (1972)
- Night Games (1974)
- Sex and the Married Woman (1977)
- City on Fire (1979)
- King Crab (1980)
- Amy (1981)
- Deadline (1982)
- Fantasies (1982)
- Having It All (1982)
- Second Sight: A Love Story (1984)
- Daylight (1996)
- Brown's Requiem (1998)
- Goodbye Lover (1998)
- The Limey (1999)
- Bowfinger (1999)
- Fugitive Mind (1999)
- G-Men From Hell (2000)
- Jack the Dog (2001)
- Good Advice (2001)
- 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
- Manhood (2003)
- what the bleep (2004)
- Grilled (2006)
[edit] Television Work
- The Edge of Night (1956) (Cast Member 1964-1965)
- Way Out (1961)
- Armstrong Circle Theatre (1963)
- Get Smart (1965)
- Petrocelli (1974)
- Dinah! (1975) (Cast Member 1975-1977)
- Quincy M.E. (1976)
- The Peter Marshall Variety Show (1976)
- The Fall Guy (1981)
- Nightingales (1989)
