Monday, February 11, 2008

You'll Be Missed Roy!


Last night Roy Schieder passed away from Cancer at age 75. Roy was a brilliant actor and is most recognized for JAWS; while I fondly recall him for his show SeaQuest DSV. He started his long lived career in the earl 60's with a role on Edge of Night, but he was in or just completing production on some 2008 releases.

Roy's career included many roles from the silver screen to TV. His TV appearances included TV shows, TV movies and guest appearances. Here is an overview of some of his credits:

If I Didn't Care
The Poet
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Last Chance
Dracula III: Legacy
The Punisher
Dracula II: Ascension
Third Watch
King of Texas
Love Thy Neighbor
Red Serpent
The Feds: U.S. Postal Inspectors
Time Lapse
Diamond Hunters
Falling Through
Chain of Command
RKO 281
The Seventh Scroll
Better Living
Evasive Action
The White Raven
The Rainmaker
The Myth of Fingerprints
The Rage
Plato's Run
Money Play$
SeaQuest DSV
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
Listen to Me
Saturday Night Live
2010
Tiger Town
Still of the Night
All That Jazz
Last Embrace
Jaws 2
Sorcerer
Marathon Man
Jaws

The Seven-Ups
Assignment: Munich
To Be Young, Gifted, and Black
Cannon
The French Connection
Stiletto
Paper Lion
Star!
Coronet Blue
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lamp at Midnight
The Curse of the Living Corpse
The Edge of Night

Roy you entertained millions of fans. You will be missed!

Formortv expresses it's condolences to Mr. Schieders family and friends.

2 Comments:

Anonymous said...

ROY SCHEIDER’S FINAL FILM “IRON CROSS” – TRAILER & UPDATE MAY 2009

Calibra Pictures is pleased to announce the release of the trailer for Roy Scheider’s last film “Iron Cross”.

The revenge thriller, written and directed by Joshua Newton, will be previewed towards the end of the year in Los Angeles, following our Roy Scheider Film Week, dates and location tbd.

The trailer can be downloaded securely from the following yousendit.com link:

http://rcpt.yousendit.com/674374016/2c8d2c044adbfe73d4293fc995eca0cb

We’d be delighted to receive your comments.

Yours truly,

The Iron Cross Team
ironcross@calibrapictures.com

Anonymous said...

IRON CROSS, Roy Scheider’s final film, in VARIETY article for Oscar contention!!!
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005244.html?categoryid=13&cs=1