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Barry Foster Newman (born November 7 1938), is an American
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 actor perhaps best known for the character "Kowalski" in the cult classic film Vanishing Point
Vanishing point

A vanishing point is a point in a Perspective drawing to which parallel lines appear to converge. The number and placement of the vanishing points determines which perspective technique is being used....
 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
Petrocelli

Petrocelli is an United States legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 3, 1976....
, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe and Emmy award.

Newman was born in Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts

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Barry Foster Newman (born November 7 1938), is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actor perhaps best known for the character "Kowalski" in the cult classic film Vanishing Point
Vanishing point

A vanishing point is a point in a Perspective drawing to which parallel lines appear to converge. The number and placement of the vanishing points determines which perspective technique is being used....
 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
Petrocelli

Petrocelli is an United States legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 3, 1976....
, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe and Emmy award.

Newman was born in Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
. He attended Boston Latin School
Boston Latin School

The Boston Latin School is a public education Magnet school founded on April 23, 1635, in Boston, Massachusetts, making it the List of the oldest public high schools in the United States existing school in the United States....
 and Brandeis University
Brandeis University

Brandeis University is a Private university research university with a liberal arts focus, located in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, nine miles west of Boston, Massachusetts....
, 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
Fear is the Key

Fear Is the Key is a 1961 in literature Thriller novel by Scottish people author Alistair MacLean, and a 1972 Great Britain film based upon it....
 (1972), City on Fire
City on Fire (1979 film)

City on Fire is a 1979 in film disaster film directed by Alvin Rakoff and featuring an ?All-star,? as was the custom for that time. The film?s plot revolves around a disgruntled civil servant who sets fire to an oil refinery, setting off a blaze which engulfs an entire city....
 (1979). More recently he has appeared in Amy
Amy (film)

Amy is a 1981 in film live-action film from Walt Disney Pictures starring Jenny Agutter from Logan's Run ....
 (1981), Daylight
Daylight (film)

Daylight is a 1996 disaster film, starring Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, and Danielle Harris. It was directed by Rob Cohen and released in theaters on December 6, 1996....
 (1996), Bowfinger
Bowfinger

Bowfinger is a 1999 film directed by Frank Oz about a down-and-out filmmaker in Hollywood. It was written by Steve Martin, and stars Martin, Eddie Murphy, and Heather Graham ....
 (1999), The Limey
The Limey

The Limey is an United States revenge neo-noir crime film, directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Lem Dobbs. The film features Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzm?n, Peter Fonda, among others....
 (1999), and 40 Days and 40 Nights
40 Days and 40 Nights

This article refers to Michael Lehmann's 2002 film. For the 2007 Matthew_Chapman_ book, see 40 Days and 40 Nights .40 Days and 40 Nights is a 2002 in film romantic comedy film directed by Michael Lehmann and written by Rob Perez....
 (2002), What the Bleep Do We Know!?
What the Bleep Do We Know!?

What the Bleep Do We Know!? is a 2004 film which combines documentary film-style interviews, Computer graphics, and a narrative that posits a spirituality connection between quantum physics and consciousness....
 (2004), Grilled
Grilled (film)

Grilled is a 2006 in film comedy film starring Kevin James and Ray Romano. It was released direct-to-video in the United States on July 11, 2006....
 (2006).

Filmography

  • Pretty Boy Floyd (1960)
  • The Moving Finger
    The Moving Finger

    The Moving Finger is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in July 1942 in literature and in UK by the Collins Crime Club in June 1943....
     (1963)
  • The Lawyer (1970)
  • Vanishing Point
    Vanishing point

    A vanishing point is a point in a Perspective drawing to which parallel lines appear to converge. The number and placement of the vanishing points determines which perspective technique is being used....
     (1971)
  • Fear Is the Key (film) (1972)
  • The Salzburg Connection (1972)
  • Night Games (1974)
  • Sex and the Married Woman (1977)
  • City on Fire
    City on Fire (1979 film)

    City on Fire is a 1979 in film disaster film directed by Alvin Rakoff and featuring an ?All-star,? as was the custom for that time. The film?s plot revolves around a disgruntled civil servant who sets fire to an oil refinery, setting off a blaze which engulfs an entire city....
     (1979)
  • King Crab (1980)
  • Amy
    Amy (film)

    Amy is a 1981 in film live-action film from Walt Disney Pictures starring Jenny Agutter from Logan's Run ....
     (1981)
  • Deadline
    Deadline (film)

