Monday 11 February 2008

R.I.P. Roy Scheider

I really liked Roy Scheider, he will probably be best remembered as Sheriff Brody in Spielberg's "Jaws", but he also appeared in other 70's classics as "The French Connection" (For which he received a best supporting actor award), "All That Jazz" (His second nomination this time as lead actor playing the legendary Bob Fosse), and "Marathon Man". It was a shame he was not seen in more films in his later years, he had a very tough gruff persona that reminded me of the great film noir actors like Sterling Hayden or Robert Mitchum. I would've liked to have seen him in more but I'm grateful for the films he's given us.

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