View Full Version : Roy Scheider- RIP


tentoze
02-10-2008, 09:29 PM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23102484/

Bigerik
02-10-2008, 09:32 PM
Damn,
another great actor gone.

Andyman
02-10-2008, 09:39 PM
Damn.

Folks remember him from "Jaws" and "The French Connection", but he also was in "Marathon Man", "Sorcerer", and "All That Jazz".

tentoze
02-10-2008, 09:41 PM
His performance in Marathon Man was exceptional. All That Jazz was ....It's Show Time!

Clmrt
02-10-2008, 10:03 PM
Awwwwwwwwwwww....MAN.

RIP. One of my favorite actors.

"Blue Thunder" 4-eva.

meggy
02-10-2008, 10:05 PM
He was great. RIP.

jcmjrt
02-10-2008, 10:32 PM
Shoot, he did some good movies.

fotno
02-10-2008, 10:46 PM
Mr. Scheider was a rare actor. Believable, straightforward and honest in his films. I'll miss him.

SpeakerLabFan
02-10-2008, 10:56 PM
Sad to hear, was a great actor. He was certainly believable as the new cop and family man in the little resort town in Jaws - I thought it was another one of Speilberg's great looks at american family life and a big part of Jaws impact for me --

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Twenty20Man
02-10-2008, 10:56 PM
Mr. Scheider was a rare actor. Believable, straightforward and honest in his films. I'll miss him.

what he said....

arrow 68
02-10-2008, 11:18 PM
Damn. Well that sucks. Now I have to get the Seven Ups.

clydeselsor
02-10-2008, 11:25 PM
I didn't realize that he was 75 years old! He will be missed....

Rat44
02-10-2008, 11:38 PM
Well,maybe now he'll get a bigger boat.RIP.

SpeakerLabFan
02-10-2008, 11:47 PM
Well,maybe now he'll get a bigger boat.RIP.

Good call...RIP Chief Brody

Acoustic
02-11-2008, 01:18 AM
RIP. I even liked 2010.

Sandy G
02-11-2008, 05:45 AM
Glad to see somebody else remembered "The Seven-Ups"...

bordeno
02-11-2008, 06:38 AM
Damn.

Folks remember him from "Jaws" and "The French Connection", but he also was in "Marathon Man", "Sorcerer", and "All That Jazz".

I was going to mention Sorcerer.

Excellent movie, cult classic.

Arkay
02-11-2008, 06:57 AM
Another one bites the dust in the wind... RIP, Mr. Scheider.

The actors we remember from our youths were, of course, always a little older than we were, so as we are passing through middle age they are getting truly old, and it is inevitable that we start to hear about more and more of them dying. Sad, how this sort of news seems to come thicker and faster with every passing year...

At least these artists leave a legacy of recorded works that will outlive them, and last as long as the media and our memories do. I may just break out the Jaws Laserdisc next time I watch, and raise a toast to another great actor gone! :beerchug:

bigstereo
02-11-2008, 09:46 AM
Roy Scheider, thanks for the memories. RIP
Jaws was the film I chose to see the first time that I ever took a girl to the movies. She was terrified of the shark soon after the movie got rolling and clung tightly to me throughout the rest of the show. The girl, Tanya, turned out to be my first girlfriend ever.

KeninDC
02-11-2008, 09:59 AM
Great in Naked Lunch.

birddog
02-11-2008, 10:32 AM
Enjoyed him in many movies... I think "Blue Thunder" was the first film I remember him from.

Scorpion8
02-11-2008, 10:35 AM
Man, and I had just got done watching one of his old movies, 2065. And I loved All That Jazz as one of my favorites and a classic. A sad day ....

Sandy G
02-11-2008, 10:45 AM
Hard to believe he was 75.. He was "not-a-kid, but not old" in "7-Ups" & "Jaws" but-Gulp- They were nearly 35 years ago...

John in MA
02-11-2008, 10:59 AM
Anyone remember "Sea Quest DSV?" I watched some of that back when it was on TV--mid '90s maybe?

Jack Lord
02-11-2008, 11:06 AM
Glad to see somebody else remembered "The Seven-Ups"...

Fantastic movie with perhaps the best car chase ever.

RIP Roy:tears:

Holst
02-11-2008, 11:30 AM
Glad to see somebody else remembered "The Seven-Ups"...

