Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Born in Chicago, Williams began performing stand-up comedy in San Francisco and Los Angeles during the mid-1970s. After rising to fame playing the alien Mork in the sitcom Mork & Mindy, Williams established a career in both stand-up comedy and feature film acting. Mercer (January 31, 1910 – December 7, 1984), professionally known as Jack Mercer, was a prolific American voice actor, animator and writer.He is best known as the voice of cartoon characters Popeye the Sailor and Felix the Cat. Jul 04, 2018 HELLO! Welcome to Next of Ken and in this episode, we're counting down 23 Classic Lines From 'Mrs. We all miss Robin Williams, don't we? He was absolutely one of the funniest actors of.
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Birth name | Robin McLaurin Williams |
Born | July 21, 1951 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | August 11, 2014 (aged 63) Paradise Cay, California, U.S. |
Medium | Stand-up, movies, television |
Nationality | American |
Years active | 1972–2014 |
Genres | Character comedy, physical comedy, improvisational comedy, satire/political satire, observational comedy, blue comedy |
Influences | Peter Sellers, Richard Pryor, Jonathan Winters, George Carlin, Chuck Jones |
Influenced | Conan O'Brien, Frank Caliendo,[1]Dat Phan, Jo Koy, Gabriel Iglesias |
Spouse | Valerie Velardi (m. 1978–1988, divorced; 1 child) Marsha Garces Williams (m. 1989–2010, divorced; 2 children) Susan Schneider (m. 2011–2014, his death) |
Academy Awards | |
Best Supporting Actor 1997 Good Will Hunting | |
Emmy Awards | |
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program 1987 Carol and Carl and Whoopi and Robin 1988 ABC Presents A Royal Gala | |
Golden Globe Awards | |
Best Actor – TV Series Musical or Comedy 1978 Mork & Mindy Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1987 Good Morning, Vietnam 1991 The Fisher King 1993 Mrs. Doubtfire Special Achievement Award 1992 Aladdin Cecil B. Demille Award 2005 | |
Grammy Awards | |
Best Comedy Recording 1980 Reality...What a Concept 1988 ABC Presents A Royal Gala 1988 A Night at the Met 1989 Good Morning, Vietnam 2003 Robin Williams - Live 2002 Best Spoken World Album 2003 Live 2002 | |
Screen Actors Guild Awards | |
Outstanding Performance by a Cast - Motion Picture 1996 The Birdcage Best Supporting Actor 1997 Good Will Hunting |
Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an Americanstand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, and comedian.[2] He first became famous on the television showMork and Mindy. He starred in many movies.
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On August 11, 2014, Williams was found dead in his home.[3] His death was believed to have been a suicide by asphyxiation. He appeared to have hanged himself with his belt.[4] Williams was also found with cuts on his wrist.[5]
- 2Career
- 3Personal life
Early life
Williams was born Robin McLaurin Williams in Chicago, Illinois on July 21, 1951. His father Robert Fitzgerald Williams (September 10, 1906 – October 18, 1987) worked for Ford Motor Company. His mother Laura McLaurin (née Smith, September 24, 1922 – September 4, 2001) was a former model from New Orleans, Louisiana.[6] His great-great-grandfather on his mother's side was Mississippi senator and governor Anselm J. McLaurin.[7] Williams' ancestors were English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, German, and French.[8][9][10]
When he was young, Williams lived in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and in Marin County, California. He studied at Redwood High School and at Claremont McKenna College. He studied to become an actor at the Julliard School in New York City and at the College of Marin.
Career
Williams became famous for his role as Mork in Mork & Mindy (1978–1982). His idol Jonathan Winters also appeared in the show. Williams went on to a successful career in both stand-up comedy and movie acting.
He acted in The World According to Garp, Good Morning, Vietnam, Dead Poets Society, Awakenings, The Fisher King, and Good Will Hunting, Popeye, Hook, Aladdin, Mrs. Doubtfire, Jumanji, The Birdcage, Night at the Museum, and Happy Feet.
