Roy Scheider 1932 – 2008

Roy Scheider, the actor best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie “Jaws,” has died, he was 75. Scheider received two Oscar nominations, for best-supporting actor in 1971’s “The French Connection” in which he played the police partner of Oscar winner Gene Hackman, and for best-actor for 1979’s “All That Jazz,” the autobiographical Bob Fosse film. However, he was best known for his role in Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film, “Jaws,” the enduring classic about a killer shark terrorizing beachgoers and well as millions of moviegoers.