This “Jaws” alum is sinking his teeth into a new role: police chief of the real-life Amity Island.
The quintessential 1975 summer blockbuster, directed by Steven Spielberg, stars Roy Scheider as Martin Brody, a police chief looking to take down a massive man-eating shark with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw). Set on a fictional island, the movie was filmed on Martha’s Vineyard.
Now, child star Jonathan Searle is becoming the police chief of Oak Bluffs, a Martha’s Vineyard town where “Jaws” was filmed. Searle and his brother played two kids who staged a shark hoax with a cardboard fin, shortly before the actual shark devastates the beach once more.
Searle has been a member of the Edgartown Police Department since 1986 and was voted to the status of police chief on May 16, per the Vineyard Gazette. Ironically, Searle charged a man...
The quintessential 1975 summer blockbuster, directed by Steven Spielberg, stars Roy Scheider as Martin Brody, a police chief looking to take down a massive man-eating shark with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw). Set on a fictional island, the movie was filmed on Martha’s Vineyard.
Now, child star Jonathan Searle is becoming the police chief of Oak Bluffs, a Martha’s Vineyard town where “Jaws” was filmed. Searle and his brother played two kids who staged a shark hoax with a cardboard fin, shortly before the actual shark devastates the beach once more.
Searle has been a member of the Edgartown Police Department since 1986 and was voted to the status of police chief on May 16, per the Vineyard Gazette. Ironically, Searle charged a man...
- 5/24/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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