Roy Scheider

Roy Scheider in a scene from the 1986 movie "52 Pickup." Scheider, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie "Jaws," died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. He was 75. Scheider, a one-time boxer whose broken nose and pugnacious acting style made him a star in "The French Connection" later uttered one of cinematic history's most memorable lines in "Jaws."

Actor Roy Scheider, the event chairman, speaks at the 2004 Stella Adler Studio of Acting Awards held in New York, Monday, Nov. 8, 2004. Scheider, a long-time Long Island, N.Y. resident, had a home built in 1994 in Sagaponack in the Hamptons where he was active in community issues. In 2007, Scheider announced that he was selling the home for about $18.75 million and moving to the nearby village of Sag Harbor.

Actor Roy Scheider, second from left, is flanked by Democratic New York state Sen. Tom Duane, left, and New York City Council member Bill Perkins, third left, at an anti-war march in New York, Saturday March 22, 2003. Scheider was politically active. This demonstration drew 125,000 chanting activists, police said.

Actor Roy Scheider in the 1986 film "52 Pickup." Scheider earned his two Academy Award nominations -- a best-supporting nod for 1971's "The French Connection" in which he played the police partner of Oscar winner Gene Hackman, and a best-actor nomination for 1979's "All That Jazz," the semi-autobiographical Bob Fosse film.

Actor Roy Scheider in the 1979 film "All That Jazz." He also appeared in the films "Marathon Man," as Dustin Hoffman's brother, "Klute," with Jane Fonda, and "Naked Lunch," David Cronenberg's adaptation of William S. Burroughs's novel. TV roles included "SeaQuest DSV" and "Third Watch."

Director Peter Hall, left, actress Blythe Danner, playwright Harold Pinter, and actor Roy Scheider, right, celebrate the premiere of Pinter's new play "Betrayal," at Sardi's Restaurant in New York, Jan. 6, 1980. Danner and Scheider starred in the play.

Actors Roy Scheider, left, and Robert Shaw during filming of the 1975 movie "Jaws." In 2005, one of Scheider's most famous lines in the movie -- "You're gonna need a bigger boat" -- was voted No. 35 on the American Film Institute's list of best quotes from U.S. movies. "Jaws" was the first movie to earn $100 million at the box office.

Roy Scheider sits at the wheel of a specially equipped car before filming a chase scene for the 1973 movie "The Seven Ups" in New York.