Roy Scheider 1932-2008

Roy Scheider, the actor best known for his role as Chief Martin Brody in Steven Spielberg's masterpiece, Jaws, has passed away. Scheider had been acting since the 60's and had major roles in such notable films as The French Connection, Marathon Man, 2010 and Naked Lunch. But it was his role as the everyman Police Chief of Amity in Jaws that audiences would be most familiar with. He also got to speak one of cinema's most famous and oft-quoted lines... 'You're gonna need a bigger boat.'