Roy Sheider 1932-2008.

[Antan]

One of my hero`s has passed away.

 

[John Reynolds]

I just read that. Definitely a solid actor who had the good fortune of being in some great movies. I'll never forget that quiet scene in Jaws when he was sitting there with his son making faces at each other. Hollywood today would edit that scene and replace it with an explosion so fast it wouldn't be funny.

 

[Dresden]

"Jaws" is one of my all time favorite movies and he definitely made that movie along with Robert Shaw. The world lost a brilliant actor.

 

[Fred]

I was always surprised they didn't cast him in more movies after Jaws. He often had crappy roles in small time movies thereafter.

 

[cloudscapes]

I had watched Jaws and Jaws II on saturday. this is just a coincidence but makes me sadder

 

[Davros]

since we had the heath ledger thread

 

[Antan]

I had watched Jaws and Jaws II on saturday. this is just a coincidence but makes me sadder

He had a spat with Universal regarding Jaws 3, the rest is history as they literally threw him on the scrapheap.

 

[Antan]

I was always surprised they didn't cast him in more movies after Jaws. He often had crappy roles in small time movies thereafter.

He had a spat with Universal regarding Jaws 3, the rest is history as they literally threw him on the scrapheap.

 

[Davros]

he had 2 spats ?

 

[Antan]

he had 2 spats ?

oops, replied to wrong post, so just the one spat then!

 

[Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.]

I was always surprised they didn't cast him in more movies after Jaws. He often had crappy roles in small time movies thereafter.

Not really true if you look at his filmography. It just so a happens that Jaws was so big it has overshadowed everything else he's done.

 

[Sobek]

I think I just died a little inside.

I used to love him on SeaQuest (yes, there are more than 3 of us out there that loved that show). As far as I'm concerned, he makes any movie worth watching, just like Ironside. I'm so going to miss him.