Roy Scheider Dies at 75

Roy Scheider, actor with 88 film and TV roles credited to him, died on Sunday afternoon in Little Rock, Ark at age 75. He was known for several genre roles including Jaws, 2010, and SeaQuest DSV. He probably will be best remembered for his role as Martin Brody, the water-shy police chief in "Jaws" (1975) who uttered the immortal line: "You're gonna need a bigger boat," after seeing the size of the shark. He once lamented that the role "will be on my tombstone."

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