Scheider's first film role was the horror film "The Curse of the Living Corpse"

He appeared as secret agent Doc Levy in "Marathon Man"

He received his second Academy Award nomination, this time as Best Actor in "All That Jazz"

He appeared as the crusty father of hero Frank Castle in "The Punisher"

He starred in "The Poet"

Scheider first starring role in "The Seven-Ups"

He passed away on February 10, 2008 in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Hospital

Scheider played a chief executive of a corrupt insurance company in the film "John Grisham's The Rainmaker"

He co-starred with Sean Connery in "The Russia House" as the smart-talking CIA liaison with MI6

He portrayed Chief Martin Brody in the Hollywood blockbuster "Jaws"

He appeared in the movie, "Klute"

Roy Scheider interview for film 2010

He starred in "Blue Thunder"

Scheider played a mob boss in the Gary Oldman crime film "Romeo Is Bleeding"

He also appeared in the movie "The French Connection"