Roy Scheider

Roy Richard Scheider (November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as police chief Martin Brody in the 1975 movie Jaws, his Academy Award nominated roles as Joe Gideon in the movie All That Jazz and Buddy Russo in The French Connection, and as Captain Nathan Bridger in Steven Spielberg's Emmy Award winning television series seaQuest DSV. He played "Heywood Floyd " in the 1984 film 2010.

Roy Scheider
Scheider in Krakow, Poland on April 28, 2007 during the production of Iron Cross
Born	Roy Richard Scheider (1932-11-10)November 10, 1932 Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	February 10, 2008(2008-02-10) (aged 75) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Cause of death	Staphylococcal infection caused by multiple myeloma
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Rutgers University Franklin & Marshall College
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1952–2008
Spouse(s)	Cynthia Bebout Scheider (1962–1989, divorced) Brenda Siemer Scheider (1989–2008, his death)
Children	3, including Christian Scheider
Parent(s)	Roy Scheider Anna (née Crosson)

Scheider's mother was an Irish-American Roman Catholic; his father was a German-American Protestant. Scheider had a daughter from his first marriage, and a son and daughter from his second marriage. He had a form of cancer called multiple myeloma, and died of an staphylococcal infection, aged 75.

Other websites

• The Roy Scheider Resource Archived 2016-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
• Obituary Archived 2010-05-23 at the Wayback Machine in The Times
• Roy Scheider on IMDb
• Roy Scheider Archived 2010-12-03 at the Wayback Machine at the Starpulse Biography site
• Roy Scheider Archived 2015-11-05 at the Wayback Machine at The New York Times
• Roy Scheider - Obituary and public tribute Archived 2008-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Plum TV Hamptons Tribute Archived 2008-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
• William Friedkin on Roy Scheider Archived 2015-01-28 at the Wayback Machine