more than 20 TV movies of the week, including ABC's King Crab, which won the ABC Theater Award. He also co-starred in several miniseries, including Fatal Vision. Variety called Newman "The Spencer Tracy of the 80s". In 1989, Barry Newman starred with Suzanne Pleshette in the television series Nightingales. In the early 1990s, Newman starred in the BBC's production of The Mirror Cracked. During the 1990s, Newman co-starred in Daylight, Bowfinger, and The Limey. Vanishing Point Director Richard C. Sarafian's original choice for the role of Kowalski was Gene Hackman, but 20th Century Fox insisted on using Newman. The film was not initially a success in the United States when it first opened in 1971, but received critical acclaim and was a commercial success in Europe. Since its release it has developed a cult following. Newman's success with the TV movie Night Games, based on the 1970 movie The Lawyer, led to the TV series Petrocelli, starring Newman as a lawyer who lives and works in the fictional town of San Remo, Arizona (filmed in Tucson, Arizona). He was nominated for an Emmy in 1975 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and in 1976, for a Golden Globe. Awards and nominations 1975, Petrocelli, Emmy for Best Actor, nominated 1976, Petrocelli, Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama Series, nominated Selected filmography Pretty Boy Floyd (1960) ... Al Riccardo The Lawyer (1970) ... Tony Petrocelli Vanishing Point (1971) ... Kowalski Fear Is the Key (1972) ... John Talbot The Salzburg Connection (1972) ... Bill Mathison City on Fire (1979) ... Dr. Frank Whitman Amy (1981) ... Dr. Ben Corcoran Having It All (1982 film) ... Peter Baylin Deadline (1982) ... Barney Duncan Fantasies (1982) ... Detective Flynn Second Sight: A Love Story (1984) ... Richard Chapman My Two Loves (1986) ... Ben The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992, TV) ... Jason Rudd Daylight (1996) ... Norman Bassett Brown's Requiem (1998) ... Jack Skolnick Goodbye Lover (1998) ... Sen. Lassetter The Limey (1999) ... Jim Avery Bowfinger (1999)... Hal Mclean Fugitive Mind (1999) ... Dr. Chamberlain G-Men From Hell (2000)... Greydon Lake Jack the Dog (2001)... Simon True Blue (2001) ... Monty Good Advice (2001) ... Donald Simpson 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002) ... Walter Sullivan Manhood (2003) ... Frank What the Bleep Do We Know!? (2004) ... Frank Grilled (2006) ... Boris Selected television work