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Title: Roy Scheider, Actor in 'Jaws', Dies at 75
Post by: Chris_ on February 10, 2008, 09:13:02 PM

Roy Scheider, Actor in 'Jaws', Dies at 75

Roy Scheider, a stage actor with a background in the classics who became one of the leading figures in the American film renaissance of the 1970s, died on Sunday afternoon in Little Rock, Ark. He was 75 and lived in Sag Harbor, N.Y.

Mr. Scheider had suffered from multiple myeloma for several years, and died of complications from a staph infection, his wife, Brenda Seimer, said.

Born in 1932 in Orange, N.J., Mr. Scheider earned his distinctive broken nose in the New Jersey Diamond Gloves Competition. He studied at Rutgers and at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., where he graduated as a history major with the intention of going to law school. He served three years in the United States Air Force, rising to the rank of first lieutenant. When he was discharged, he returned to Franklin and Marshall to star in a production of “Richard III.”

Offered a leading role in “The Deer Hunter” (1979), Mr. Scheider had to turn it down in order to fulfill his contract with Universal for a sequel to “Jaws.” (The part went to Robert De Niro.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/movies/11scheider.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin


I never was a Jaws fan, but I first heard about the USS Indianapolis from 'Jaws'. I remember Scheider from his role as Heywood Floyd in '2010: A Space Odyssey'.  It's still one of my favorite sci-fi movies.

Title: Re: Roy Scheider, Actor in 'Jaws', Dies at 75
Post by: Chris_ on February 10, 2008, 09:13:55 PM

R.I.P. Roy.

Title: Re: Roy Scheider, Actor in 'Jaws', Dies at 75
Post by: THA HOUSTON PIMP IS IN DA HOUZ! on February 10, 2008, 09:22:38 PM

RIP Roy.

He was a GREAT actor.

Loved Jaws, of course.   He shined in "The 7 Ups", "French Connection", "All That Jazz".

Title: Re: Roy Scheider, Actor in 'Jaws', Dies at 75
Post by: Lord Undies on February 10, 2008, 09:32:37 PM

Roy Scheider was sort of the Mary Wickes of male actors.  He was in everything and yet no one knew his name with his face.

RIP, Roy.  You had a great career. 

Title: Re: Roy Scheider, Actor in 'Jaws', Dies at 75
Post by: Ptarmigan on February 10, 2008, 10:17:12 PM

I remember him from Blue Thunder. RIP Roy Scheider.

Title: Re: Roy Scheider, Actor in 'Jaws', Dies at 75
Post by: Chris_ on February 10, 2008, 10:18:08 PM

So young

RIP

Title: Re: Roy Scheider, Actor in 'Jaws', Dies at 75
Post by: THA HOUSTON PIMP IS IN DA HOUZ! on February 10, 2008, 10:37:00 PM

"SMILE YOU SON OF A BITCH!"

Classic.

Title: Re: Roy Scheider, Actor in 'Jaws', Dies at 75
Post by: Airwolf on February 11, 2008, 01:28:03 AM

"This things nose heavier then the Ayatollah"

(http://www.rotaryaction.com/images/bluethun7.jpg)

RIP Roy. You gave us all some great movies to remember you by.

Title: Re: Roy Scheider, Actor in 'Jaws', Dies at 75
Post by: Crazy Horse on February 11, 2008, 01:39:31 AM

Don't ever forget SeaQuest......RIP Roy

Title: Re: Roy Scheider, Actor in 'Jaws', Dies at 75
Post by: Splashdown on February 11, 2008, 08:19:46 AM

"Jaws" still holds up as one of the great movies of all time, at least IMHO.