Roy Scheider
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Birth Name: Roy Richard Scheider
Born: 10 November 1932 Died: 10 February 2008
Country of origin: United States
Height: 5' 9"
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Brenda King
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Famous Actors Final Roles are... Animated?
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Published 7 years, 3 months ago
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Gone, but not forgotten
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Published 3 months, 4 weeks ago
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Actors who deserves the Oscar (since 70s)
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Published 9 years, 9 months ago
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Lean, angular-faced and authoritatively spoken lead / supporting actor Roy Scheider obviously never heard the old actor's axiom about "never appearing with kids or animals" lest they overshadow your performance. Breaking that rule did him no harm, though, as he achieved pop cult status by finding, fighting and blowing up a 25-foot-long Great White shark (nicknamed "Bruce") in the mega-hit Jaws (1975) and then electrocuting an even bigger Great White in the vastly inferior Jaws 2 (1978).
Athletic Scheider was born in November 1932 in Orange, New Jersey, and was a keen sportsman from a young age, competing i
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1. Jaws
Rating: | 4394 Watched |
2. The Punisher
Rating: | 1286 Watched |
3. Naked Lunch (1992)
Rating: | 818 Watched |
4. The French Connection (1971)
Rating: | 847 Watched |
5. Jaws 2
Rating: | 766 Watched |
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1. Family Guy (1999)
Rating: | 4386 Watched |
2. Saturday Night Live (1975)
Rating: | 1157 Watched |
3. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Rating: | 670 Watched |
5. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Rating: | 389 Watched |
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Actors with Most Oscar Nominations But Zero Wins (142 person items)
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Academy Awards nominated performances I've seen (446 person items)
" 1980 - NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role ROY SCHEIDER as Joe Gideon in ALL THAT JAZZ 1979 | dir: Bob Fosse 1972 - NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role ROY SCHEIDER as Det. Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo in THE FRENCH CONNECTION 1971 | dir: William Friedkin "
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SCREEN WORLD'S Promising Actors of 1973 (12 person items)
" Roy Scheider Starred in: The Seven-Ups (1973, Philip D'Antoni) "
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Famous Actors Final Roles are... Animated? (31 person items)
"as the Narrator and Himself in episodes of "Family Guy" (2009) Year of Death: 2008"
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