Roy Scheider

Scheider has continued to make movies through the years, and also starred in the Steven Spielberg-produced television series SeaQuest DSV. See also: Alan Smithee, Walter Plinge, David Agnew. In 1979, he broke the tough-guy stereotype he had found himself in by starring as musical theater director Joe Gideon in Bob Fosse's autobiographical movie All That Jazz, for which he was nominated for Best Actor. The one-act play The Actor's Nightmare by Christopher Durang features a main character named George Spelvin. In 1975, Scheider starred in Jaws, and in 1978 its first sequel. Georgina Spelvin has fallen out of general use since it was adopted as a screen name by pornographic actress Dorothy May, who was credited by that name in The Devil in Miss Jones and her subsequent films. In 1971 he appeared in two highly popular movies, Klute and The French Connection, the latter garnering him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor. George Spelvin and Georgina Spelvin are the traditional pseudonyms used in programs in American theatre by actors whose names would otherwise appear twice because they are playing more than one role in a production.

Sheider"). Scheider's first film role was in a forgettable horror film in 1963 called Curse of the Living Corpse (he was billed as "Roy R. After three years in the United States Air Force, he appeared with the New York Shakespeare Festival, and won an Obie Award in 1968. Scheider traded his boxing gloves for the stage, studying drama at both Rutgers University and Franklin and Marshall College.

Born in Orange, New Jersey, was an athlete as a child, participating in organized baseball and boxing competitions. Roy Scheider (born November 10, 1932) is an American actor.