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Production executives with the NBC underwater adventure series seaQuest DSV responded angrily Tuesday to criticisms made about the show by series star Roy Scheider. In a candid interview Monday ...
This year, the Steven Spielberg movie Jaws is celebrating its 50th year. And long before Roy Scheider starred in that film ...
Veteran film actor Roy Scheider, star of the NBC series seaQuest DSV, said Monday he was ashamed of the underwater adventure series’ second season, calling it “childish trash.” Scheider also ...
Roy Scheider, 75, the jagged-nosed actor who brought complexity to tough-guy roles in such films as "The French Connection," "Jaws" and "All That Jazz," and was also known for political activism ...
Scheider was reportedly born Nov. 10, 1932, in Orange, N.J., although in some interviews he indicated he was born in 1935. He grew up in the New Jersey suburbs outside New York City.
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.
The movie "Beautiful Blue Eyes," starring "Jaws" actor Roy Scheider, was on hold for 14 years because of a missing scene. It hits theaters Sept. 23, as the star's last role.
Roy Scheider, a brilliant stage actor who won movie renown as the small-town cop in “Jaws,” died Sunday in Little Rock, Ark., of complications from a staph infection. He was 75.