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.
Ralph Burns Allen's "Bananas". Burns worked with film-director Bob Fosse and in 1972 won the Academy Award as music supervisor for "Cabaret". He composed the film scores for "Lenny" (1974) and Martin Scorsese's jazz-themed "New York, New York" (1977). Fosse again employed Burns to create the soundtrack for "All That Jazz" for which he also won an Academy Award in 1979. He then worked on "Urban Cowboy" (1980) and in 1982, Burns received another Academy Award nomination for his work in "Annie". His work for the stage was also notable. "Baryshnikov on Broadway" in 1980 earned Burns an Emmy Award for his