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| Jaws star Roy Scheider dies at 75 | Jaws star Roy Scheider dies at 75 |
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| US actor Roy Scheider, best known for playing the police chief in the Jaws movies, has died at the age of 75. | US actor Roy Scheider, best known for playing the police chief in the Jaws movies, has died at the age of 75. |
| As well as starring in the first two shark thrillers, Scheider received two Oscar nominations during his career. | As well as starring in the first two shark thrillers, Scheider received two Oscar nominations during his career. |
| He was up for best supporting actor for The French Connection in 1972 and best actor for 1979's All That Jazz. | He was up for best supporting actor for The French Connection in 1972 and best actor for 1979's All That Jazz. |
| He died in hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. He had been treated there for multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cell, for the past two years. | He died in hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. He had been treated there for multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cell, for the past two years. |
| First blockbuster | |
| Scheider's Jaws co-star Richard Dreyfuss said: "He was a wonderful guy. He was what I call a knockaround actor. | Scheider's Jaws co-star Richard Dreyfuss said: "He was a wonderful guy. He was what I call a knockaround actor. |
| "A knockaround actor to me is a compliment that means a professional that lives the life of a professional actor and doesn't yell and scream at the fates and does his job and does it as well as he can." | "A knockaround actor to me is a compliment that means a professional that lives the life of a professional actor and doesn't yell and scream at the fates and does his job and does it as well as he can." |
| Jaws, released in 1975, was directed by Steven Spielberg and was the first film to make $100m (£51m) at the box office. | |
| It is widely regarded as the film that ushered in the blockbuster era. |