    Deadline is a 1987 in film war film/drama film about a journalist amidst a war is set up and fed false information. Film directed by Nathaniel Gutman....
     (1982)
  • Fantasies (1982)
  • Having It All (1982)
  • Second Sight: A Love Story
    Second Sight: A Love Story

    Second Sight: A Love Story is a 1984 Tv film, which starred Petrocelli's Barry Newman, and Bewitched's Elizabeth Montgomery. The film is based on the novel Emma and I by Sheila Hocken....
     (1984)
  • My Two Loves (1986)
  • Daylight
    Daylight (film)

    Daylight is a 1996 disaster film, starring Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, and Danielle Harris. It was directed by Rob Cohen and released in theaters on December 6, 1996....
      (1996)
  • Brown's Requiem (1998)
  • Goodbye Lover
    Goodbye Lover

    Goodbye Lover is a 1998 comedy film neo-noir film about a murder plot surrounding an alcoholic advertising agency worker and his adultery wife....
     (1998)
  • The Limey
    The Limey

    The Limey is an United States revenge neo-noir crime film, directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Lem Dobbs. The film features Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzm?n, Peter Fonda, among others....
     (1999)
  • Bowfinger
    Bowfinger

    Bowfinger is a 1999 film directed by Frank Oz about a down-and-out filmmaker in Hollywood. It was written by Steve Martin, and stars Martin, Eddie Murphy, and Heather Graham ....
     (1999)
  • Fugitive Mind (1999)
  • G-Men From Hell (2000)
  • Jack the Dog (2001)
  • Good Advice
    Good Advice

    Good Advice is a 2001 comedy film starring Charlie Sheen, Angie Harmon and Denise Richards. Includes support roles by Jon Lovitz and Rosanna Arquette as a married couple....
     (2001)
  • 40 Days and 40 Nights
    40 Days and 40 Nights

    This article refers to Michael Lehmann's 2002 film. For the 2007 Matthew_Chapman_ book, see 40 Days and 40 Nights .40 Days and 40 Nights is a 2002 in film romantic comedy film directed by Michael Lehmann and written by Rob Perez....
      (2002)
  • Manhood (2003)
  • What the Bleep Do We Know!?
    What the Bleep Do We Know!?

    What the Bleep Do We Know!? is a 2004 film which combines documentary film-style interviews, Computer graphics, and a narrative that posits a spirituality connection between quantum physics and consciousness....
     (2004)
  • Grilled
    Grilled (film)

    Grilled is a 2006 in film comedy film starring Kevin James and Ray Romano. It was released direct-to-video in the United States on July 11, 2006....
     (2006)


Television Work

  • The Edge of Night
    The Edge of Night

    The Edge of Night is a long-running American television mystery series/soap opera produced by Procter & Gamble. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran on that network until November 28, 1975; the series then aired on American Broadcasting Company from December 1, 1975, until December 28, 1984....
     (1956) (Cast Member 1964-1965)
  • Way Out
    Way Out

    'Way Out was a 1961 fantasy and science fiction television anthology series hosted by horror writer Roald Dahl. The macabre 30-minute shows were bookended by Dahl's dry delivery of a brief introductory monologue, usually explaining a method of murdering a spouse without getting caught....
     (1961)
  • Armstrong Circle Theatre
    Armstrong Circle Theatre

    'Armstrong Circle Theatre' was an anthology drama television series which ran from 1950 to 1957 on NBC, and then until 1963 on CBS. It alternated weekly with The U.S....
     (1963)
  • Get Smart
    Get Smart

    Get Smart is an United States comedy television series that Satire the Spy fiction genre. Created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, the show starred Don Adams as Maxwell Smart, Agent 86, and Barbara Feldon as Agent 99 of CONTROL, a secret U.S....
     (1965)
  • Petrocelli
    Petrocelli

    Petrocelli is an United States legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 3, 1976....
     (1974)
  • Dinah!
    Dinah!

    Dinah! was a daytime television talk show hosted by singer and actress Dinah Shore, which aired in United States television syndication markets from its premiere on September 9, 1974 until the summer of 1980....
     (1975) (Cast Member 1975-1977)
  • Quincy M.E. (1976)
  • The Peter Marshall Variety Show (1976)
  • The Fall Guy
    The Fall Guy

    The Fall Guy was an United States television program produced for American Broadcasting Company and originally broadcast from 1981 in television to 1986 in television....
     (1981)
  • Nightingales
    Nightingales

    Nightingales is a British situation comedy set around the antics of three security guards working the night shift. It was produced by Alomo Productions for Channel 4 in the early 1990s....
     (1989)
  • The OC (2005)


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