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Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills [1] [2] and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and comedies alike, [3] [4] Williams is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time.
Episode: "Robin Williams/Paul Simon" [116] 1987 Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin: Various characters Television special [117] Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam: Baby-san (voice) Documentary [118] 1988 Saturday Night Live: Himself (host) Episode: "Robin Williams/James Taylor" [119] 1990 The Earth Day Special: Everyman Television special [120 ...
The Zoo was a "clubhouse" of sorts for comedians; it was the destination for many after a gig to hang out, gossip, drink, complain about the business, and perhaps catch a glimpse of some big-time headliner working on new material (most notably, Robin Williams, [6] "who used the club as his neighborhood rehearsal space" [3]).
"An Evening With Robin Williams" Live at the Roxy, 1978. Williams on the Home Box Office, 1977. Robin Williams at the Comic Strip, 1983. Weapons of Self Destruction: 2002.
After many years as a stand-up comedian and a TV star on the ABC sitcom Mork & Mindy, Williams’s movie breakout role came in this 1987 war comedy, which takes place in Saigon during the Vietnam War.
Christopher Reeve and Robin Williams backstage at the People's Choice Awards in March 1979. Super/Man shows how close the Williams family was with the Reeves in the years after the accident.
[3] [6] The movie failed to turn a profit during its initial release, but after Williams became a star on the TV series, Mork & Mindy, producer Mike Callie spent two weeks in December 1978 sorting through the deleted footage until he located the "lost" Robin Williams scenes, reedited the film, and rereleased it with Williams given top billing. [3]
Mork & Mindy is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 14, 1978, to May 27, 1982. A spin-off after a highly successful episode of Happy Days, "My Favorite Orkan", it starred Robin Williams as Mork, an extraterrestrial who comes to Earth from the planet Ork, and Pam Dawber as Mindy McConnell, his human friend, roommate, and eventual love interest.