Williams appeared in the music video for 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' by Bobby McFerrin. In 2013, Williams starred as President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Lee Daniels' The Butler. Four of his movies will be released in late 2014.
Once Williams got angry with Disney for using his voice as the Genie in Aladdin to sell merchandise for the movie. Disney tried to apologize to Williams. The Disney company bought a Picasso painting for him.[11]
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Awards
Williams was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times. He received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Good Will Hunting. He received two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and five Grammy Awards.[12][13]
Personal life
Williams married Valerie Velardi in 1978. They divorced in 1988. In 1989, Williams married Marsha Garces. She divorced him in 2008. Williams married Susan Schneider in 2011. Their marriage lasted until Williams' death in 2014. Williams had a son with Velardi. He had a daughter and son with Garces. His daughter, Zelda Williams, is an actress.
Williams lived in San Francisco and Paradise Cay in California.
Health
Williams was an alcoholic and was also addicted to cocaine.[14] He had strong depression in the final years of his life.[4] Williams had to go to hospital in March 2009 because of heart problems. On March 13, 2009, he had surgery to fix an aortic valve.[15] The surgery was successful.[16][17] One month before his death, Williams went to rehab for his alcoholism.[18] Williams' widow stated that he had been diagnosed with early stage Parkinson's disease before his death, but the actor was 'not yet ready to share publicly' this information.[19] In November 2014, it was revealed that Williams had Lewy body dementia.[20]
Death
On August 11, 2014 at about 11:45 am PDT, Williams was found at his home by his personal assistant.[4] About ten minutes later, a 911 call was made saying that Williams was not reacting or breathing.[21] He was pronounced dead at 12:02 pm, shortly after emergency personnel arrived.[22][23]The Marin County Sheriff's department said the cause of death was probably asphyxia by hanging.[4]
Williams was cremated and his ashes were scattered across the San Francisco Bay area.[24]
Notable movies
- Popeye (1980)
- The World According to Garp (1982)
- Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
- Dead Poets Society (1989)
- Awakenings (1990)
- Hook (1991)
- The Fisher King (1991)
- Aladdin (1992)
- Toys (1992)
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- Jumanji (1995)
- The Birdcage (1996)
- Flubber (1997)
- Good Will Hunting (1997)
- Patch Adams (1998)
- Bicentennial Man (1999)
- Death to Smoochy (2000)
- One Hour Photo (2002)
- Robots (2005)
- Night at the Museum (2006)
- Happy Feet (2006)
- Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
- Happy Feet Two (2011)
- The Butler (2013)
- The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)
- Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
References
- ↑'Free Time | Caliendo hopes 'Frank TV' makes good first impression'. Pantagraph.com. http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/11/24/freetime/doc47471a3d6fc50366297886.txt. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
- ↑'Robin Williams Biography'. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000245/bio.
- ↑'Actor Robin Williams found dead in apparent suicide: sheriff'. Yahoo! News. August 11, 2014. http://news.yahoo.com/actor-robin-williams-found-dead-apparent-suicide-sheriff-230233692.html. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ↑ 4.04.14.24.3Levs, Josh; Duke, Alan. 'Officials: Robin Williams apparently hanged himself with a belt'. CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/12/showbiz/robin-williams-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_t1. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
- ↑'Robin Williams Autopsy Report Update: Coroner Confirms Belt Around Actor’s Neck, Wrist Cut'. Inquisitr.com. http://www.inquisitr.com/1407666/robin-williams-autopsy-report-update-coroner-confirms-belt-around-actors-neck-wrist-cut/. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
- ↑'If Robin Williams' comedies are inspired by his life no wonder he's been in therapy'. Sunday Herald. 1999-03-14. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/70123882.html?dids=70123882:70123882&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+14%2C+1999&author=&pub=Sunday+Herald&desc=If+Robin+Williams'+comedies+are+inspired+by+his+life+no+wonder+he's+been+in+therapy&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
- ↑Rubenstein, Steve (2001-09-08). 'Laurie Williams – comedian's mother – SFGate'. San Francisco Chronicle. http://articles.sfgate.com/2001-09-08/news/17615883_1_christian-science-elvis-impersonator-modeling. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
- ↑'People News'. monstersandcritics.com. http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1206619.php/Robin_Williams_talks_about_rehab_and_alcoholism.
