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Robin Williams (1951-2014) was an American Oscar-winning actor. |
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Although he studied drama at Julliard (where his roommate was the late Christopher "[[Superman (film)|Superman]]" Reeve), Robin's preferred stage was to be found in standup comedy clubs. There he was discovered (several times) by TV producers and agents. Technically first appearing on TV in a failed revival of ''[[Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In]]'' and ''[[Richard Pryor|The Richard Pryor Show]]'', Robin rose to fame as the zany alien star of ''[[Mork and Mindy]]''. In that series, his [[Rapid-Fire Comedy|comedic brilliance at improvisation]] was so irresistible, the writers decided to bank time in the scripts for [[Harpo Does Something Funny|Robin to cut loose]]. During this time he struggled through addictions to cocaine and alcohol, and made his first major movie, ''[[Popeye]]''. The movie failed. (His first film was actually a sketch movie called ''Can I Do It Till I Need Glasses''. His scenes were cut out after the film's first release but restored for rerelease just before ''Popeye'' came out.) |
Although he studied drama at Julliard (where his roommate was the late Christopher "[[Superman (film)|Superman]]" Reeve), Robin's preferred stage was to be found in standup comedy clubs. There he was discovered (several times) by TV producers and agents. Technically first appearing on TV in a failed revival of ''[[Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In]]'' and ''[[Richard Pryor|The Richard Pryor Show]]'', Robin rose to fame as the zany alien star of ''[[Mork and Mindy]]''. In that series, his [[Rapid-Fire Comedy|comedic brilliance at improvisation]] was so irresistible, the writers decided to bank time in the scripts for [[Harpo Does Something Funny|Robin to cut loose]]. During this time he struggled through addictions to cocaine and alcohol, and made his first major movie, ''[[Popeye]]''. The movie failed. (His first film was actually a sketch movie called ''Can I Do It Till I Need Glasses''. His scenes were cut out after the film's first release but restored for rerelease just before ''Popeye'' came out.) |
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When these films became critical failures (and even gave him a disturbingly sizable [[Hatedom]]), he went into another period in 2002, one no one would have expected: his dark period. ''[[Death to Smoochy]]'', ''[[Insomnia (film)|Insomnia]]'', and ''[[One Hour Photo]]'' established that he wasn't always so cute and cuddly, and all but ''Smoochy'' got rave reviews. Although he returned to the stand-up stage that same year, he continued to make films of all sorts of genres. Dramas like ''House of D'', comedies like ''RV'', and animated family films like ''[[Happy Feet]]'' prove that this man can somehow still make terrible movies worse and good movies amazing. |
When these films became critical failures (and even gave him a disturbingly sizable [[Hatedom]]), he went into another period in 2002, one no one would have expected: his dark period. ''[[Death to Smoochy]]'', ''[[Insomnia (film)|Insomnia]]'', and ''[[One Hour Photo]]'' established that he wasn't always so cute and cuddly, and all but ''Smoochy'' got rave reviews. Although he returned to the stand-up stage that same year, he continued to make films of all sorts of genres. Dramas like ''House of D'', comedies like ''RV'', and animated family films like ''[[Happy Feet]]'' prove that this man can somehow still make terrible movies worse and good movies amazing. |
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His hobbies included bike riding, ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'', [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]] in television shows and family movies, and [[Lampshade Hanging|hanging a lampshade]] on just about everything in [[Real Life]]. [[Memetic Outfit|Known to wear suspenders and loud Hawaiian shirts]], but rarely both at the same time, [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/80sFreakLurker/Others/833a.jpg although it has happened.] |
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| ⚫ | He was also [[One of Us|a pop-culture geek]]. He named his daughter [[The Legend of Zelda|Zelda]] (and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bINUfbLV_0M&feature=player_embedded they made an ad out of it for the remake of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3DS] and [[Skyward Sword]]). His favorite TV show of all time was ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]].'' He played ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''. He also went on record saying that if they ever made a [[Live Action Adaptation]] of ''[[Pokémon]]'' that he would want to play as Professor Oak. Has mentioned playing a sniper in the Battlefield series of FPS and was picked to demo Spore. |
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Often dubbed by [[Koichi Yamadera]] for Japanese releases of his films. |
Often dubbed by [[Koichi Yamadera]] for Japanese releases of his films. |
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Sadly, Mr. Williams was taken from us at the relatively early age of 63, when he was discovered to have committed suicide on August 11, 2014. He will be dearly missed. |
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Not to be confused with English singer-songwriter [[wikipedia:Robbie Williams|Robbie Williams]] or [[Name's the Same|that chick who writes the computer books]] or the animator [[Richard Williams]]. |
Not to be confused with English singer-songwriter [[wikipedia:Robbie Williams|Robbie Williams]] or [[Name's the Same|that chick who writes the computer books]] or the animator [[Richard Williams]]. |
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