Alan Scott Newman (September 23, 1950 â€" November 20, 1978) was an
American film and television actor and stuntman whose most prominent
roles were in The Towering Inferno and Breakheart Pass. He was the
only son of Academy Award-winning actor Paul Newman. After Scott
Newman's death from a drug overdose in 1978, his father established
the Scott Newman Center, which is dedicated to preventing drug abuse
through education.Newman was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Paul Newman
and his first wife, Jackie Witte. When Scott was still a young boy
with two younger sisters, Susan and Stephanie, his father moved to
California to further his career, leaving his family in New York City.
By 1958, his parents had divorced and his father had married Joanne
Woodward. They settled in Westport, Connecticut during the late 1960s,
where Scott attended Staples High School briefly. Scott attended
expensive private schools from some of which he was expelled for bad
behavior.[dead link]By the late 1960s, Scott had dropped out of
college and started to take jobs as a stuntman in his father's films,
making over five hundred parachute jumps to become a certified
instructor. He also took on menial jobs and refused to ask his father
for financial help. In the early 1970s, his father used his influence
to initiate an acting career for his son, and arranged a part for him
in The Great Waldo Pepper (1975), starring Robert Redford. At the
time, Scott stated, "I'm not taking any acting help from my father. I
want my work to stand on its own merit." He had started to drink
heavily, and was arrested for minor alcohol-related offenses. He also
assaulted a police officer, kicking him in the head in a squad car
after being arrested for vandalizing a school bus while drunk.
Newman's father paid the resulting $1000 fine.Newman later played an
acrophobic firefighter in The Towering Inferno (1974), in which his
father co-starred. Although they had no dialog together because
Scott's scenes were with Steve McQueen, both Newmans can be seen in
the film's finale. Paul's character is on the steps with Faye Dunaway,
while Scott is one of the two firemen carrying a man on a stretcher
down the plaza steps to California Street at the Bank of America
building in San Francisco. Newman also played small parts in TV series
during 1975, such as Marcus Welby, M.D., Harry O., and S.W.A.T..
During the same year, he also appeared in the Charles Bronson film
Breakheart Pass.
American film and television actor and stuntman whose most prominent
roles were in The Towering Inferno and Breakheart Pass. He was the
only son of Academy Award-winning actor Paul Newman. After Scott
Newman's death from a drug overdose in 1978, his father established
the Scott Newman Center, which is dedicated to preventing drug abuse
through education.Newman was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Paul Newman
and his first wife, Jackie Witte. When Scott was still a young boy
with two younger sisters, Susan and Stephanie, his father moved to
California to further his career, leaving his family in New York City.
By 1958, his parents had divorced and his father had married Joanne
Woodward. They settled in Westport, Connecticut during the late 1960s,
where Scott attended Staples High School briefly. Scott attended
expensive private schools from some of which he was expelled for bad
behavior.[dead link]By the late 1960s, Scott had dropped out of
college and started to take jobs as a stuntman in his father's films,
making over five hundred parachute jumps to become a certified
instructor. He also took on menial jobs and refused to ask his father
for financial help. In the early 1970s, his father used his influence
to initiate an acting career for his son, and arranged a part for him
in The Great Waldo Pepper (1975), starring Robert Redford. At the
time, Scott stated, "I'm not taking any acting help from my father. I
want my work to stand on its own merit." He had started to drink
heavily, and was arrested for minor alcohol-related offenses. He also
assaulted a police officer, kicking him in the head in a squad car
after being arrested for vandalizing a school bus while drunk.
Newman's father paid the resulting $1000 fine.Newman later played an
acrophobic firefighter in The Towering Inferno (1974), in which his
father co-starred. Although they had no dialog together because
Scott's scenes were with Steve McQueen, both Newmans can be seen in
the film's finale. Paul's character is on the steps with Faye Dunaway,
while Scott is one of the two firemen carrying a man on a stretcher
down the plaza steps to California Street at the Bank of America
building in San Francisco. Newman also played small parts in TV series
during 1975, such as Marcus Welby, M.D., Harry O., and S.W.A.T..
During the same year, he also appeared in the Charles Bronson film
Breakheart Pass.
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