- ↑'Full text of 'Anselm J. McLaurin (late a senator from Mississippi)'. Archive.org. 1911. http://www.archive.org/stream/anselmjmclaurinl01unit/anselmjmclaurinl01unit_djvu.txt. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
- ↑The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, 1908, Pg. 977; 'He [Anselm J. McLaurin] was married at Trenton, Miss., February 22, 1870, to Laura Elvira Victoria Rauch, daughter of John Rauch and wife, Epsilon Rauch, of Trenton, Miss. Mrs. McLaurin's paternal ancestors immigrated to America from Germany; maternal from England and Germany.'
- ↑'8 Facts You Might Not Have Known About Robin Williams'. Time.com. http://time.com/3103423/robin-williams-dead-surprising-facts/. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- ↑Thomas, Mike (February 24, 2002). 'A nose for laughs'. Chicago Sun-Times. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F360C3C1592F9AE&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ↑McMullen, Marion (October 5, 2002). 'Article: Weekend TV: Star profile. (Features)'. Coventry Evening Telegraph. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-92577025.html. Retrieved December 14, 2009.
- ↑Aitkenhead, Decca (September 20, 2010). 'Robin Williams: 'I was shameful, did stuff that caused disgust – that's hard to recover from'. The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/sep/20/robin-williams-worlds-greatest-dad-alcohol-drugs. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
- ↑Jones, Kenneth.'Robin Williams' Spring Broadway Bow Postponed Due to Heart Surgery', playbill.com, March 5, 2009
- ↑'Robin Williams's Heart Surgery Called a Success'. http://www.peop/le.com/people/article/0,20267281,00.html.
- ↑'Robin Williams' heart surgery goes 'extremely well'. CNN. March 23, 2009. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/23/robin.williams.health/. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
- ↑'Robin Williams in Rehab to Maintain Sobriety'. July 1, 2014. http://www.tmz.com/2014/07/01/robin-williams-actor-rehab-photo-rehab-drugs-alcohol/. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
- ↑'Robin Williams 'had Parkinson's'. BBC. August 14, 2014. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-28796277. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ↑'Report: Williams had Lewy body dementia'. MSN.com. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/video/report-williams-had-lewy-body-dementia/vi-AA7CTMH?ocid=TSHDHP. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ↑'Investigation into Death of Actor Robin Williams'. Marin County Sheriff's Office, Coroner Division. August 11, 2014. http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/robinwilliamsdead.pdf. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
- ↑Itzkoff, Dave; Fitzsimmons, Emma G. (August 11, 2014). 'Robin Williams, Oscar-Winning Comedian, Dies at 63'. New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/12/movies/robin-williams-oscar-winning-comedian-dies-at-63.html. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ↑'Robin Williams Dies of Suspected Suicide'. The Hollywood Reporter. August 11, 2014. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robin-williams-dies-suspected-suicide-724724. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ↑Dillon, Nancy (August 20, 2014). 'Robin Williams' ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay'. New York Daily News.com. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/robin-williams-ashes-scattered-san-francisco-bay-article-1.1911219. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
Other websites
- Robin Williams on IMDb
- Robin Williams at the TCM Movie Database
- Robin Williams at the Internet Broadway Database
- Robin Williams at TV.com
- 'RWF' The Robin Williams Fansite!
- Robin Williams' Stand Up Comedy Acts a small video collection
- Robin Williams Interview (License to Wed)
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