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Roy Scheider was an exceptionally talented American actor who rose to fame, playing tough guy characters in films like, ‘The French Connection’, ‘Jaws’, its sequel ‘Jaws 2’ and ‘Marathon Man’. Son of an auto mechanic, Scheider did not intend to become an actor early in his life.
Dec 5, 2008 · Roy Scheider: A Film Biography. Paperback – December 5, 2008. Over his 30-plus-year acting career, Roy Scheider has redefined America's idea of a leading man, thanks to his talent for playing an urban everyman that audiences relate to and root for, despite flaws and failures. He rose to fame in the early 1970s in the Oscar-winning films Klute ...
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Amy Saltz to David Selby. Roy Scheider Biography (1932?-) Full name, Roy Richard Scheider; born November 10, 1932 (some sources cite 1935), in Orange, NJ; son of Roy Bernhard and Anna (maiden name, Crosson) Scheider; married Cynthia Eddenfield Bebout (a film editor), November 8, 1962 (divorced, 1989); married Brenda King (a documentary ...
Biography. Oscar nominee Roy Scheider rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a string of soulful, streetwise supporting performances in hits like "Klute" (1971) and "The French Connection" (1971). He quickly graduated to leading man status on the strength of his turn as Amity police chief and reluctant shark hunter, Martin Brody ...
Feb 11, 2008 · Roy Scheider, the charismatic stage, screen and television actor best known for his role as the police chief in the blockbuster movie "Jaws," has died at age 75. The two-time Oscar nominee died ...
Right into your eyes. Y'know the thing about a shark, he's got... lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'... until he bites ya. And those black eyes roll over white, and then... oh, then you hear that terrible high-pitch screamin', the ocean turns red, and spite of all the poundin' and the ...
Nov 13, 2023 · As did most of you reading this. His name is Roy Scheider. He was an actor. And he left this world all too soon this week at the age of 75. Roy Scheider as Chief Brody in ‘JAWS 2’. As a teenage fan of the film JAWS, I wrote the usual gushing fan letters to the cast.
