Remembering Robin Williams
The legendary comedian/actor Robin Williams was born on July 21, 1951. He made an impact on stages, televisions, and movies with laughter and putting smiles on faces. He also shared heartfelt moments in his performances. He studied his passion for acting at the Juilliard school in New York. He began his career doing standup. He then appeared on shows such as The Richard Pryor Show, Laugh-In and Eight Is Enough. His name became commonly known when his alien character Mork appeared on Happy Days. This role soon developed his own tv series Mork and Mindy in 1978.
Williams moved to the big screen appearing in Popeye in 1980 and The World According to Garp in 1982. He became a well-known star in 1987 movie Good Morning Vietnam living the life of Adrian Cronauer a radio disc jockey. He received his first Academy Award Nomination for his performance and earned another one in Dead Poet Society as an English school teacher in 1989. Nominations kept being added in his name for films such as The Fisher King in 1991. The same year he took on the role as an adult Pater Pan coming back home to Neverland in the film Hook.
Williams did more family films. Instead of appearing on screen he used his voice for genie in the Disney’s Aladdin during 1992. A year later he played a father disgusting himself as a nanny after getting divorced to be around his kids in Mrs. Doubtfire. Other family films were Jumanji in 1995, Flubber in 1997.
Later that year, the actor took a more serious role as a Psychiatrist in Good Will Hunting alongside Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. He won The Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance. The next role William took on was a doctor/clown keeping his patients in a good mood with laughter in 1998’s Patch Adams. The following year he took on the role of a robot that had human feelings in the film Bicentennal Man.
The actor once again used his voice in a 2001 film Artificial Intelligence. Robin Williams turn to the dark side of acting in 2002 he played a role as unsettling photo developer in One Hour Photo and Insomnia of pulp books the same year. The mystery of a disturbed fan in The Night Listener during 2006. He then came back to his comedic roots with the film Man of The Year and Night at The Museum with Ben Stiller the same year. In 2007, Williams played a reverend in License to Wed. This movie also featured Mandy Moore and John Krasinski.
He took a break from acting and dis stand-up comedy during 2008. Williams returned to the big screen with Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. He did a Disney film in 2009 Old Dogs with John Travolta. The actor took part of the Broadway Show Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo that ran until July. William's voice appeared in Happy Feet Two during 2011. His final role was playing Dwight D. Eisenhower in The Butler during 2013.
On August 11, 2014, the actor passed away at 63 from the result of depression. Robin Williams may no longer be here, but he has made an impact and made memorable movies/moments that will keep us laughing and smiling forever. Below is the ultimate Robin Williams compilation.
