13 Robin Williams Facts To Delight And Entertain
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Robin Williams was a man with a big personality. He encapsulated what he called "hyper-comedy" on screen as well as the stage. Off-screen, he was concerned about social causes and the father of 3 kids: Zelda, Zak, and Cody. Since his early demise on August 11, 2014, HBO has aired the series of documentaries Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind, aimed directly by Marina Zenovich, that also recounts his emergence on the stand-up comedy camera shots in the 1970s, with his more dramatic roles in winner movies like Dead Poets Society, Vietnam; Awakenings, Good Morning and The Fisher King; and Good Will Hunting.
In 2018, a mural of Williams' face appeared in Chicago, his homeland; the year before, writer Dave Iztkoff published a book, Robin.
There will never be another comedian like Robin Williams. He became a legend due to his high energy, improvisation skills, and acting chops. Even after his death, he continues to amuse and delight us with the following 13 stories.
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![AT A GLANCE ROBIN WILLIAMS Disney gave Williams a Picasso painting as an apology. Williams agreed to voice Aladdin's genie on the condition that his voice wouldn't used in advertising. The $1 million gift wasn't well-received. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/3/779303.jpg)
Source: ArtNet
![AT A GLANCE ROBIN WILLIAMS Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve were roommates in college that became lifelong friends Williams was at Reeve's bedside before his surgery after his accident. He was also a board member for the Reeve Foundation. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/2/779302.jpg)
Source: Today
![AT A GLANCE ROBIN WILLIAMS Robin Williams quietly donated $50,000 of proceeds to a Seattle food bank ALAIN QUIT MOULIN ludi Volunteers at the West Seattle Food Bank revealed Williams performed three shows and donated all the proceeds without telling anyone. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/1/779301.jpg)
Source: USA Today
![AT A GLANCE ROBIN WILLIAMS Pam Dawber and Robin Williams met for the first time when they shot the opening titles of Mork and Mindy The show never had a pilot. They cut footage of the two actors on separate shows to sell it to ABC, without a script. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/0/779300.jpg)
Source: GIzmodo
![AT A GLANCE ROBIN WILLIAMS During his apperance on Inside the Actors Studio, an audience member got a hernia from laughing SO hard. James Lipton confirmed that the audience member had to leave in an ambulance. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/6/779296.jpg)
Source: People
![AT A GLANCE ROBIN WILLIAMS In order to convince Williams to voice Genie, Disney did a test animation of Genie to part of his stand-up routine. Robins quickly signed on, seeing the potential of voice acting and starting a celebrity voice acting craze. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/4/779294.jpg)
Source: LA Times
![AT A GLANCE ROBIN WILLIAMS The children in Mrs. Doubtfire originally met Robin Williams in costume, introduced as Chris Columbus's mother They believed it, passing the test as the initial guinea pigs to see if the costume was believable. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/9/3/779293.jpg)
Source: Vulture
![AT A GLANCE ROBIN WILLIAMS Robin Williams wasn't the original actor for Mork The original actor quit, and Robin Williams was cast last-minute. He improv'd most of his character. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/0/779270.jpg)
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
![AT A GLANCE ROBIN WILLIAMS Williams wrote a letter to the principal of a child actor from Mrs. Doubtfire after she was expelled Lisa Jakub was expelled from school after missing too for filming SO Williams wrote a letter defending her character and work and asking her to be able to return. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/9/779269.jpg)
Source: Lisa Jakub
![AT A GLANCE ROBIN WILLIAMS He went to Julliard for college but got his stand-up start in a church basement After college, he went to a comedy workshop in the basement of a Lutheran church, which was his first time practicing stand-up. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/8/779268.jpg)
Source: NPR
![AT A GLANCE ROBIN WILLIAMS Sharon Osbourne was comforted by Williams when she had cancer (out During intense chemo treatments, Williams dropped everything to make Osbourne laugh. She credits him with helping to save her life. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/7/779267.jpg)
Source: AP News
![AT A GLANCE ROBIN WILLIAMS Robin Williams didn't get a salary from Hook... He, Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman, and Julia Roberts instead got 40% of the gross profits of the film, which led to them splitting around $108 million. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/6/779266.jpg)
Source: The Chicago Tribune
![AT A GLANCE ROBIN WILLIAMS Robin Williams really wanted to play Hagrid. He called the casting director for the Harry Potter films, but they refused to waive their Brits-only cast rule for the star. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/5/779265.jpg)
Source: The Guardian