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Roy Scheider
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American actor (1932–2008)
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Roy Richard Scheider (1932–2008) was an American actor, film actor, voice actor, and boxer. Born in Orange, New Jersey, he attended Rutgers University and Franklin & Marshall College. His professional career spanned from 1952 until his death. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Scheider died in Little Rock on February 10, 2008. The causes of death were listed as multiple myeloma, cancer, and staphylococcal infection, resulting in his death by natural causes. He was a citizen of the United States and competed in boxing for that country.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Orange, New Jersey, USA
Roy Richard Scheider (/ˈʃaɪdər/; November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008) was an American actor and amateur boxer who achieved fame with his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s to the mid-1980s. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, one Golden Globe, and one BAFTA. Scheider's best-known roles include Frank Ligourin in Klute (1971), Police Chief Martin Brody in Jaws…
Known for
- Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story — Self2025
- Jaws Toy Movie — Martin Brody (voice)2020
- The Shark Is Still Working — Narrator / Self2009
- Iron Cross — Joseph2009
- Chicago 10 — Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)2008
- Dark Honeymoon — Sam2008
- The Poet — Rabbi2007
- If I Didn't Care — Linus2007
- Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' — Self2006
- Dracula III: Legacy — Cardinal Siqueros2005
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1932
- Active to
- 2008
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 20
- Total plays
- 62
Roy Richard Scheider (November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as police chief Martin Brody in Jaws and Jaws 2, his role as Joe Gideon in All That Jazz, and as detective Sonny Grosso in The French Connection. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Roy+Scheider">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 25,493x
- The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project
· 1996 · cited 18,867x
- Accurate normalization of real-time quantitative RT-PCR data by geometric averaging of multiple internal control genes
· 2002 · cited 16,045x
- The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation.
· 1995 · cited 14,825x
- 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
· 2021 · cited 12,108x
via Crossref · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Roy Richard Scheider (/ˈʃaɪdər/; November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008) was an American actor who achieved fame with his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s to the mid-1980s. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, one Golden Globe, and one BAFTA Award, and won both an Obie and Drama League Award for his stage performances.
Scheider's best-known film roles include Frank Ligourin in Klute (1971), Police Chief Martin Brody in Jaws (1975) and its 1978 sequel, "Cloudy" Russo in The French Connection (1971), "Buddy" in The Seven-Ups (1973), Doc Levy in Marathon Man (1976), Scanlon / Dominguez in Sorcerer (1977), Joe Gideon in All That Jazz (1979), Frank Murphy in Blue Thunder (1983), and Dr. Heywood Floyd in the 2001: A Space Odyssey sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984).
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