Robin Williams an airman, genie, nanny, but one of a kind—Obama
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| Flowers are placed in memory of actor/comedian Robin Williams’ Walk of Fame star in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles Monday. AP |
MANILA, Philippines—President Barack Obama described Robin Williams as “one of a kind” as tributes pour in for the Oscar-winning actor and comic supernova whose explosions of pop culture riffs and impressions dazzled audiences for decades.
“Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang Peter Pan, and everything in between. But he was one of a kind,” Obama said on Twitter after the news broke that Williams was found dead in apparent suicide at his San Francisco Bay area home Monday (Tuesday in Manila).
In Manila, Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said goodbye to Williams.
“Farewell, Patch. Move on to the great big blue,” Valte tweeted.
Patch Adams is a 1998 semi-biographical comedy-drama film starring Williams.
Williams was 63.
Celebrities mourn Robin Williams’ death
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| A person walks past the marquee of the Laugh Factory with a message in memory of actor/comedian Robin Williams in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, Monday. AP |
MANILA, Philippines–Celebrities took to Twitter and Instagram to express their grief over the death of Hollywood actor Robin Williams who died Monday (US time) in his California home due to “apparent suicide.”
Hollywood personalities like Taylor Swift, Anna Kendrick, Neil Patrick Harris, and Miley Cyrus tweeted that they were saddened by the death of Williams.
Actress Jessica Chastain said that Williams changed her life because of a scholarship.
Local celebrities also used social media to express their grief over the death of Williams. Anne Curtis posted a photo of Williams playing as Peter Pan on her Instagram account with the caption “”all you have to do is think one happy thought, and you’ll fly like me” -Peter Pan RIP Robin Williams. May you continue to fly like angels in heaven or Peter Pan & Tinkerbell in Neverland. A great shock and loss in the film industry where he will be remembered for the laughter and tears he gave us with each role he portrayed. Many of my first childhood favorites starred this amazing actor. ”
#RIPRobinWilliams became the number one trending topic on Twitter in the Philippines, Tuesday morning. Movies that starred Williams like Mrs. Doubtfire, Dead Poets Society and What Dreams May Come also became trending topics.
Robin Williams’ most distinctive roles
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| In this film publicity image released by Twentieth Century Fox, Teddy Roosevelt, portrayed by Robin Williams, right, and Larry Daley, portrayed by Ben Stiller are shown in a scene from, “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.” AP/Twentieth Century Fox |
The kinetic bundle of energy that was Robin Williams took on many forms during a long and versatile career. He may have been best known for his fast-talking, funnyman roles, but he mesmerized in serious ones as well — creepy ones, too — and was memorable well beyond the big screen: on television, on the comedy stage, even on Broadway.
Here are 10 of Williams’ most distinctive roles — and the list could be much longer:
- 1. “GOOD WILL HUNTING” (1997) — A rare but welcome serious role for Williams, who played the stubborn yet empathetic therapist who was somehow able to help math prodigy Will Hunting (Matt Damon) figure out how to handle his life. Won a supporting actor Oscar.
- 2. “MRS. DOUBTFIRE” (1991) — Who couldn’t love a bumbling dad who dressed up as a portly nanny — with a latex mask, a wig and a Scottish accent — in order to spend time with his young kids? (A sequel was in the works.)
- 3. “ALADDIN” (1992) — Will it ever be possible to see a cartoon genie and not think of Williams? Remember him shooting out of that bottle: “Ten thousand years will give you SUCH a crick in the neck!”
- 4. “GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM” (1987) — Williams’ fast-talking style was perfect for the role of a DJ on Armed Forces Radio during the Vietnam War. (First Oscar nomination.)
- 5. “ONE HOUR PHOTO” (2002) — Another serious role, and it was a creepy one: Williams played a photo counter worker at a huge suburban store who got a little too involved in the lives of his customers when he realized one of them was having an affair.
- 6. “DEAD POETS SOCIETY” (1989) — Played an unconventional poetry teacher who taught his Vermont boarding school students to stand on their desks, think on their own, and “seize the day.” (Second Oscar nomination.)
- 7. “THE FISHER KING” (1991) — Williams played a half-mad homeless man, convinced that the Holy Grail was sitting in the Fifth Avenue abode of a billionaire. (Third Oscar nomination).
- 8. “MORK & MINDY” (1978-1982) — Mork from Ork. Nanu, nanu. What more need be said? This TV series, a spinoff of “Happy Days,” is how many of us first learned of Williams’ sublime nuttiness.
- 9. “MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON” (1984) — Williams played a Russian — and quite credibly, too — in this film about a comically lovable circus saxophonist, Vladimir, who defects while touring New York (turning himself in at Bloomingdale’s, naturally.)
- 10. “BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO” (2011) — Appearing on Broadway, Williams gave an admirably thoughtful performance in the role of a tiger — actually, the ghost of a dead tiger — locked up at the Baghdad Zoo at the time of the US invasion in 2003.
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