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Roy Scheider

Roy Richard Scheider was an American actor who achieved fame with his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s to the mid-1980s. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, one Golden Globe, and one BAFTA Award, and won both an Obie and Drama League Award for his stage performances.

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entertainment · American actor (1932–2008) · actor · film actor · boxer · voice actor · television actor · also Roy Scheider, Roy R. Scheider, Scheider

Born 10 November 1932 · Died 10 February 2008 · Q216569

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The French Connection spawned a whole era of the relationship between two policemen, based on an enormous amount of truth about working on the job.
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s Broadway production of Harold Pinter
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2026· 4 entries

Aug 16, 2026Documented record75% confidence

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2024· 2 entries

Jun 7, 2024Documented record69% confidence

Yahoo: Roy Scheider Went From Amateur Boxer To Established Actor — Read About the 'Jaws' Star Here

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Apr 14, 2024Documented record69% confidence

Collider: Roy Scheider's Most Unexpected Role Is Also His Best Performance

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2022· 3 entries

Sep 8, 2022Documented record69% confidence

FirstShowing.net: New Trailer for Final Roy Scheider Revenge Film 'Beautiful Blue Eyes'

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Aug 20, 2022Documented record69% confidence

collider: Roy Scheider's Final Film Comes to Theaters With Jaws Re-Release

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Apr 13, 2022Documented record69% confidence

Yahoo: Roy Scheider’s Last Film ‘Beautiful Blue Eyes’ Sets Release Date, Reveals Teaser

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2021· 1 entry

Aug 27, 2021Documented record69% confidence

The Cheat Sheet: ‘Jaws’: Roy Scheider Landed the Lead Role With a Little Bit of Eavesdropping

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2008· 3 entries

Feb 11, 2008Documented record75% confidence

The Washington Post: Roy Scheider, 75; 'Jaws' Star Excelled In Tough-Guy Roles

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Feb 10, 2008Documented record86% confidence

Died 2008-02-10.

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Feb 10, 2008Documented record66% confidence

In Little Rock, Arkansas, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Center

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2007· 2 entries

2007Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Starred in The Poet and If I Didn't Care

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2007Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Scheider received one of two annual Lifetime Achievement Awards at the SunDeis Film Festival in Waltham, Massachusetts

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2004· 1 entry

2004Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Scheider was diagnosed with multiple myeloma

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1989· 1 entry

Feb 11, 1989Documented record70% confidence

Married actress Brenda Siemer, with whom he had a son, Christian Scheider, and adopted a daughter

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1986· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1986Documented record88% confidence

“The French Connection spawned a whole era of the relationship between two policemen, based on an enormous amount of truth about working on the job.”

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1980· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1980Documented record82% confidence

“s Broadway production of Harold Pinter”

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1973· 1 entry

1973Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Scheider's first starring role came in The Seven-Ups, a quasi follow-up to The French Connection, in which Scheider's character is once again based on Grosso

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1971· 1 entry

1971Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Appeared in two highly popular films, Klute, directed by Alan Pakula, and The French Connection, directed by William Friedkin

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1968· 1 entry

1968Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Scheider appeared with the New York Shakespeare Festival, and won an Obie Award for Distinguished Performance in Hugh Leonard's play, which was adapted from the works of James Joyce, Stephen D, appearing in it 68 times a

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1964· 1 entry

1964Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Scheider's first film role was in the horror film The Curse of the Living Corpse

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1950· 1 entry

1950Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

And was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 1985

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1932· 1 entry

Nov 10, 1932Documented record86% confidence

Born 1932-11-10.

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