Roy Scheider. Actor: Jaws. Lean, angular-faced and authoritatively spoken lead / supporting actor Roy Scheider obviously never heard the old actor's axiom about "never appearing with kids or animals" lest they overshadow your performance.

The Tragic 2008 Death Of Roy Scheider Explained. In Roy Scheider's more than 30-year-long acting career he battled a giant shark in "Jaws," took on international drug smugglers in "The French Connection," and fought his own demons in "All That Jazz." But in 2005, he was fighting for his life.

Roy Scheider, a stage actor with a background in the classics who became one of the leading figures in the American film renaissance of the 1970s, died on Sunday afternoon in Little Rock, Ark.

Roy Scheider, the charismatic stage, screen and television actor best known for his role as the police chief in the blockbuster movie "Jaws," has died at age 75.

Roy Scheider, a stage actor with a background in the classics who became one of the leading figures in the American film renaissance of the 1970s, died Sunday in Little Rock, Arkansas.