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 through to the early-mid 80s, playing NYPD Detective Buddy "Cloudy" Russo in The French Connection (1971); NYPD Detective Buddy Manucci in The Seven ...more on Wikipedia