BarryNewman, star of cult-classic hot rod movie VanishingPoint & TV legal drama Petrocelli, has died at 92
Actor Barry Newman, star of the 1971 hot rod classic “Vanishing Point”, has died at age 92.that Newman died May 11 at New York-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
After appearing in Broadway, Newman was cast in 1970 feature “The Lawyer”. That led to a starring role in director Richard C. Sarafian’s 1971 “Vanishing Point”, which went on to become a cult classic that has influenced the likes of Steven Spielberg.Newman then reprised his role in “The Lawyer” — brash young attorney Anthony Petrocelli — in the 1974 made-for-TV movie “Night Games”, which was spun off as the series “Petrocelli”, which ran from 1974 until 1976.
Among Newman’s extensive list of credits are the TV movies “King Crab”, “City on Fire”, “Amy” and “Good Advice”, and TV series including “L.A. Law”, “Murder, She Wrote”, “The Fall Guy” and “The O.C.”. On the big screen, Newman had roles in Sylvester Stallone’s “Daylight”, the Eddie Murphy-Steve Martin comedy “Bowfinger”, Steven Soderbergh’s crime thriller “The Limey” and the 2002 rom-com “40 Days and 40 Nights”.
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