We lost a great Everyman today. He did “scared shitless, but dammit, we gotta get through this” as well as anyone, ladled with equal parts grit and humanity. Loved his Frank Murphy in Blue Thunder, as well as his Heywood Floyd in 2010.
(And his Chief Brody, naturally.)
RIP.
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Godspeed, Mr. Scheider.
I thought his brief appearance in “Marathon Man” was one of his best efforts.