Heck yeah, looking at this thread reminded me of how many movies he did that I liked.

When I read this, the first thing I thought of is "did the Angel of death appear to him as Jessica Lange"?

rickr15
02-11-2008, 11:33 AM
Fantastic movie with perhaps the best car chase ever.

RIP Roy:tears:

Produced by Philip D'Antoni of Bullit fame so no surprise there.

bigstereo
02-11-2008, 11:52 AM
The Space Odessey movies, 2001, 2010, were two of my favorites of all time.

slow_jazz
02-11-2008, 12:12 PM
R.I.P. Roy... He always played straight up characters.... The first time I saw him was in French Connection... Will never forget the Jaws performance...

pioneervato
02-11-2008, 12:51 PM
Sad news indeed.

EchoWars
02-11-2008, 05:43 PM
"That's some bad hat, Harry."

Goodbye Roy...

unclemss
02-11-2008, 05:53 PM
I've got The Seven Ups on dvd and 2010 and Jaws on LD, along with Sorcerer and Marathon Man, these movies would never be as good without Roy, you know you're getting older when the stars you grew up with leave the stage forever.

SixCats!
02-11-2008, 06:57 PM
RIP Roy,

"a great Entertainer, a great Humanitarian, and my friend of twenty five years". Oooh boy, do I hate show business! (All that Jazz).

SixCats!

soundmotor
02-18-2008, 03:01 PM
Bronson, Marvin, McQueen, & Scheider were all made from the same stuff.

I can't see any of the current crop of actors filling their shoes.

panther
03-06-2008, 05:49 PM
While he was doing the series, Blue Thunder, it was reported in the Orange County, Ca. Register, That he had died. I never read a retraction for that article.

Dan/Panther

Blue Meanie
03-08-2008, 07:29 AM
Man, and I had just got done watching one of his old movies, 2065. And I loved All That Jazz as one of my favorites and a classic. A sad day ....


2065???:scratch2:

Elfasto
03-08-2008, 08:58 AM
Damn. This year is proving to be the year that all the great actors/actress's drop like flies.

RIP Roy.

sleddogman
03-08-2008, 10:12 AM
I can still envision that big land yacht Ponitac going like a bat outta hell underneath the elevated tracks in The French Connection and the rather abrupt stop that Chevy made in The Seven-ups.

Thanks Mr. Scheider! You'll be missed...

Whatever1
03-08-2008, 04:49 PM
Don't forget
52 Pickup... another great movie.

soundweasel
03-08-2008, 06:02 PM
Fantastic movie with perhaps the best car chase ever.

RIP Roy:tears:

Amen!! It set the standard by which all other car chases are judged!! :banana:

RIP to a great actor. :sigh:

Elfasto
03-08-2008, 09:03 PM
Don't forget
52 Pickup... another great movie.

Ahh yea! Anne Margaret (I don't care how old she is....I'd still hit that!) and Roy's 1961 Jaguar XKE with the straight 6......:drool:

terra1
03-08-2008, 11:53 PM
His movies were entertaining and character driven. Lots of quality choices.
His celebrity was never bigger than the picture like John Wayne was John Wayne or Arnold Schwarzenegger is Arnold Schwarzenegger.

kermit z
03-09-2008, 11:20 AM
RIP Roy :(

jleon92f
03-23-2008, 11:02 AM
Hi,

I bought a copy of "The Seven Ups" old VHS tape, great action movie that has slipped between the cracks.

He will be missed..:sigh:

John.:music:

jleon92f
03-23-2008, 01:39 PM
Man, and I had just got done watching one of his old movies, 2065. And I loved All That Jazz as one of my favorites and a classic. A sad day ....

2065?? Which movie is this?

John.:music:

Blue Meanie
03-23-2008, 02:31 PM
2065?? Which movie is this?

John.:music:

Already tried asking that, about 10 posts above this one. All I got was blank stares, lol. I think he meant to say 2010...

jleon92f
03-23-2008, 04:50 PM
Hi Movie fans,

I just watched "The Seven-ups" with Roy Scheider. Did anyone notice the driver in the car chase? He looks like the same driver in "Bullitt" with Steve McQueen.

Bill Hickman..

Great Car chase's...

JOhn.:music: