Actor and comedian Robin Williams, who died Monday at age 63, will always be remembered.
He was Mork, the alien from planet Ork, in the 1978-82 ABC sitcom, Mork & Mindy, for which he received a 1979 Golden Globe Award for Best TV Actor in a Musical/Comedy.
He also won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin (1987) and ABC Presents: A Royal Gala (1988). His final television appearance was in the 2013-14 CBS sitcom, The Crazy Ones, which was canceled after only one season.
Williams won an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in the 1997 drama, Good Will Hunting.
He also won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin (1987) and ABC Presents: A Royal Gala (1988). His final television appearance was in the 2013-14 CBS sitcom, The Crazy Ones, which was canceled after only one season.
Williams won an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in the 1997 drama, Good Will Hunting.
He also received three other Academy Award nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society (1989) and The Fisher King (1991).
His other film credits include Popeye (1980), The World According to Garp (1982), Moscow on the Hudson (1984), The Best of Times (1986), Awakenings (1990), Hook (1991), Toys (1992), Aladdin (1992), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Jumanji (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Deconstructing Harry (1997), Patch Adams (1998), What Dreams May Come (1998), Death to Smoochy (2002), One Hour Photo (2002), Night at the Museum (2006) and its two sequels, Happy Feet (2006), The Night Listener (2006), Old Dogs (2009) and The Butler (2013).
Williams also appeared on Broadway in his own one-man show, Robin Williams: Live on Broadway, in 2002, and he made his Broadway acting debut in the play, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, in 2011.
Williams also appeared on Broadway in his own one-man show, Robin Williams: Live on Broadway, in 2002, and he made his Broadway acting debut in the play, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, in 2011.
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