Roy Scheider dead.

[dingo]

Roy Scheider, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie Jaws, has died aged 75..

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=378286.

 

[j2mirish]

gosh- can believe he is 75- but then I cant believe "jaws" is that old either

 

[dingo]

Me either J2..I was a mere teenager when Jaws first hit our screens and that was many many moons ago

 

[j2mirish]

Me either J2..I was a mere teenager when Jaws first hit our screens and that was many many moons ago

I know- you typed what I was thinking and couldnt

 

[Gina_M]

Jaws holds a special place in my heart - it came out the year I was born :innocent:

R.I.P. Roy.

 

[deanws]

AWLLL..He was good in the Jaws movie. Rip

 

[Toby]

RIP Roy

 

[reportertype]

RIP Roy

 

[dingo]

I know- you typed what I was thinking and couldnt

Sorry mate :blowkiss:

 

[LinasK]

Oh, that's too bad! I loved him in Jaws and All That Jazz...

 

[philamena]

He was a great actor.
LinasK,
I loved him in Jaws and he was great as Bob Fosse in All That Jazz.

 

[Shazza]

I too am a great fan of jaws and Roy Scheider. It seems like all the stars that I remember are passing, I keep forgetting that I am aging too

RIP Roy, and thankyou for being the great actor you are.

 

[dingo]

He was a great actor.
LinasK,
I loved him in Jaws and he was great as Bob Fosse in All That Jazz.

...that movie has managed to keep me out of the ocean for the last 30 years

 

[philamena]

Me too dingo!
I never again swam in the ocean after seeing Jaws, the very week it premiered.. lol
The movie first ran in 1975. It won 3 Oscars, another 9 wins and 13 other nominations for other industry awards.

Thanks for showing us the movie poster. :clap:

 

[dingo]

I had to take the poster off as it was huge..i see if I can find another one.
My job when we go to the beach is to stay in the carpark and keep an eye out for fins in the water .

 

[close_enough]

Roy Scheider, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie Jaws, has died aged 75..

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=378286.

great actor...imo

myeloma - cancer

 

[philamena]

dingo

I had to take the poster off as it was huge..i see if I can find another one.
My job when we go to the beach is to stay in the carpark and keep an eye out for fins in the water .

Sounds like a good beach job to me. lol

 

[close_enough]

"you're gonna need a bigger boat".....hell, i forgot he was in Klute too..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Scheider

Scheider's first film role was in the 1963 horror film Curse of the Living Corpse. (He was billed as "Roy R. Sheider"). In 1971, he appeared in two highly popular movies, Klute and The French Connection, the latter garnering him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Four years later he portrayed Chief Martin Brody in the Hollywood blockbuster Jaws which also starred Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfus. Scheider's famous movie line, "You're gonna need a bigger boat", was voted 35th on American Film Institute's list of best quotes for movies. In 1976, he starred as Doc, a secret agent in Marathon Man with Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier.

 

[cheko1]

May he RIP!!!!

 

[SeriouslySearching]

(making Jaws' movie sounds before shark attacks) RIP ROY!

I bet he heard it daily after doing the movie. I just thought it would be appropriate one last time.