b'Middle School, he per-formedinanoperetta. He then went on to act in several shows at Co-lumbia High School, in-cluding the senior night production of a comical mystery play called The Bat.Althoughhewas knownforhisimita-tions and comedic tim-ing,Scheiderintended tostudylawafterhis graduation. By the time he graduated from Co-lumbia High School, his family was living on Ja-coby Street.Asachild,Scheider had struggled with rheu-maticfeverstartingat age6thatreturnedon andoffthroughouthis Scheider (L) and Stephen Spielberg (R) review frames of the film while making "Jaws." teenageyears.WhenI was a kid, the treatment bikinis) and studios leaned into se- was bed rest, all the joints wrapped in quelsafterthefilmssuccess.Inacotton, and you had to stay like that 1975 article in The New York Timesuntil your temperature went down, called Records Fall Prey to Jaws he said in a biographical interview.the lede reads: There are two schoolsThe desire to strengthen his body of thought about the Jaws phenom- led to a surprising amateur boxing enon: Either its the crassest promo- career. I never went to high school tional stunt ever pulled on the massesdances or football games. I remained or its a classic case of skillfully orches- an outsider until I lost 30 pounds, trated business strategy producing ahe said in the same interview. A yearComfort pop culture craze. In addition, theafter his graduation, he was classed adapted novel Jaws led the best-selleras a welterweight and competed in list for 45 consecutive weeks. intro- the1951JerseyDiamondGloves & But the Steven Spielberg-directedTourney. film did a lot more than justAlthough he won his first match, duce a shark. In addition to Scheidershewasknockedoutandsuffered JoyMartinBrody,RichardDreyfussaseverelybrokennoseduringhis (ichthyologist Matt Hooper), Robertsecondbout.Yearslater,Scheider Shaw (Captain Quint), and Lorrainewouldhavedamagedcartilagere-Gary (Ellen Brody) prioritized a seri- moved from his nose. However, he ous acting approach that would lendchose to keep the broken shape as depth to the films main characters. he felt it was central to his persona. BorninOrange,N.J.in1932,Thatbumpmarkshimasaman RoyRichardScheiderattendedwho has struggled and survived and ChancellorAvenueElementaryis as central to his movie star personaS EMI F I NAL I S TSchoolinnearbyIrvingtonbeforeas Barbra Streisand and Robert De- Pretty good gifts. hisfamilymovedtoMaplewood.Niro are to theirs, writes biographerFree delivery in MAPSODuring his years at Maplewood Ju- Diane Kachmar.nior High School, now MaplewoodThe acting bug hit Scheider hard semifinalist.comThe CHS 1950 yearbook included a class will with this entry for Scheider.feature story /13'