Alan Scott Newman September 23 1950 November 20 1978 was an American actor and stuntman His most prominent roles were in The Towering Inferno 1974 and Breakheart Pass 1975 He was the only son of actor Paul Newman After Scott Newmans death from a drug overdose in 1978 his father established the Scott Newman Center which is dedicated to preventing drug abuse through education Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott Newman actor licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia