Roy Scheider
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Roy Richard Scheider (November 10 1932 – February 10 2008) was an American actor. He was best-known for his role as police chief in Jaws but was also noted for his roles in Klute (1971), The French Connection (1971) and Naked Lunch (1991).
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Filmography
- The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964)
- Paper Lion (1968)
- Stiletto (1969)
- Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1969)
- Loving (1970)
- Klute (1971)
- The French Connection (1971)
- The Seven-Ups (1973)
- Jaws (1975)
- Marathon Man (1976)
- Sorcerer (1977)
- Jaws 2 (1978)
- Last Embrace (1979)
- All That Jazz (1979)
- Still of the Night (1982)
- Blue Thunder (1983)
- Tiger Town (1983)
- 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
- The Men's Club (1986)
- The Egg's Sunset on the Upside Down Turned Ramp (1986)
- 52 Pick-Up (1986)
- Cohen and Tate (1988)
- Listen to Me (1989)
- Night Game (1989)
- The Fourth War (1989)
- The Russia House (1990)
- Somebody has to Shoot the Picture (1990)
- Naked Lunch (1991)
- Wild Justice (1993)
- seaQuest DSV (1993) (television series)
- Romeo is Bleeding (1994)
- The Peacekeeper (1996)
- Executive Target (1997)
- The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
- The Rainmaker (1997)
- The Rage (1997)
- Plato's Run (1997)
- Evasive Action (1998)
- RKO 281 (1999)
- Falling Through (2000)
- Daybreak (2000)
- The Doorway (2000)
- Texas 46 (2002) aka The Good War (USA)
- Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
- The Punisher (2004)
- The Poet (2007)
- If I Didn't Care (2007)
- Dark Honeymoon (2008) (completed)
- Iron Cross (2008) (in post-production)
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