Roy Richard Scheider (November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008) was an American actor and amateur boxer. Described by AllMovie as "one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors", he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. He competed in tournaments in Elizabeth, New Jersey — some of which resulted in ailments like a broken nose (which only added to ...

“Jaws” star Roy Scheider has been brought back from the dead — at least on screen, after new technology allowed the film he was making when he passed away 14 years ago to finally be finished. The ...

The late Roy Scheider, who many remember for his work in Jaws, was a two-time Academy Award nominee for a reason. Sadly, one of Scheider's final films wasn't finished filming prior to his death in ...

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 off ...

In 1975, the horror movie Jaws was released, and it terrified an entire generation of kids. It was such a huge success that the studio couldn’t help but produce a sequel – and then another, and ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Roy Scheider, a one-time boxer whose broken nose and pugnacious acting style made him a star in "The French Connection" and who later uttered one of cinematic history's most ...

Steven Spielberg‘s Jaws, released 50 years ago, may have been about a killer great white shark on the hunt off of Amity Island, but the heart of the film is undoubtedly its cast of characters who made ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Roy Scheider, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie “Jaws,” died Sunday. He was 75. Scheider died at the University of ...