Barry Newman, Star of Vanishing Point, Dead at 92

American actor Barry Foster Newman who was best known for his roles in Vanishing Point and Petrocelli is dead. He was 92.

Newman’s wife, Angela, told Nollywood Reporter he died of natural causes at New York-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center on May 11.

After appearing in Broadway, Newman co-starred in his first film, the gangster potboiler Pretty Boy Floyd (1960), and he made his breakthrough with his first starring role in the 1970 film, The Lawyer.

Newman was best known for his starring role as Kowalski in the 1971 cult film, Vanishing Point, based on 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.

Vanishing point was followed by starring roles in Pertocelli, Fear is the Key, City on Fire, King Crab, Fatal Vision Daylight, The Limey and 40 Days and 40 Nights.

In 1975, he was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and in 1976, for a Golden Globe.

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