https://padlet.com/ecrowder070701/elexusfinal Robin McLaurin Williams was an American comedian and actor. Starting as a stand-up comedian in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the mid-1970s, he is credited with leading San Francisco's comedy renaissance. en-us 2016-11-29 16:02:20 UTC 2025-10-24 01:12:30 UTC hello@padlet.com ecrowder070701 https://padlet.com/ecrowder070701/elexusfinal/wish/140555306 His first major performance is as the title character in Popeye(1980). There, Williams showcased the acting skills previously demonstrated in his television work; and the film's commercial disappointment was not blamed upon his role.]]> 2016-11-29 16:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ecrowder070701/elexusfinal/wish/140555306 ecrowder070701 https://padlet.com/ecrowder070701/elexusfinal/wish/140558353 His first major break came from his starring role in director Barry Levinson's Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), which earned Williams a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.]]> 2016-11-29 16:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ecrowder070701/elexusfinal/wish/140558353 ecrowder070701 https://padlet.com/ecrowder070701/elexusfinal/wish/140566127  Williams was allowed to play the role without a script, improvising most of his lines. Over the microphone, he created voice impressions of people, including Walter Cronkite, Gomer Pyle, Elvis Presley, Mr. Ed, and Richard Nixon.]]> 2016-11-29 16:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ecrowder070701/elexusfinal/wish/140566127 ecrowder070701 https://padlet.com/ecrowder070701/elexusfinal/wish/140566968  two previous Academy Award nominations (for playing an English teacher in Dead Poets Society (1989), and for playing a troubled homeless man in The Fisher King (1991)]]> 2016-11-29 16:45:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ecrowder070701/elexusfinal/wish/140566968 ecrowder070701 https://padlet.com/ecrowder070701/elexusfinal/wish/140568436  In 1991, he played an adult Peter Pan in the movie Hook, although he had said that he would have to lose twenty-five pounds.]]> 2016-11-29 16:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ecrowder070701/elexusfinal/wish/140568436 ecrowder070701 https://padlet.com/ecrowder070701/elexusfinal/wish/140572458 Other roles Williams had in acclaimed dramatic films include Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Awakenings (1990) and What Dreams May Come(1998).]]> 2016-11-29 16:56:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ecrowder070701/elexusfinal/wish/140572458 ecrowder070701 https://padlet.com/ecrowder070701/elexusfinal/wish/140573876  In the 2002 film Insomnia, Williams portrayed a writer/killer on the run from a sleep-deprived Los Angeles policeman (played by Al Pacino) in rural Alaska.]]> 2016-11-29 16:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ecrowder070701/elexusfinal/wish/140573876 ecrowder070701 https://padlet.com/ecrowder070701/elexusfinal/wish/140575408  The last Williams movie released during his lifetime was The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, a film addressing the value of life. In it, Williams played Henry Altmann, a terminally ill man who reassesses his life and works to redeem himself.]]> 2016-11-29 17:03:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ecrowder070701/elexusfinal/wish/140575408