Marthon Man and Sorcerer were my favs.
Did you notice that his character in Marathon Man was gay? When he is on the phone to "Janie", and says "get your ass over here, I wanna see you!", he is on the phone to Janeway, the character played by William Devane, and presumably, his lover.
I remember Scheider primarily for All That Jazz. He was also a typical Hollyweird leftist.
I loved him in Marathon Man and All That Jazz. Can you believe that Bob Fosse originally thought Richard Dreyfuss should play Joe Gideon? Roy said he got the role because Dreyfuss told him he didn’t want it, wanted to get out of it, and didn’t like Fosse. Fosse and Scheider ended up hitting it off and became friends.
RIP, Roy.
Agreed ... Sorcerer was awesome.
R.I.P.
Funny you bring up Marathon Man, as I watched this afternoon.
"Is it Safe?"