Roy Scheider is dead

Roy Scheider, the actor best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie Jaws, has died. He was 75.

Scheider died today at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock, hospital spokesman David Robinson says. The hospital is not releasing his cause of death.

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

AP

http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/ja...578666969.html

I can tell you now that I will always remember him for blowing up sharks. I have already come up with a list of films to watch as part of Roy Scheider marathon next week.

I was a little surprised, but then again I didn't realize how old he was. He was a good actor. He was in more fillums than I realized.

* The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964)
* Paper Lion (1968)
* Stiletto (1969)
* Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1969)
* Loving (1970)
* Klute (1971)
* The French Connection (1971)
* The Seven-Ups (1973)
* Jaws (1975)
* Marathon Man (1976)
* Sorcerer (1977)
* Jaws 2 (1978)
* Last Embrace (1979)
* All That Jazz (1979)
* Still of the Night (1982)
* Blue Thunder (1983)
* Tiger Town (1983)
* 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
* The Men's Club (1986)
* The Egg's Sunset on the Upside Down Turned Ramp (1986)
* 52 Pick-Up (1986)
* Cohen and Tate (1988)
* Listen to Me (1989)
* Night Game (1989)
* The Fourth War (1989)
* The Russia House (1990)
* Somebody has to Shoot the Picture (1990)
* Naked Lunch (1991)
* Wild Justice (1993)
* seaQuest DSV (1993) (television series)
* Romeo is Bleeding (1994)
* The Peacekeeper (1996)
* Executive Target (1997)
* The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
* The Rainmaker (1997)
* The Rage (1997)
* Plato's Run (1997)
* Evasive Action (1998)
* RKO 281 (1999)
* Falling Through (2000)
* Daybreak (2000)
* The Doorway (2000)
* Texas 46 (2002) aka The Good War (USA)
* Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
* The Punisher (2004)
* The Poet (2007)
* If I Didn't Care (2007)
* Dark Honeymoon (2008) (completed)
* Iron Cross (2008) (in post-production)

Oh well, RIP Martin Brody, the fish didn't get you in the end.

I liked the guy, especially at SeaQuest. I grew up with that.

I greatly enjoyed SeaQuest DSV as a kid. I had a ritual every Saturday of going to the Post Office to get a roll of cherry-flavoured sweets and a Coke to watch the episode with.

Of course now the show seems totally ridiculous. A talking dolphin? Jesus Christ, but I was easily pleased as a child.

(Looks at list in Boofhead's post) We're gonna need a bigger coffin.
I too remember seaquest though just barely. Wasn't the best but definitely not the worst.

I don't really remember him from much. Also, I thought for a second this thread said "Rob Schneider is dead".

Originally Posted by edders

I don't really remember him from much. Also, I thought for a second this thread said "Rob Schneider is dead".

We can only hope that this comes to pass. Preferably sooner rather than later.

Originally Posted by edders

I don't really remember him from much. Also, I thought for a second this thread said "Rob Schneider is dead".

Same for me, other than Jaws i don't really remember him from anything. Also i thought he already was dead which lead me to believe this was a Rob Schneider thread.

Originally Posted by Gunslinger-52

We can only hope that this comes to pass. Preferably sooner rather than later.

QFT


I think i'm going to have to go watch Jaws now.

RIP Roy
I will always remember him from Jaws and Blue Thunder.

i too remember him in seaquest, what a show. i remember when their ship was destroyed and he was offered the captaincy of an aircraft carrier.

Tear it up Roy! 2010, the year we make contact IMHO was the best movie you did outside of JAWS.

Wow,when I read the title of the thread, I thought it said "Rob Schneider is Dead". Guess that was just wishful thinking..

Same for me, other than Jaws i don't really remember him from anything. Also i thought he already was dead which lead me to believe this was a Rob Schneider thread.

So did I, which made it a double blow to me. It's terrible knowing he died twice for me.

RIP I always loved you in Marathon Man.

man, is it already the point in the year we start counting the great people we lost?

Originally Posted by Steven the Victor

man, is it already the point in the year we start counting the great people we lost?

yeah dude, the Oscars are just a couple of weeks away....

Long live Chief Brody!

(Sea Quest was a fun show too)