Monday, February 11, 2008

Roy Scheider, Dead At 75.

Probably the moment I remember best is when he's "attacked" by a corpse on the beach in one of the Jaws movies. I enjoyed his work in Blue Thunder, which I first saw at the base theater at Howard Air Force Base, Panama Canal Zone, back in '82, if I remember correctly. He did a fine performance as a hit man in Cohen and Tate, also.

Trivia: he was the original choice for Rambo in First Blood. Probably there would have been no stupid sequels had he remained in that role.

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