Roy Scheider Roy Scheider Roy Richard Scheider (November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008) was an American actor and amateur boxer. Scheider gained fame for his leading and supporting roles in several iconic films from the 1970s, playing NYPD Detective Buddy "Cloudy" Russo in "The French Connection" (1971); NYPD Detective Buddy Manucci in "The Seven Ups" (1973); Police Chief Martin Brody in "Jaws" (1975) and "Jaws 2" (1978); Doc in "Marathon Man" (1976); choreographer and film director Joe Gideon (whose character was based on Bob Fosse) in "All That Jazz" (which was written and directed by Fosse) (1979); and Dr. Heywood R.
Bob Fosse producers. Fosse moved from on-screen acting to theater, and in 1954, he choreographed his first musical, "The Pajama Game", followed by George Abbott's "Damn Yankees" in 1955. It was while working on the latter show that he first met the rising star whom he was to marry in 1960, Gwen Verdon. For her work in "Damn Yankees," Verdon won her first Tony Award for Best Actress. In 1957 Fosse choreographed "New Girl in Town", also directed by Abbott, and Verdon won her second Leading Actress Tony. In 1960, Fosse was, for the first time, both director and choreographer of a