1. Barry Foster Newman was an American actor of stage, screen, and television known for his portrayal of Kowalski in Vanishing Point, and for his title role in the 1970s television series Petrocelli.
12 Facts About Barry Newman
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Barry Newman was nominated for Golden Globe and Emmy awards.
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Barry Newman graduated from the prestigious Boston Latin School in 1948.
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Barry Newman was a childhood friend of actor Leonard Nimoy.
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Barry Newman's first acting job was in Herman Wouk's first comedy Nature's Way, in which he played a jazz musician.
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Barry Newman starred in the New York production of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap.
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Barry Newman is perhaps best known for his starring role as Kowalski in the 1971 cult film, Vanishing Point, about an existential journey across the western United States by a car transport driver delivering a white Dodge Challenger from Denver, Colorado to San Francisco, California.
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In 1974, Petrocelli, a TV series created around the character Barry Newman first played in The Lawyer, debuted on NBC and ran two seasons.
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Barry Newman starred or co-starred in more than 20 TV movies of the week, including ABC's King Crab, which won the ABC Theater Award.
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In 1989, Barry Newman starred with Suzanne Pleshette in the television series Nightingales.
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Barry Newman was nominated for an Emmy in 1975 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and in 1976, for a Golden Globe.
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Barry Newman died at Columbia University Irving Medical Center on May 11,2023, at the age of 92.