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Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve in Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)

Robin Williams in Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)

Robin Williams and Tina Turner in Laugh-In (1977)

Ethan Hawke, Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Charles, François Duhamel, Gale Hansen, Dylan Kussman, Allelon Ruggiero, and James Waterston in Dead Poets Society (1989)

Robin Williams and Wayland Flowers in Laugh-In (1977)

Robin Williams and Jimmy Brogan in Out of the Blue (1979)

Robin Williams, Olivia Barash, Clark Brandon, and Jimmy Brogan in Out of the Blue (1979)

Robin Williams, Olivia Barash, Clark Brandon, Jimmy Brogan, Shane Keller, Tammy Lauren, and Jason D. Keller in Out of the Blue (1979)

Robin Williams, Oliver Platt, and Kiersten Warren in Bicentennial Man (1999)

Robin Williams, Larry Anderson, and Maggie Roswell in Mork & Mindy (1978)

Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting (1997)

Al Pacino and Robin Williams in Insomnia (2002)

Julianne Moore, Robin Williams, and Mahershala Ali in What to Watch (2020)

Julianne Moore, Robin Williams, and Mahershala Ali in What to Watch When You Need a Good Cry (2020)

Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges in The Fisher King (1991)

Robin Williams and Richard Pryor in Pryor's Place (1984)

Robin Williams in Pioneers of Television (2008)

Robin Williams in What Dreams May Come (1998)

Bette Davis and Robin Williams in Laugh-In (1977)

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Robin Williams and Kim Braden in Laugh-In (1977)

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Bette Davis, Robin Williams, Kim Braden, Claire Faulconbridge, Wayland Flowers, June Gable, Ben Powers, Bill Rafferty, Lenny Schultz, Michael Sklar, Ed Bluestone, Antoinette Atell, and Nancy Bleiweiss in Laugh-In (1977)

Frank Sinatra, Robin Williams, Sergio Aragonés, Kim Braden, Claire Faulconbridge, Wayland Flowers, June Gable, Jim Giovanni, Ben Powers, Bill Rafferty, Lenny Schultz, Michael Sklar, Ed Bluestone, Antoinette Atell, and Nancy Bleiweiss in Laugh-In (1977)

Robin Williams in Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)

Jack Nicholson and Robin Williams in Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)

Robin Williams and Laurie Williams in Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)

Robin Williams and Bonnie Hunt in Jumanji (1995)

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Robin Williams, Sarah Polley, and John Neville in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

Robin McLaurin Williams was born on Saturday, July 21st, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, a great-great-grandson of Mississippi Governor and Senator, Anselm J. McLaurin. His mother, Laurie McLaurin (née Janin), was a former model from Mississippi, and his father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams, was a Ford Motor Company executive from Indiana. Williams had English, German, French, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish ancestry.

Robin briefly studied political science at Claremont Men's College and theater at College of Marin before enrolling at The Juilliard School to focus on theater. After leaving Juilliard, he performed in nightclubs where he was discovered for the role of "Mork, from Ork", in an episode of Happy Days (1974). The episode, My Favorite Orkan (1978), led to his famous spin-off weekly TV series, Mork & Mindy (1978). He made his feature starring debut playing the title role in Popeye (1980), directed by Robert Altman.

Williams' continuous comedies and wild comic talents involved a great deal of improvisation, following in the footsteps of his idol Jonathan Winters. Williams also proved to be an effective dramatic actor, receiving Academy Award nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society (1989), and The Fisher King (1991), before winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Good Will Hunting (1997).

During the 1990s, Williams became a beloved hero to children the world over for his roles in a string of hit family-oriented films, including Hook (1991), FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Aladdin (1992), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Jumanji (1995), Flubber (1997), and Bicentennial Man (1999). He continued entertaining children and families into the 21st century with his work in Robots (2005), Happy Feet (2006), Night at the Museum (2006), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), Happy Feet Two (2011), and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014). Other more adult-oriented films for which Williams received acclaim include The World According to Garp (1982), Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Awakenings (1990), The Birdcage (1996), Insomnia (2002), One Hour Photo (2002), World's Greatest Dad (2009), and Boulevard (2014).

On Monday, August 11th, 2014, Robin Williams was found dead at his home in Tiburon, California USA, the victim of an apparent suicide, according to the Marin County Sheriff's Office. A 911 call was received at 11:55 a.m. PDT, firefighters and paramedics arrived at his home at 12:00 p.m. PDT, and he was pronounced dead at 12:02 p.m. PDT.

Robin Williams at an event for Happy Feet Two (2011)

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