'Jaws' star dies yesterday Widely hailed as the film that launched the era of the Hollywood blockbuster, it was also the first movie to earn $100 million at the box office. Scheider starred with Richard Dreyfuss, who played an oceanographer. “He was a wonderful guy. He was what I call ’a knockaround actor,â€â€™ Dreyfuss told The Associated Press on Sunday. “A ’knockaround actor’ to me is a compliment that means a professional that lives the life of a professional actor and doesn’t’ yell and scream at the fates and does his job and does it as well as he can,†he said. In 2005, one of Scheider’s most famous lines in the movie — “You’re gonna need a bigger boat†— was voted No. 35 on the American Film Institute’s list of best quotes from U.S. movies. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23102484/ Another great guy lost
He was awesome in Jaws and The French Connection. A real everyman action star. That shark never saw what was coming when Chief Brody shot at it.