Emmy-nominated actor Barry Newman, known for his roles in 1971’s cult action thriller “Vanishing Point”  and as an astute defense attorney in the NBC series “Petrocelli” has died. He was 92.
Newman died on May 11 in a New York hospital, according to social media messages posted by friends as noted in Deadline Hollywood. No further details concerning his death are currently available.
Born in Boston on Nov. 7, 1938, the actor was perhaps best known for his turn as Vietnam war hero and former race car driver Kowalski in the Richard Sarafin-directed “Vanishing Point”.
Newman’s character proved memorable as he played a free-wielding dragster behind the wheel of a Dodge Challenger who, after becoming entwined in a criminal scheme and making a wager with his drug dealer, embarks on a journey to transport a car from Colorado to California….