Roy Scheider  

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Roy Richard Scheider (November 10 1932 – February 10 2008) was an American actor. He was best-known for his role as police chief in Jaws but was also noted for his roles in Klute (1971), The French Connection (1971) and Naked Lunch (1991).

Filmography

• The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964)
• Paper Lion (1968)
• Stiletto (1969)
• Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1969)
• Loving (1970)
• Klute (1971)
• The French Connection (1971)
• The Seven-Ups (1973)
• Jaws (1975)
• Marathon Man (1976)
• Sorcerer (1977)
• Jaws 2 (1978)
• Last Embrace (1979)
• All That Jazz (1979)
• Still of the Night (1982)
• Blue Thunder (1983)
• Tiger Town (1983)
• 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
• The Men's Club (1986)
• The Egg's Sunset on the Upside Down Turned Ramp (1986)
• 52 Pick-Up (1986)
• Cohen and Tate (1988)
• Listen to Me (1989)
• Night Game (1989)
• The Fourth War (1989)
• The Russia House (1990)
• Somebody has to Shoot the Picture (1990)
• Naked Lunch (1991)
• Wild Justice (1993)
• seaQuest DSV (1993) (television series)
• Romeo is Bleeding (1994)
• The Peacekeeper (1996)
• Executive Target (1997)
• The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
• The Rainmaker (1997)
• The Rage (1997)
• Plato's Run (1997)
• Evasive Action (1998)
• RKO 281 (1999)
• Falling Through (2000)
• Daybreak (2000)
• The Doorway (2000)
• Texas 46 (2002) aka The Good War (USA)
• Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
• The Punisher (2004)
• The Poet (2007)
• If I Didn't Care (2007)
• Dark Honeymoon (2008) (completed)
• Iron Cross (2008) (in post-production)