It was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role ( Roy Scheider ), Best Cinematography and Best Sound.

Roy Richard Scheider ( November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008 ) was an American actor.

Described by Allmovie as " one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors ", Scheider was nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award.

As a child, Scheider was an athlete, participating in organized baseball and boxing competitions, for which he was classed as a welterweight, weighing in at 140 lbs.

This was especially true after director Steven Spielberg repopularized the effect in his highly regarded film Jaws, in a memorable shot of a dolly zoom into Police Chief Brody's ( Roy Scheider ) stunned reaction at the climax of a shark attack on a beach ( after a suspenseful build-up ).

In 1976 it was made into a film of the same name starring Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, and Roy Scheider and directed by John Schlesinger.

Scheider, who only reprised his role to end a contractual issue with Universal, was also unhappy during production and had several heated exchanges with Szwarc.

" Navarre's Holiday Inn " Holidome " was used as the film's headquarters, with the ground floor converted into production offices, and some of the Gulf-front suites remodelled for David Brown and Roy Scheider.

According to his biographer, Scheider was so desperate to be relieved from the role that he " pleaded insanity and went crazy in The Beverly Hills Hotel ".

On one occasion, Scheider complained ( in front of extras ) that Szwarc was wasting time with technical issues and the extras whilst ignoring the principal actors.

A meeting was called with the two, David Brown and Verna Fields, in which Scheider and Szwarc were encouraged to settle their differences.

Although he talked to Gene Hackman, Paul Newman, Kris Kristofferson, and Jack Nicholson to find out if they would be interested, Steve McQueen was the director's first choice for the role eventually taken by Roy Scheider, a small-time criminal named Jackie Scanlon who ends up a fugitive from the law and the Mafia after a robbery of a New Jersey church.

Production notes on the 1998 Universal DVD release tell a different story, noting that the casting of Scheider as Scanlon / Dominguez was a " foregone conclusion " and " the ideal ( perhaps the only ) choice for the role " since Friedkin had directed him previously in The French Connection.

Scheider was angry that in the final cut Friedkin removed a subplot that showed his character in a more sympathetic light ; it involved him befriending a small boy from the village.

Gottlieb was born in the Bronx under the name Joseph Scheider.

Scheider was a constitutionalist and would oppose a coup d ' etat.

On October 22, Viaux went ahead with a plan to kidnap Scheider, which was badly botched.

Mascolo appeared in the 1978 film Jaws 2 as a member of the city council who confronted Chief Brody ( Roy Scheider ) when the Chief brought forth the underwater photograph of what he believed was another shark.

The 1973 film " The Seven-Ups " starring Roy Scheider was filmed on Arthur Avenue and Hoffman Street.

Her method, based on use of the actor's imagination, has been studied by many renowned actors, such as Robert De Niro, Elaine Stritch, Martin Sheen, Diana Muldaur, Dolores del Rio, Roy Scheider, Vincent D ' Onofrio, Mark Ruffalo, Warren Beatty, Michael Imperioli, Salma Hayek, Sean Astin, Barbara Stuart, Joyce Meadows, Stephen Bauer and Benicio del Toro, in addition to Marlon Brando, who served as the New York studio's Honorary Chairman until his death, and was replaced by another pupil, Warren Beatty.

Roy Scheider was the narrator in the original movie version and on the early VHS release.

Brown's character Mr Dresden ( the executive of the Orange Wednesdays cinema sketches ) appeared in 24 ads with sidekick Elliot ( Steve Furst ), spoofing movies and film stars such as Rob Lowe, Dennis Hopper, Macaulay Culkin, Val Kilmer, Mena Suvari, Michael Madsen, Steven Seagal, Sean Astin, Patrick Swayze, Carrie Fisher, Roy Scheider, Spike Lee, John Cleese, Anjelica Huston, Alan Cumming, Verne Troyer, Daryl Hannah, Ewan McGregor, Snoop Dogg, Darth Vader, Emilio Estevez, Juliette Lewis, Sigourney Weaver and Danny Glover.

In his review in The New York Times, Vincent Canby called the film " an uproarious display of brilliance, nerve, dance, maudlin confessions, inside jokes and, especially, ego " and " an essentially funny movie that seeks to operate on too many levels at the same time ... some of it makes you wince, but a lot of it is great fun ... A key to the success of the production is the performance of Roy Scheider as Joe Gideon ... With an actor of less weight and intensity, All That Jazz might have evaporated as we watched it.

In New York, detectives James " Popeye " Doyle ( Gene Hackman ) and Buddy " Cloudy " Russo ( Roy Scheider ) are conducting an undercover stakeout in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

In 1990, he returned to the Cold War political thriller genre with The Fourth War with Roy Scheider ( with whom Frankenheimer had worked previously on 52 Pick-Up ) as a loose cannon Army colonel drawn into a dangerous personal war with a Russian officer.

** Roy Scheider, American film actor ( Jaws ) ( d. 2008 )

Hoffman next starred in Marathon Man ( also 1976 ), a film based on William Goldman's novel of the same name, opposite Laurence Olivier and Roy Scheider.

* Roy Scheider ( Keith Gordon, young ) as Joe Gideon

The DVD issued in 2003 features scene-specific commentary by Roy Scheider and interviews with Scheider and Bob Fosse.

Variety described it as " a self-important, egomaniacal, wonderfully choreographed, often compelling film " and added, " Roy Scheider gives a superb performance as Gideon, creating a character filled with nervous energy ...

* Academy Award for Best Actor ( Roy Scheider, nominee )

* Golden Globe Award for Best Actor-Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ( Roy Scheider, nominee )

* BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role ( Roy Scheider, nominee )

It starred Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey and Roy Scheider.

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* Roy Scheider ( 1932 – 2008 ), actor.

David Amram resided in Putnam Valley for many decades, as did Jim Steinman, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Barbara Bel Geddes, Roy Scheider, and for a short-time SNL creator Lorne Michaels.

* Blue ThunderRenegade cop Roy Scheider, flying the state-of the-art “ Blue Thunder ” helicopter, is chased by a police helicopter down storm drains in Los Angeles, weaving between bridge supports until his pursuer eventually crashes.

It stars Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi and Roy Scheider.

TV Guide said, " The dancing is frenzied, the dialogue piercing, the photography superb, and the acting first-rate, with non-showman Scheider an illustrious example of casting against type.

Scheider competed in the Golden Gloves.

Scheider played running roles on two CBS soap operas, Love of Life and The Secret Storm.