Roy Scheider
Roy Scheider | |
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Franklin and Marshall College | |
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Years active | 1952–2008 |
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Children | 3, including Christian Scheider |
Roy Richard Scheider (
His best-known roles include Chief Martin Brody in
Early life
Scheider was born in
Amateur boxing
Between 1946 and 1949, Scheider boxed as an amateur in New Jersey.
Amateur boxing record: Roy Scheider (unverified)[6] | ||||||||
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Result | Opponent | Method | Date | Round | Time | Event | Location | Notes |
Win | Earl Garrett | KO | March 17, 1949 | 1 | Elizabeth, New Jersey | |||
Win | Ted LaScalza | KO | March 12, 1949 | 1 | Jersey City, New Jersey | |||
Win | Peter Read | KO | February 17, 1949 | 1 | Elizabeth, New Jersey | Scheider suffers nose injury; drops out of tournament. | ||
Win | Nick Welling | KO | July 20, 1948 | 1 | Elizabeth, New Jersey | |||
Win | Jerry Gould | KO | July 2, 1948 | 1 | Orange, New Jersey | |||
Win | Alfonse D'Amore | KO | March 2, 1948 | 1 | Orange, New Jersey | |||
Win | Peter Read | TKO | February 21, 1948 | 2 | Elizabeth, New Jersey | |||
Win | Phillip Duncan | KO | February 19, 1948 | 1 | Elizabeth, New Jersey | |||
Win | Stewart Murphy | KO | April 1, 1947 | 1 | 0:16 | Golden Gloves | New Jersey | |
Win | Myron Greenberg | KO | January 10, 1947 | 1 | Golden Gloves | New Jersey | ||
Loss | Myron Greenberg | TKO | January 11, 1946 | 2 | Golden Gloves | New Jersey | Scheider's nose was broken. | |
Win | Frank Brayden | KO | January 9, 1946 | 2 | Golden Gloves | New Jersey |
Military service
Scheider served three years in the United States Air Force as a first lieutenant in Air Operations from 1955 to 1958. He then became a captain in the Air Force Reserve Command until 1964.[8]
Acting career
Scheider's first film role was in the horror film
In 1971, he appeared in two highly popular films,
Scheider's first starring role came in
Scheider was initially set to appear in the lead role in
Still under contract after dropping out two weeks before The Deer Hunter started filming, Universal offered him the option of reprising his role as Martin Brody for a Jaws sequel, and would consider his contractual obligations fulfilled if he accepted. Scheider accepted, and Jaws 2 was released in 1978. It was a huge hit.[3] Scheider starred in Last Embrace (1979), a thriller directed by Jonathan Demme. He received his second Academy Award nomination, this time as Best Actor in All That Jazz (1979), in which he played a fictionalized version of the film's director and co-writer Bob Fosse.[3] Some of the film's production was portrayed in the FX miniseries Fosse/Verdon, in which Scheider was played by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
He made a thriller with
Scheider was in The Men's Club (1986), 52 Pick-Up (1986) for John Frankenheimer, Cohen and Tate (1988), Listen to Me (1989), Night Game (1989), The Fourth War (1990) again for Frankenheimer, Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990), and The Russia House (1990). One of his later parts was that of Dr. Benway in the long-in-production 1991 film adaptation of William S. Burroughs' novel Naked Lunch.[3] Scheider played a mob boss who meets a horrific fate in the Gary Oldman crime film Romeo Is Bleeding (1994)[3] and a chief executive of a corrupt insurance company cross-examined by Matt Damon's character in 1997's John Grisham's The Rainmaker, directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Scheider appeared among an ensemble cast in
Scheider was lead star in the Steven Spielberg-produced television series seaQuest DSV as Captain Nathan Bridger. During the second season, Scheider voiced disdain for the direction in which the series was heading. His comments were highly publicized, and the media criticized him for panning his own show. NBC made additional casting and writing changes in the third season, and Scheider decided to leave the show. His contract, however, required that he make several guest appearances that season. Scheider hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live in the 10th (1984–1985) season and appeared on the Family Guy episode "Bill & Peter's Bogus Journey", voicing himself as the host of a toilet-training video, portions of which were censored on FOX and syndicated broadcasts. He provided voiceover on the Family Guy episode "Three Kings" (which was recorded in September 2007 but aired in May 2009, a year and three months after his death in February 2008), which also featured his Jaws co-star Richard Dreyfuss.
