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.
All That Jazz (film) the titular role of "The Stand-Up"—the film-within-a-film version of "Lenny"—after having played the role of Lenny Bruce in the original theatrical production of the show (for which he won a Tony Award), but was passed over for Fosse's film version of the production in favor of Dustin Hoffman. Reviews were largely positive. "All That Jazz" scores an 86% "Fresh" (or "good") rating on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes based on 36 reviews. In his review in "The New York Times", Vincent Canby called the film "an uproarious display of brilliance, nerve, dance, maudlin confessions, inside jokes and, especially, ego" and