Roy Scheider Dead at 75
Monday, February 11th, 2008
“Jaws” actor Roy Scheider died on Sunday at the
Scheider starred in Steven Spielberg’s first blockbuster as the police chief of an island terrorized by a great white shark. “Jaws” was the first movie ever to gross more than $100 million at the box office and it launched Spielberg’s career into orbit. Scheider was twice nominated for Oscars, once for his performance as Gene Hackman’s partner in “The French Connection” and the other time for his role as a dancer in “All That Jazz”.
His other films include “Klute” with Jane Fonda, “Blue Thunder”, “2010” and “Marathon Man”. Scheider is survived by his three children and his second wife, actress Brenda King.
