Roy Scheider Interview (April 14, 1980)
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- Roy Richard Scheider (/ˈʃaɪdər/; November 10, 1932 - February 10, 2008) was an American actor and amateur boxer. Described by AllMovie as "one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors",[1] he gained fame for his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s through to the early to mid-1980s. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award.[2]
His best-known roles include Chief Martin Brody in Jaws (1975) and its sequel Jaws 2 (1978), NYPD Detective "Cloudy" Russo in The French Connection (1971); NYPD Detective "Buddy" in The Seven-Ups (1973); Doc Levy in Marathon Man (1976); choreographer and film director Joe Gideon in All That Jazz (1979); Officer Frank Murphy in Blue Thunder (1983); and Dr. Heywood R. Floyd in the 1984 film 2010, the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey. He was also known for playing Captain Nathan Bridger in the science-fiction television series seaQuest DSV (1993-1996).
Early life[edit]
Scheider was born in Orange, New Jersey,[3] the son of Anna (née Crosson) and auto mechanic Roy Bernhard Scheider. Scheider's mother was of Irish descent with an Irish Catholic background, while his father was a Protestant German American.[4][5] As a child, Scheider was an athlete, participating in organized baseball and boxing competitions, for which he was classed as a welterweight, weighing in at 140 lb (63.5 kg). Scheider competed in the Diamond Gloves Boxing Tournament in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He attended Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey, graduating in 1950, and was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 1985. He traded his boxing gloves for the stage, studying drama at both Rutgers University and Franklin and Marshall College, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
Amateur boxing[edit]
Between 1946 and 1949, Scheider boxed as an amateur in New Jersey.[6] Scheider said in a television interview in the 1980s that he took up boxing to lose weight.
showAmateur boxing record: Roy Scheider (unverified)[6]
Military service[edit]
Scheider served three years in the United States Air Force as a first lieutenant in Air Operations from 1955 to 1958. He then became a reservist captain in the Air Force Reserve Command until 1964.[8]
Acting career[edit]
Early career[edit]
Scheider's first film role was in the horror film The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964).
On television, he played running roles on two CBS soap operas, Love of Life and The Secret Storm, and also played character roles in episodes of Camera Three, N.Y.P.D., and Coronet Blue. He was in the TV movie Lamp at Midnight (1966).
In 1968, Scheider appeared with the New York Shakespeare Festival, and also won an Obie Award for Distinguished Performance in James Joyce’s play Stephen D.[9]
He appeared in the films Stiletto (1969), Loving (1970), and Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970), and on television in Where the Heart Is and Cannon.
Breakthrough[edit]
In 1971, he appeared in two highly popular films, Klute (1971), directed by Alan Pakula, and The French Connection (1971), directed by William Friedkin. The latter, in which he played a fictionalized version of New York City detective Sonny Grosso, gained him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.[3] Scheider became much in demand. He went to Europe to have key support roles in The French Conspiracy (1972) and The Outside Man (1972).
Stardom[edit]
Scheider's first starring role came in The Seven-Ups (1973), a quasifollow-up to The French Connection, in which Scheider's character is once again based on Grosso. He was second-billed in Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975).
Scheider portrayed Chief Martin Brody in the Hollywood blockbuster Jaws (1975), which also starred Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss.[3] Scheider's ad-libbed line,[10] "You're gonna need a bigger boat," was voted 35th on the American Film Institute's list of best movie quotes. He appeared as secret agent Doc Levy in Marathon Man (1976), with Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier.[11]
Scheider reunited with French Connection director William Friedkin in Sorcerer (1977), a remake of the 1953 French film Le Salaire de la peur (The Wages of Fear).[3] (Although it didn't do well at the box office, it has acquired a large cult following.)
He was originally cast in The Deer Hunter, the second movie of a three-movie deal with Universal Studios.[3] Despite being under contract, though, Scheider dropped out two weeks before the start of filming.
Scheider starred in Last Embrace (1979), a thriller directed by Jonathan Demme. In 1979, he received his second Academy Award nomination, this time as Best Actor in All That Jazz, in which he played a fictionalized version of the film's director and co-writer Bob Fosse.[3] Some of the film's production was portrayed in the FX miniseries Fosse/Verdon, in which Scheider was played by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
What a highly intelligent and interesting personality ,was Mr Roy Scheider ! He made everything look and sound so natural and easy .No airs and graces ,just humble working values ...what a joy to behold . Fantastic memories, thankyou sir .
Roy Scheider was an excellent class act actor RIP sir you will always be missed.
Roy. One of the best actors of character that has ever lived. Hollywood needs guys like him to survive!
One of my personal favourites as an actor and screen presence, i was deeply saddened when i read he had passed on. R.I.P. Roy.
You were superb.
My favorite actor to this day!
Great interview!
Respect for Roy
He was amazing ❤
The Seven-Ups...was great too :) RIP.
Roy Scheider was a great actor.👍
The most interesting part was at the end when Roy says there isn’t much to say about Irvington. Off camera and an honest statement.
Roy Scheider was one of my favorite actors.
This interviewer was way in over his head here, being both ignorant and condescending, not to mention antagonistic. Good grief what a putz.
Personally i thought roy was a good lookn talented actor! I only knew of Roy from Jaws and Jaws 2 both excellent movies which he was the human lead star besides the great white shark was! RIP Roy Sneider!
Too bad the interviewer didn’t bring up “The Marathon Man.”
He should have asked him why he dropped out of The Deer 🦌 Hunter
I had the privilege to meet Roy Scheider. He was personally the great guy you always see in front of the camera and off. R.I.P. What an awesome guy!!!!
I believe you