An amateur boxer — classed as a welterweight, weighing in at 140 pounds — from Orange, New Jersey, Roy Richard Scheider became a distinguished Hollywood actor after his time in the ring. He competed ...

Jaws recently celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2025 with a new documentary, but the original 1975 film, along with its ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw led a cast rounded out by Martha's Vineyard locals. Director Steven Spielberg and author Peter Benchley both expressed regret over how the film ...

Roy Scheider starred in the 1975 movie "Jaws." LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Roy Scheider, the actor best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie "Jaws," has died. He was 75. Mr. Scheider ...

Even among the, uh, sharkiest film critics, "Jaws" is considered one of the most revered movies of all time. It was 50 years ago that the picture swam into theaters. At the time, Steven Spielberg was ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Roy Scheider, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for his roles as a small-town police chief in "Jaws" and his portrait of famed choreographer Bob Fosse in "All That Jazz ...