- Barry Newman
Infobox actor
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name = Barry Newman
birthname = Barry Foster Newman
birthdate = birth date and age|1938|11|7
location = flagicon|United StatesBoston, Massachusetts
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height = 6' 183cm
yearsactive = 1960 - present
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notable role = Jimmy Kowalski in "Vanishing Point "
Anthony Petrocelli in "Petrocelli "
Al Riccardo in "Pretty Boy Floyd"
John Talbot in "Fear Is the Key "Barry Foster Newman (born
November 7 1938 ), is an American actor perhaps best known for the character "Kowalski" in the cult classic filmVanishing 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 aGolden Globe andEmmy award.Newman was born in
Boston, Massachusetts . He attendedBoston Latin School andBrandeis 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)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)
* (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)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)
*The OC (2005)External links
*imdb name|id=0628017|name=Barry Newman
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