Jay Mello, one of the young cast members in the 1975 movie Jaws, was scarred for years after filming scenes on the beach on ...

"I didn't go back into the water for like two years after the movie was made," Mello tells PEOPLE Jay Mello was only 6 years ...

Steven Spielberg’s classic movie Jaws terrified a whole generation of moviegoers—including, apparently, one of the actors in ...

Jaws is known for more terrifying moments than sweet ones, but 50 years after the film’s release, the youngest star from the ...

Jay Mello, who played Amity Island Police Chief Martin Brody's youngest son, Sean, in the 1975 classic "Jaws" recently told PEOPLE the animatronic sharks used in the movie scared him so badly, he ...

NEED TO KNOW. Jay Mello was only 6 when he was cast as Jean Brody in Jaws. Though he was so young, he remembers that the animatronic sharks used in the movie shared him so much he wouldn't go into ...

When Steven Spielberg started filming “Jaws” on May 2, 1974, Martha’s Vineyard began its long association with the movie’s ...

Sure enough, 38 minutes into the film, Chief Brody, his wife, Lorraine Gary and son, Jay Mello share a scene in the dining room, standing tall behind them is the cabinet.

Jay Mello in 1975's 'Jaws' "I had a habit of copying people," Mello remembers. "So when Steven Spielberg was interviewing them, I was copying him as he gave direction.

Jay Mello in 1975's 'Jaws' "I had a habit of copying people," Mello remembers. "So when Steven Spielberg was interviewing them, I was copying him as he gave direction.