Scheider guest-starred in the
Personal life
Scheider married Cynthia Bebout on November 8, 1962.[15] The couple had one daughter, Maximillia (1963–2006), before divorcing in 1986.[16] On February 11, 1989, he married actress Brenda Siemer, with whom he had a son, Christian Scheider, and adopted a daughter, Molly.[17] They remained married until his death.[3]
Death
In 2004, Scheider was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. In June 2005, he received a bone marrow transplant to treat the cancer.[18] He died on February 10, 2008, in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Center.[19]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1964 | The Curse of the Living Corpse | Philip Sinclair | |
1968 | Paper Lion | Unknown | uncredited |
1969 | Stiletto | Bennett | |
1970 | Loving | Skip | |
1970 | Puzzle of a Downfall Child | Mark | |
1971 | Klute | Frank Ligourin | |
1971 | The French Connection | Detective Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo | |
1972 | The French Conspiracy | Michael Howard | |
1972 | The Outside Man | Lenny | |
1973 | The Seven-Ups | Buddy, Seven-Up | |
1975 | Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York | Sam Stoneman | |
1975 | Jaws | Chief Martin Brody | |
1976 | Marathon Man | Agent Henry 'Doc' Levy | |
1977 | Sorcerer | Scanlon / Dominguez | |
1978 | Jaws 2 | Chief Martin Brody | |
1979 | Last Embrace | Harry Hannan | |
1979 | All That Jazz | Joe Gideon | |
1982 | Still of the Night | Sam Rice | |
1983 | Blue Thunder | Officer Frank Murphy | |
1984 | 2010 |
Dr. Heywood Floyd | |
1985 | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Narrator (voice) | |
1986 | The Men's Club | Cavanaugh | |
1986 | 52 Pick-Up | Harry Mitchell | |
1987 | Jaws: The Revenge | Chief Martin Brody | Archive Footage Uncredited |
1989 | Cohen and Tate | Cohen | |
1989 | Listen to Me | Charlie Nichols | |
1989 | Night Game | Mike Seaver | |
1990 | The Fourth War | Colonel Jack Knowles | |
1990 | The Russia House | Russell | |
1991 | Naked Lunch | Dr. Benway | |
1993 | Romeo Is Bleeding | Don Falcone | |
1997 | The Myth of Fingerprints | Hal | |
1997 | Plato's Run | Senarkian | |
1997 | Executive Target | President Carlson | |
1997 | The Rage | John Taggart | |
1997 | The Peacekeeper | President Bob Baker | |
1997 | The Rainmaker | Wilfred Keeley | |
1997 | The Definite Maybe | Eddie Jacobsen | aka No Money Down |
1998 | Evasive Action | Enzo Marcelli | |
1998 | Better Living | Tom | |
1998 | The White Raven | Tom Heath | |
2000 | Chain of Command | President Jack Cahill | |
2000 | Falling Through | Earl | |
2000 | The Doorway | Professor Lamont | |
2000 | Daybreak | Stan Marshall | |
2001 | Time Lapse | Agent La Nova | |
2002 | The Good War | Colonel Gartner | aka Texas '46 |
2002 | Angels Don't Sleep Here | Mayor Harry Porter | aka Blakflash 2 |
2003 | Citizen Verdict | Governor 'Bull' Tyler | |
2003 | Dracula II: Ascension | Cardinal Siqueros | |
2003 | Red Serpent | Hassan | |
2004 | The Punisher | Frank Castle Sr. | |
2005 | Dracula III: Legacy | Cardinal Siqueros | |
2005 | Love Thy Neighbor | Fred | |
2006 | Last Chance | Cumberland | short film |
2007 | Chicago 10 | Judge Julius Hoffman (voice) | Documentary |
2007 | The Poet | Rabbi | aka Hearts Of War |
2007 | If I Didn't Care | Linus Boyer | aka Blue Blood |
2007 | The Shark Is Still Working | Narrator (voice) | Documentary |
2008 | Dark Honeymoon | Sam | direct-to-video |
2009 | Iron Cross | Joseph | Released posthumously; final acting role |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1955 | The United States Steel Hour | Dancer | Episode: A Wind from the South |
1962 | The Edge of Night | Kenny | |
1964 | Camera Three | Face | Episode: The Alchemist |
1965–1966 | Love of Life | Jonas Falk | Various Episodes |
1966 | Lamp at Midnight |
Francesco Barberini | Television Movie |
1967 | The Secret Storm | Bob Hill #1 | |
1967 | Coronet Blue | Apartment Manager | Episode: A Charade for Murder |
1968 | N.Y.P.D. | Paul Jason | Episode: Cry Brute |
1969 | This Town Will Never Be the Same | Performer | Television Movie |
1971 | Cannon | Dan Bowen | Episode: No Pockets in a Shroud |
1972 | Assignment: Munich | Jake Webster | Television Movie |
1983 | Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number | Jacob Timerman | Television Movie |
1983 | Tiger Town | Billy Young | Television Movie |
1985 | Saturday Night Live | Host | Episode: Roy Scheider |
1990 | Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture | Paul Marish | Television Movie |
1993 | Wild Justice | Peter Stride | Television Movie |
1993–1995 | seaQuest DSV | Captain Nathan Bridger | 47 episodes |
1997 | Money Play$ | Johnny Tobin | Television Movie |
1999 | Silver Wolf | John Rockwell | Television Movie |
1999 | The Seventh Scroll | Grant Schiller | Mini-Series |
1999 | RKO 281 | George Schaefer | HBO Movie |
2001 | Diamond Hunters | Jacob Van der Byl | Television movie |
2002 | King of Texas | Henry Westover | Television movie |
2002 | Third Watch | Fyodor Chevchenko | 6 episodes |
2005 | Carrier: Arsenal of the Sea | Narrator (voice) | TV documentary |
2007 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Mark Ford Brady | Episode: Endgame |
2007–2009 | Family Guy | Himself (voice) | 2 episodes |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1971 | Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The French Connection | Nominated | [20] |
1979 | Best Actor | All That Jazz | Nominated | ||
1979 | Golden Globes |
Best Actor – Film Musical of Comedy | Nominated | ||
1980 | British Academy Film Awards | Best Actor | Nominated | ||
1980 | National Society of Film Critics | Best Actor | Nominated | ||
1997 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Myth of Fingerprints | Nominated |
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Bibliography
- Kachmar, Diane C. (January 1, 2002). Roy Scheider: A Film Biography. ISBN 9780786412013.