http://www6.comcast.net/entertainment/articles/movies/2008/02/11/Obit.Scheider/

Jaws' Actor Scheider Dies at 75

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — 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 Sunday at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock, hospital spokesman David Robinson said. The hospital did not release his cause of death.

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

Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss starred in the 1975 movie, "Jaws," which was widely hailed as the film that launched the era of the Hollywood blockbuster. It was the first film to earn $100 million at the box office.

In 2005, one of Scheider's most famous lines in the movie — "You're gonna need a bigger boat" — was voted No. 35 on the American Film Institute's list of best quotes from U.S. movies.

That year, some 30 years after "Jaws" premiered, hundreds of movie buffs flocked to Martha's Vineyard, off the southeastern coast of Massachusetts, to celebrate the great white shark that terrified millions of moviegoers.

The island's JawsFest '05 also brought back some of the cast and crew, including screenwriter Carl Gottlieb and Peter Benchley, who wrote the novel that inspired Steven Spielberg's enduring classic.

Spielberg, Scheider, who played a police chief, and Dreyfuss, who played an oceanographer, were absent from Jawsfest '05. Co-star Robert Shaw, who played Quint, died in 1978.

Scheider also participated in rallies protesting U.S. military action in Iraq, including a massive New York demonstration in March 2003 that police said drew 125,000 chanting activists.


I am totally shocked.  :(

Rest in peace Roy, you'll be sadly missed.  :\'(

He will totally be missed :\'(

I loved him on SeaQuest DSV

that sucks. i think of him in blue thunder, jaws and 2010. go lightly, roy.

Yeah, its a shame.

He died of cancer complications, he had been recieving treatment for the last 2 years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7238211.stm


RIP.

Sad news again...

I will always enjoy his role Jaws.

:\'(

Just saw this in recent posts ... wow !

Realized straight away he was the 'Jaws' guy ....

75 ? Never figured he'd be that old ....

He was a wonderful actor.  My personal fave was Joe Gideon in ALL THAT JAZZ

http://www.seekshopping.com/aecimages/196423.jpg

He did a great job in All That Jazz & Jaws. RIP  :\'(

Very sad news indeed. RIP Roy Scheider.  :\'(

I guess this kills any chance of Jaws 6 ever coming out.  :-\\

I guess this kills any chance of Jaws 6 ever coming out.   :-\\


I didn't know there was a Jaws 5 ???

As far as I knew, I thought it was a Tetralogy

I didn't know there was a Jaws 5 ???

As far as I knew, I thought it was a Tetralogy
Definitely four Jaws movies have been made and Roy Scheider was only in the first two.

Jaws (1975)

Jaws 2 (1978)

Jaws 3-D (1983)

Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

Definitely four Jaws movies have been made and Roy Scheider was only in the first two.

Jaws (1975)

Jaws 2 (1978)

Jaws 3-D (1983)

Jaws: The Revenge (1987)





and for those who might STILL be wondering ..... hey .... what's that  about 'Tetralogy' in relation to jaws ... well, this should lay it to rest ....


Definition:
A tetralogy is a compound work that is made up of four (numerical prefix tetra-) distinct works.




Hence those 4 (above) make up a 'Tetralogy'

I didn't know there was a Jaws 5 ???

As far as I knew, I thought it was a Tetralogy


Well in THAT case, I suppose there won't be a Jaws 5 either.

The appeal for the movies Jaws lost its bite after Jaws 2.

The appeal for the movies Jaws lost its bite after Jaws 2.


Nice one, Philip !  ;D

The appeal for the movies Jaws lost its bite after Jaws 2.


I kind of liked "Jaws 3-D" though.  All those cool visual effects due to the 3-D format.  8)