Vale Roy Scheider

[Arthur Linden-Jones]

Jaws actor Roy Scheider dead | The Daily Telegraph



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

Scheider died on Sunday at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock, hospital spokesman David Robinson said. The hospital did not release a cause of death.





However, hospital spokeswoman Leslie Taylor said Scheider had been treated for multiple myeloma at the hospital's Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy for the past two years.





He was nominated for an Oscar for best-supporting actor in 1971's "The French Connection" in which he played the police partner of Oscar winner Gene Hackman and for best-actor for 1979's "All That Jazz," the autobiographical Bob Fosse film.





However, he was best known for his role in Steven Spielberg's 1975 film, "Jaws," the enduring classic about a killer shark terrorizing beachgoers and well as millions of moviegoers.





Widely hailed as the film that launched the era of the Hollywood blockbuster, it was also the first movie to earn $100 million at the box office. Scheider starred with Richard Dreyfuss, who played an oceanographer.





In 2005, one of Scheider's most famous lines in the movie - "You're gonna need a bigger boat" - was voted No. 35 on the American Film Institute's list of best quotes from U.S. movies.





That year, some 30 years after "Jaws" premiered, hundreds of movie buffs flocked to Martha's Vineyard, off the southeastern coast of Massachusetts, to celebrate the great white shark.





The island's JawsFest '05 also brought back some of the cast and crew, including screenwriter Carl Gottlieb and Peter Benchley, who wrote the novel that inspired Spielberg's classic. Spielberg, Scheider and Dreyfuss were absent.

Scheider was also politically active. He participated in rallies protesting U.S. military action in Iraq, including a massive New York demonstration in March 2003 that police said drew 125,000 chanting activists.

[Dave Rattigan]

Jaws and The French Connection are two of my all-time favourites. RIP.

[jacobean]

Another very underrated actor who appeared in some great movies. Sad loss

[batman]

Watched him last night in Jaws 2 ... very sad news indeed. I loved him in Marathon Man and Cohen and Tate as well as his more famous roles. RIP.



Bats.

[Marky B]

He was a good mediator between the Ahab style Quint and the young college know it all Hooper in Jaws. He never registered into the superstar status,but was quite happy being the lieutenant and not the captain,which is a trait amongst many actors,who deserve full recognition in the business.

Roy Scheider R.I.P.

Ta Ta

Marky B

[smudge]

A very good actor -



I remember arriving to see JAWS with the family and the queue was round the block. Dad took us round the shops for a while and we waited till the next queue was just starting. Well worth the wait.



Scheider was darned good and years after that encounter with the great white I dscovered just how good he was via French Connection and All That Jazz.



Respect,



Smudge

[stevie boy]

Roy was a fine actor, he will be sadly missed. RIP Roy.

[julian_craster]

Any British film connection ?

[Steve Crook]

name='julian_craster']Any British film connection ?

Romeo Is Bleeding (1993), Wild Justice (1994) and some TV movies.

The usual problem in defining exactly what is a British film



Steve

[Steve Crook]

name='julian_craster']Any British film connection ?

I just noticed the



Have you moved?



Steve

[Marky B]

Excuse my ignorance,but what is the "Vale" in the thread title?

Ta Ta

Marky B

[Moor Larkin]

name='Marky B']Excuse my ignorance,but what is the "Vale" in the thread title?

Dunno. Probably his proper name, like Marian Wayne.

I suppose Big John passes the Britmovie test after Brannigan......

[Steve Crook]

name='Marky B']Excuse my ignorance,but what is the "Vale" in the thread title?

Ta Ta

Marky B

Well it could refer to the "Vale of Tears"

But in this sort of context it's more usually the Latin for farewell (sing. imperative of valere)

Pronounced Va-lay



Steve

[dremble wedge]

Roy Scheider was always a very watchable actor. I particularly liked him in All That Jazz .



I remember reading somewhere that he was originally cast in The Deer Hunter but was replaced by Robert De Niro as he was committed to making Jaws 2. I'm not sure whether he or De Niro got the best deal there...

[Steve Crook]

name='dremble wedge']Roy Scheider was always a very watchable actor. I particularly liked him in All That Jazz .

I agree, All That Jazz showed him at his best, an incredible range



Steve

[Marky B]

name='Steve Crook']Well it could refer to the "Vale of Tears"

But in this sort of context it's more usually the Latin for farewell (sing. imperative of valere)

Pronounced Va-lay



Steve

Thanks,Steve.

Ta Ta

Marky B

[Steve Crook]

name='Marky B']Thanks,Steve.

Ta Ta

Marky B

It's amazing what you can learn around here



Steve

[BILLBOY]

Not a great fan of usa movies But Jaws & Jaws2 are at the top of my

favorite all time movies...Sad loss

[christoph404]

Brilliant actor, what a sad loss. "All that Jazz", "The French Connection", "Jaws" and the superb "The Seven Ups" are my favorites. RIP Roy Scheider.

[rskershaw]

Very good in Schlesinger's 'The Marathon Man'. Don't think we can call it a British film though.