RIP Roy Scheider

[RGMike]

"Showtime!" The 2-time Oscar nominee was 75.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/movies/11scheider.html?_r=1&ex=1360386000&en=bce2abb71fb01fdb&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin

[Wayback]

List of his films:
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) Roy Scheider, famous for his role in "Jaws" and many others, dies at 75. » A passionate life

[RGMike]

List of his films:
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) Roy Scheider, famous for his role in "Jaws" and many others, dies at 75. » A passionate life

One thing I learned in that obit was that he was offered the DeNiro role in The Deer Hunter -- but was contractually obliagted to do the Jaws sequel for Universal. So he missed out on what coulda been another Oscar nom.

[princessofcairo]

One thing I learned in that obit was that he was offered the DeNiro role in The Deer Hunter -- but was contractually obliagted to do the Jaws sequel for Universal. So he missed out on what coulda been another Oscar nom.

roy hooking up with the streep?!?!?!?!
i. don't. think. so.

[RGMike]

One thing I learned in that obit was that he was offered the DeNiro role in The Deer Hunter -- but was contractually obliagted to do the Jaws sequel for Universal. So he missed out on what coulda been another Oscar nom.

roy hooking up with the streep?!?!?!?!
i. don't. think. so.

LOL! Guess you've never seen this one:

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0084732/

[princessofcairo]

One thing I learned in that obit was that he was offered the DeNiro role in The Deer Hunter -- but was contractually obliagted to do the Jaws sequel for Universal. So he missed out on what coulda been another Oscar nom.

roy hooking up with the streep?!?!?!?!
i. don't. think. so.

LOL! Guess you've never seen this one:

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0084732/

uh-oh. jessica tandy, too? looks like trouble.