Famous people who have studied the Alexander Technique include writers Aldous Huxley, Robertson Davies and Roald Dahl, playwright George Bernard Shaw, actors Judy Dench, Hilary Swank, Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine, Jeremy Irons, John Cleese, Kevin Kline, William Hurt, Jamie Lee Curtis, Paul Newman, Mary Steenburgen, Robin Williams and Patti Lupone, musicians Paul McCartney, Madonna, Yehudi Menuhin and Sting, and Nobel Prize winner for medicine and physiology Nikolaas Tinbergen.

The song was later featured in the film The Birdcage ( 1996 ) and performed by Robin Williams and Christine Baranski.

Robin Williams played the physician ; Robert De Niro was one of the patients who emerged from a catatonic ( frozen ) state.

The sci-fi sitcom Mork & Mindy also based a 1979 episode around the Denver Broncos cheerleaders with Mork ( Robin Williams ) trying out for the squad.

" At that year's awards show, Robin Williams, a self-confessed " Jones-aholic ," presented the Honorary award to Jones, calling him " The Orson Welles of cartoons.

" Ebudæ " is also featured on the soundtrack to the Robin Williams feature film Toys, while the 1990 feature film Green Card features " River ", " Watermark ", and " Storms In Africa ".

It stars Robin Williams as Jack Powell, a ten-year-old boy whose cells are growing at four times the normal rate, so at the age of ten he looks like a 40-year-old man.

He had been friends with Robin Williams for many years and had always wanted to work with him as an actor.

For 14 years he co-owned the " Rubicon " restaurant in San Francisco along with Robin Williams and Robert De Niro.

In 1996, he took a comedic turn as ultra-conservative Senator Kevin Keeley in The Birdcage with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane.

Spaghetti Jam in San Francisco ( 1976-83 ) hosted weekly jam sessions that included Betty Thomas, Terry McGovern, John Elk, Buzz Belmondo, Robin Williams, Barry Sobel, Dana Carvey, Gil Christner, Joyce Imbesi, Taylor Negron, Jose Simon and Paul Willson.

* 1951 – Robin Williams, American comedian and actor

She was part of an ensemble cast that included Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, and David Alan Grier.

*" Authority ", an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, features Merrit Rook, a suspect played by Robin Williams, who employs the strip search prank call scam, identifying himself as " Detective Milgram ".

Likewise, Merritt Rook ( portrayed by Robin Williams ) poses as a " Detective Milgram " to convince a restaurant owner to molest an employee and drive the doctor that let his wife and infant child die to suicide.

Actor / comedian Robin Williams revealed in an interview with Jimmy Fallon that his daughter Zelda Rae is named after the title character in the series.

* Robin Williams ( The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King ; also was to play Cavaldi in The Brothers Grimm until objections by producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein )

** 4 Academy Awards nominations Best Actor in a Leading Role ( Robin Williams ), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Music, Original Score, Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

** 2 Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-Comedy / Musical ( Robin Williams ), Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture ( Mercedes Ruehl )

** 6 Saturn Awards nominations Best Fantasy Film, Best Director, Best Actor ( Robin Williams ), Best Actor ( Jeff Bridges ), Best Writing, Best Costumes

Robin Williams portrayed Roosevelt in the form of a wax mannequin that comes to life in Night at the Museum and its sequel Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.

* July 21 – Robin Williams, American actor ( Mork and Mindy )

From 2003 to 2005, Robin Sebastian took on Williams in the West End stage show Round the Horne ... Revisited, recreating his performance in 2008 for a production called Round the Horne: Unseen and Uncut.

The best known film based upon the Nights is Disney's Aladdin, an animated musical adventure featuring Robin Williams as the voice of the Genie.

In 1980, he directed the musical Popeye, based on the comic strip / cartoon of the same name, which starred the comedian Robin Williams in his big-screen debut.

When the movie's star, Al Jolson, sings, however, the film shifts to sound recorded on the set, including both his musical performances and two scenes with ad-libbed speech — one of Jolson's character, Jakie Rabinowitz ( Jack Robin ), addressing a cabaret audience ; the other an exchange between him and his mother.

She garnered the greatest acclaim of her career for her role in the religious drama, The Rapture ( 1991 ), with critic Robin Wood applauding that she " gave one of the greatest performances in the history of the Hollywood cinema.

The semi-finalists were accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Martin Yates, Richard Balcombe and Roderick Dunk and their performances were judged by Dame Kiri, Anne Howells, Robin Stapleton and director John Cox.

On American Idol, he impressed viewers with his performances of the Leon Russell / Bonnie Bramlett song " Superstar " ( best known as a hit for The Carpenters ) and the Peabo Bryson / Regina Belle duet " A Whole New World "; during his time on the show, Studdard received praise from music legends such as Lionel Richie, Neil Sedaka, Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, Luther Vandross, and Gladys Knight.

On December 16, 2010, Keach began performances as patriarch Lyman Wyeth in the off-Broadway premiere of Jon Robin Baitz ' acclaimed new play Other Desert Cities.

Several anime series with soundtracks featuring performances and / or lyrics by Robin include Cowboy Bebop, Jin-Roh, Macross Frontier, Macross Plus, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Please Save My Earth, The Vision of Escaflowne, Earth Girl Arjuna, Turn A Gundam, Wolf's Rain, Genesis of Aquarion and its sequel Aquarion Evol.

The show also featured several other performances ; T-Pain performed on stage with Yung Joc, Craig David and Kano collaborated on stage, and rising stars Ne-Yo, Mutya Buena and Robin Thicke also performed.

The London festival takes place in the autumn with performances at venues including Sadler ’ s Wells, the Barbican Theatre, Southbank Centre, The Place: Robin Howard Dance Theatre and Greenwich Dance Agency.

These include a new version of " Caislean Oir " on Clannad's Macalla album ( released 1986 ), and two live performances entitled " Robin of Sherwood Medley " and ( portions of ) " Dance & Teidhir Abhaile Riu " from Clannad: Live in Concert ( released 2005 ).

Examining the acting in a review published in Starlog magazine, Alan Jones expressed a preference for the British members of the cast, crediting Geeson as " absolutely first-rate " and criticising " the weak performances from the token Americans, Robin Clarke and Jennifer Ashley ".

Fergie returned to host concert segments, this time on location in Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring performances by The Black Eyed Peas, Colbie Caillat, Robin Thicke, Keri Hilson, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, David Guetta, and Orianthi.

Robin Williams was set to perform 5 shows from his latest comedy tour, Weapons Of Self-Destruction at this theatre in early October 2009, but this was scrapped in favor of the revival of Ragtime, which opened on November 15, 2009, but due to low advance ticket sales, Ragtime closed on January 10, 2010 after 28 previews and 65 regular performances.

Some of his other notable film performances are as an alcoholic attorney in I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can ; a Colonel in the Cincinnati Gestapo in Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective ; a suicidal Irish soldier in the 1968 film The Bofors Gun ; Sherlock Holmes in the 1976 Herbert Ross film The Seven-Per-Cent Solution ; and Little John in the 1976 Richard Lester film Robin and Marian.

Robin debuts at the club as Bette Davis, doing a routine mocking Joan Crawford's performances in Mildred Pierce, Autumn Leaves and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Nightmute is the setting of the 2002 Christopher Nolan film, Insomnia starring Hilary Swank, Al Pacino, and Robin Williams.

The movie later got an American re-make, also named Insomnia, starring Al Pacino and Robin Williams.