Roy Scheider is dead
Roy Scheider is dead
#1Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:01pm
RIP. Truly a great actor. I know what two movies I'M watching this week.
Link to obituary.
broadwaybaby086
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/06
#2re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:07pmSad to hear.
Avatar: JULIE "EFFING" WHITE, 2007 TONY WINNER. Thank God. I'm thinking about legally changing my name to Lizzie Curry...
#2re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:12pmRIP
#3re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:13pm
A great actor.
jordangirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/06
#4re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:14pm
Oh...so sad. He will be missed. 
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
#7re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:16pm
He appeared in Betrayal (1980) and Tartuffe (1964) on Broadway.
#8re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:16pm
Chief Brody!
I had no idea until reading that article that he was offered De Niro's role in The Deer Hunter, but had to turn it down to film Jaws 2.
I'll have to watch Jaws this week...he was so good in that film, and delivered some really fantastic lines- my favorite one has to be "Tip the boat! Why don't you come on down here and chum some of this sh*t!" Then of course there was, "Smile you son of a b*tch!"
#9re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:18pm
'We're gonna need a bigger boat' (shivers)
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#10re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:39pmSorry to hear that. All That Jazz was one of my favorite movies of all time. RIP.
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#11re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:40pm
All That Jazz, Jaws, Sorcerer, Marathon Man. He was a very good actor.
What the hell was he doing in Little Rock?
#12re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:41pm
'Its showtime folks!'
#13re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:46pm
BUMMER!
I signed on here for fun tonight....now I'm depressed!
A nice man and a great actor!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#14re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:49pm
What a shame.
His last roles were on Law & Order:Criminal Intent as a russian mobster
#15re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:52pmRest in peace. An excellent actor.
#16re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:54pm
God he was good...
Jaws is amazing.
And his work on All that Jazz is downright unbelievable. He created (or was it re-created?) such an indelible character in Joe Gideon, that I feel like I knew the man. (that might be because it is in my to 5 movies of all time) The last 15 minutes of that movie are glorious. Also, if you get a chance to watch the movie with the commentary, do it. Also check out his interviews about the process of filing that movie with Fosse as director. Truly amazing.
Rest in peace!
"Bye Bye Life..."
#17re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:54pm
"What the hell was he doing in Little Rock?"
Maybe the best doctors for what he had were there.
#18re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:10pmWhat sad news.
#19re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:24pmHe was an amazing Actor. We lose too many, often too young but he lived a long life. Now he won't suffer but what a legacy he left behind!
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#20re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/10/08 at 11:58pm
I, for one, will miss Roy Scheider.
And yes... my screen name is and always has been paying homage to the character he played in JAWS: Chief Brody.
Fosse -- homage to my childhood idol: Bob Fosse, who Roy (as Joe Gideon) was playing in ALL THAT JAZZ.
R.I.P.
#21re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/11/08 at 12:03amI am so sad. I love him. All That Jazz is my favorite movie of all time. His performance in that movie is mindblowing...
jordangirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/06
#22re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/11/08 at 12:18amMy favorite of his movies is a tiny little indie film ~ The Myth of Fingerprints. He didn't say a lot in there verbally, but his presence...he WAS the backbone of that movie.
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
#23re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/11/08 at 12:29am
Very sad...
I always felt that he never had the career that he deserved.
JenniferLynn
Chorus Member Joined: 6/3/07
#24re: Roy Scheider is dead
Posted: 2/11/08 at 12:38amThe Universtiy of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is located in Little Rock, and they employee the very top doctor for that form of cancer. So, I would assume that this is the reason he was there.
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