Jaws Star Roy Passes On

Roy Scheider - the actor best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie Jaws - has died.

He was 75-years-old.

Roy died at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock on Sunday.

There’s no word yet on the cause of death.

However, the actor had been treated for multiple myeloma at the hospital's Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy for the past two years.

During his career he received two Oscar nominations - for best-supporting actor in 1971's The French Connection and for best-actor for 1979's All That Jazz.

However, he was best known for his role in Steven Spielberg's 1975 film Jaws, the enduring classic about a killer shark terrorizing beachgoers and well as millions of moviegoers.

Widely hailed as the film that launched the era of the Hollywood blockbuster, it was also the first movie to earn $100 million at the box office.