Barry Newman
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Newman in 1977
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Barry Foster Newman November 7, 1938 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1960 - present |
Barry Foster Newman (born November 7, 1938) is 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. He has been nominated for Golden Globe and Emmy awards.
Newman was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of a Belarusian-born mother, Sarah (née Ostrovsky), and an Austrian father, Carl Newman. Barry Newman attended the prestigious Boston Latin School.
After graduating from Brandeis University with a degree in Anthropology, Newman was drafted into the army and having learned saxophone and clarinet in high school he was assigned to the 3rd Army band in Atlanta Georgia. After being discharged Newman went to New York to receive his master's degree in Anthropology from Columbia University, when a friend, who was studying acting with Lee Strasberg. invited him to sit in on the class. His destiny changed as he fell in love with acting and left Columbia University after only five weeks, to study acting with Lee Strasberg.
Newman's first acting job was in Herman Wouk's first comedy, Nature's Way , in which he played a jazz musician who, coincidentally, played saxophone, for which Newman received his very first Broadway review, in which New York critic Richard Watts called him, " The creme of the Jesters". This was followed by a featured part in the play Maybe Tuesday, written by Mel Tolkin, Sid Caesar's head writer, and Lucille Kallen, Imogene Coca's head writer.
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