Barry Foster Newman (born November 7 1938), is an American actor best known for the character "Kowalski" in the cult classic film "Vanishing Point" in which he plays a pill-popping outlaw/hero driving a supercharged, 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.

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).

Filmography

• Pretty Boy Floyd (1960)
• The Moving Finger (1963)
• The Lawyer (1970)
• Vanishing Point (1971)
• Fear Is the Key (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)

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)

External links

• Imdb entry