Roy Scheider

Roy Scheider has died. Most people think of the movie Jaws when they think Roy Scheider. For some reason I think of the movie Marathon Man where Scheider played Dustin Hoffman's brother.

I feel guilty doing this but I do have to comment on the lede from the linked story:

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Roy Scheider, a one-time boxer whose broken nose and pugnacious acting style made him a star in "The French Connection" and who later uttered one of cinematic history's most memorable roles in "Jaws," has died.

How do you "utter" a role? You can utter a line or you can play a role but you don't utter a role.

Like many actors it is sometimes just as interesting to note the roles they didn't play as the roles they did. Scheider was the first choice to play the Robert DeNiro role in The Deer Hunter and also the first choice to play John Rambo in First Blood.