Roy Scheider: A Film Biography

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McFarland, 11 lip 2015 - 256

Over his 30-plus-year acting career, Roy Scheider has redefined America's idea of a leading man, thanks to his talent for playing an urban everyman that audiences relate to and root for, despite flaws and failures.

He rose to fame in the early 1970s in the Oscar-winning films Klute and The French Connection (his first Oscar nomination). Roy garnered more critical acclaim in Jaws and Marathon Man, as well as a second Oscar nomination for All That Jazz.

Scheider's life and career are chronicled in this work. Beginning with his childhood in New Jersey, it traces his development from a community theater actor to a world-renowned movie star, and covers his more recent work in the Golden Globe-winning RKO 281 and the Shakespearean drama King of Texas. Includes a complete filmography and index.

 

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Preface
1
Chapter 1Early Influences
3
Chapter 2Delayed Ambition
9
Chapter 3Off Broadway
17
BreakOut Year
27
Chapter 5Rocky Road to Stardom
37
Chapter 6A Shark Eats a Boat
50
Chapter 7Olivier and Beyond
64
Chapter 11Cold War Thaw
133
Chapter 12Adventures in Television
150
Chapter 13New Markets
162
Chapter 14Into the New Millennium
181
Filmography
193
Credits Awards Nominations
211
Chapter Notes
215
Bibliography
241

Chapter 8Dancing for Fosse
83
Chapter 9HighFlying Eighties
91
Chapter 10Choices and Changes
117

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Diane C. Kachmar, university librarian for Florida Atlantic University, is also the author of James Garner: A Career Biography (McFarland, 2007). She lives in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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