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Post by RomyLovesMick on Feb 6, 2019 15:22:09 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z: ROY SCHEIDER
A. AMATEUR BOXER - Scheider took up boxing to lose weight between 1946-1949 and got a broken nose from Myron Greenberg. B. BOB FOSSE directed All That Jazz (1979) in which Scheider played a character based on Fosse and received a Best Actor Oscar nomination. C. Captain Nathan Bridger, the role he played in seaQuest DSV. D. DOC LEVY - his character's name in Marathon Man (1976). E. EVASIVE Action - film in which he played Enzo Marcelli in 1998 F. Franklin and Marshall College - he studied drama both there and at Rutgers University G. Grant Schiller - his role in The Seventh Scroll (TV Mini-Series)(1999) H. Hayground School - Was one of the founders of the Hayground School in Bridgehampton, New York, dedicated to creating an innovative, culturally diverse learning environment for local children. I. ILL with Multiple Myeloma, he received a bone marrow transplant in 2005 J. JAWS - Played Police Chief Martin Brody in the Jaws franchise K. KO - how he won most of his boxing matches L. LAW & ORDER: Criminal Intent (2007) - he played a serial killer who was revealed to be the biological father of series star, Detective Robert Goren, played by Vincent D'Onofrio.
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