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Roy R. Scheider, Roy Richard Scheider
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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 (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). Subsequent credits included Naked Lunch (1991), Romeo Is Bleeding (1993), The Myth of Fingerprints (1997), The Rainmaker (1997), and The Punisher (2004). He portrayed Captain Nathan Bridger on NBC's seaQuest DSV from 1993–1996.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1932-11-10
- event Death Date 2008-02-10
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 2.4
- info Birth Place Orange, New Jersey, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Roy Scheider
6.8
Klute
1971-06-23
7.5
The French Connection
1971-10-09
7.7
Jaws
1975-06-20
6.1
Jaws 2
1978-06-16
6.3
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993-09-13
6.1
The Russia House
1990-12-21
7.2
Marathon Man
1976-10-08
5.7
Dracula II: Ascension
2003-06-07
5
Dracula III: Legacy
2005-07-12
7.1
Naked Lunch
1991-12-27
6.7
2010
1984-12-06
5.8
The Curse of the Living Corpse
1964-05-01
6.3
Blue Thunder
1983-02-05
6.4
The Punisher
2004-04-15
7.1
The Rainmaker
1997-11-18
5.7
Still of the Night
1982-11-19
6.5
Cohen and Tate
1989-01-27
6.4
The Seven-Ups
1973-12-14
4.7
The Peacekeeper
1997-08-22
5.8
Chicago 10
2008-02-29
4.7
Daybreak
2000-12-19
6.3
Evasive Action
1998-01-01
5.4
Last Embrace
1979-05-04
3.2
Dark Honeymoon
2008-07-22
7.5
All That Jazz
1979-12-16
7.4
Sorcerer
1977-06-24
5.1
King of Texas
2002-06-02
5.4
The Poet
2007-08-07
4.3
Texas '46
2002-01-11
6.2
The Outside Man
1972-12-21
6.1
52 Pick-Up
1986-11-07
6.5
RKO 281
1999-11-20
3.4
Citizen Verdict
2003-06-18
2.7
Red Serpent
2002-10-05
5.2
The Fourth War
1990-01-12
5.8
If I Didn't Care
2007-08-03
4.4
Money Play$
1998-08-21
4.4
Night Game
1989-09-15
6
Plato's Run
1997-05-27
6.4
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
1970-12-16
3.8
The Men's Club
1986-09-19
5
Chain of Command
2000-07-22
7
Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004-10-30
6.2
Silver Wolf
1999-01-10
6.6
Tiger Town
1984-06-08
5
The Myth of Fingerprints
1997-09-17
7.2
The Shark Is Still Working
2009-05-02
4.1
Time Lapse
2001-11-27
6.8
The Assassination
1972-10-04
5
Wild Justice
1994-05-13
4.7
Executive Target
1997-07-11
2.7
The Doorway
2000-10-24
5.8
Iron Cross
2009-12-15
5.4
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
1975-12-01
2.1
Angels Don't Sleep Here
2002-04-02
1
Love Thy Neighbor
2003-10-07
6.7
The Making of 'Jaws'
1995-11-28
2
The Definite Maybe
1997-07-04
3.2
The White Raven
1998-12-18
1.7
Better Living
1998-11-02
6.8
Paper Lion
1968-10-14
5.3
Listen to Me
1989-05-05
5.8
Loving
1970-03-04
7
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001-09-25
0
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006-04-04
6.8
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
1990-09-09
0
Hitler's Lost Sub
2000-11-14
7.9
A Decade Under the Influence
2003-04-25
0
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1983-05-22
3.3
The Rage
1997-08-15
0
Assignment: Munich
1972-04-30
0
Bob Fosse: Steam Heat
1990-02-23
6.5
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
2001-08-28
0
New England Our Way
1974-12-09
6
Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines
2002-04-21
3
Falling Through
2000-01-01
7.5
The Making of Jaws 2
2001-05-22
5
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972-01-20
7
Follies: In Concert
1986-03-14
5
Stiletto
1969-07-30
0
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
1998-01-01
0
Smiles
1964-01-01
8.3
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000-01-15
5.7
A Wind from the South
1955-09-14
0
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994-05-22
4.1
Jaws: The Revenge
1987-07-17
0
Jaws 5
1999-01-01
0
When It Was a Game
1991-07-08
9
When It Was a Game 2
1992-07-13
0
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984-01-01
7.4
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025-06-20
0
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025-11-21
0
Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder
1983-01-01
8
Third Watch
1999-09-23
7.4
Family Guy
1999-01-31
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996-08-21
5
Love of Life
1951-09-24
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-09-30
6.6
Cannon
1971-09-14
3.7
The Secret Storm
1954-02-01
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24
6.3
So Graham Norton
1998-07-03
7.1
The Oscars
1953-03-19
7
Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11
7
NOVA
1974-03-03
7.4
Family Guy
1999-01-31
6.3
Secrets of the Dead
2000-05-15
6
The Howard Stern Show
1990-07-14
6.6
American Experience
1988-10-04
3.2
The Diamond Hunters
2001-04-23
7.1
seaQuest DSV
1993-09-12
5.6
The Seventh Scroll
1999-06-15
9.2
People's Choice Awards
1975-03-04
6
Warship
2001-11-26