Obit: Roy Scheider (Feb 2008)

Subject: Obit: Roy Scheider
From: fat B****rd
Date: 11 Feb 08 - 04:35 AM

I've just seen on the BBC news that Roy Scheider passed away, aged 75, after a long illness. RIP Roy.

Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Scheider
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 11 Feb 08 - 04:36 AM

So sorry to read it. Loved him in All That Jazz. R.I.P. indeed.

Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Scheider
From: harpmolly
Date: 11 Feb 08 - 04:41 AM

Noooooo *sniffle*

Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Scheider
From: Mr Happy
Date: 11 Feb 08 - 07:44 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Scheider

Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Scheider
From: Folk Form # 1
Date: 11 Feb 08 - 08:37 AM

A good actor who never achieved his full potential.

Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Scheider
From: Mrrzy
Date: 11 Feb 08 - 08:45 AM

He's gone to find the bigger boat.

Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Scheider
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Feb 08 - 08:58 AM

Very sad.......I thought he was a superb actor and know he was well respected by his peers. I don't remember anything I didn't enjoy about his various roles as he always seemed very believable no matter what the part.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Scheider
From: katlaughing
Date: 11 Feb 08 - 10:44 AM

Me, too, Spaw. I really respected him as an actor. Remember him in Klute and French Connection? I never saw Jaws!

I thought he was the dad in a made for tv movie about an Air Force dad who was really tough on his sons and uncommunicative. I can't remember the name of it, but it was one of the most powerful performances I've ever seen. I can't remember if it was him and don't see it at WIKI.

RIP, Mr. Scheider, thanks for sharing.

Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Scheider
From: gnu
Date: 11 Feb 08 - 11:15 AM

Superb, indeed. RIP.

Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Scheider
From: GUEST,jack
Date: 11 Feb 08 - 11:24 AM

what was the long illness?

Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Scheider
From: Wesley S
Date: 11 Feb 08 - 01:29 PM

Kat - The movie you described sounds a lot like "The Great Santini" which starred Robert Duvall.

My favorite forgotten Roy Scheider movie was called "Sorcerer". Directed by William Freidken - a remake of the French movie "The Wages of Sin".

Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Scheider
From: Mrrzy
Date: 11 Feb 08 - 01:44 PM

Multiple myeloma. It's a cancer of the blood plasma, I think.

Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Scheider
From: katlaughing
Date: 11 Feb 08 - 02:10 PM

Ah, that's who it was, Wesley, thanks. It was an incredible film, imo. I"ll have to see if netflix has the Sorcerer.

Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Scheider
From: Wesley S
Date: 11 Feb 08 - 02:14 PM

I had to have Barnes and Noble order it for me. Tangerine Dream does the soundtrack. Cheezy '80's era synth music. But it fit.

Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Scheider
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 11 Feb 08 - 02:48 PM

Hopefuly not too disrespectful on an obit thread...


We always made the joke about the three 'R.S.-es' in Jaws. Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw and...


Wait for it...



Rubber Shark.


Mr Scheider certainly seemed the most professional of the three and I think his demise will be a sad loss to the film industry as well as his friends and family.


Anyone remember Shaw's rendition of 'Spanish Ladies' in Jaws as well btw?

Dave

Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Scheider
From: katlaughing
Date: 11 Feb 08 - 04:41 PM

I just put it in our queue at netflix. Glad they had it, thanks, Wesley.

Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Scheider
From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz
Date: 11 Feb 08 - 04:47 PM

Rest in Peace...

Subject: RE: Obit: Roy Scheider (Feb 2008)
From: Becca72
Date: 12 Feb 08 - 11:30 AM

This was no boating accident....

'Jaws' is one of my all-time favorites and I just love Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw in this movie. I was very sad to read the news of his death.