NewsgalleryRobin Williams' most popular roles - picturesBookmarkShareNewsBySamantha Gildea14:41, 12 AUG 2014Updated15:30, 12 AUG 2014Robin Williams found fame on the small screen in Mork and Mindy1 of 20He played Mork, an alien, opposite Pam Dawber, who played Mindy2 of 20Robin played everyone favourite spinich-eating sailor in Popeye (1980) (Image: IMDB)3 of 20Gooooooood morning Vietnam! Mr Williams was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance as Adrian Cronauer (Image: IMDB)4 of 20The comic actor inspired more than just his fictional students in 1989 hit Dead Poets Society (Image: IMDB)5 of 20Bangarang! Robin Williams remembered how to fly and defeated Dustin Hoffman's dastardly Hook in the 1991 film of the same name (Image: IMDB)6 of 20He also played the wise-cracking Genie in Disney's Aladdin (Image: IMDB/Walt Disney Pictures)7 of 20Mara Wilson, who played his daughter in the 1993 film, said she was 'very sad, very upset' about his passing (Image: IMDB)8 of 20Dare you roll the dice? Crazy things happened to Alan Parrish (Williams) in Jumanji (Image: IMDB)9 of 20...like a confrontation with this giant bird, for example (Image: IMDB)10 of 20Williams embraced his inner child to play the lead in Jack (1996)11 of 20He played Professor Philip Brainard in Disnet film Flubber (Image: IMDB/Walt Disney Pictures)12 of 20Williams emotional performance as Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting (1997) earned him the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (Image: IMDB)13 of 20Williams went on an existential journey in 1998 film What Dreams May Come (Image: IMDB)14 of 20He caused medical mayham in hearwarming comedy drama Patch Adams (1998) (Image: IMDB)15 of 20Williams played a form of artificial intelligence in Bicentennial Man (1999) (Image: IMDB)16 of 20He played a more sinister role in psychological thriller One Hour Photo (2002) (Image: IMDB)17 of 20In 2005's Robots, he voiced Fender Pinwheeler, a big old red robot that kept falling apart (Image: IMDB)18 of 20Ben Stiller, Williams' co-star in the Night at the Museum films, tweeted: "A tweet cannot begin to describe the hugeness of Robin Williams heart and soul and talent. This is so sad." (Image: IMDB)19 of 20Williams voiced Lovelace and Ramon in the Happy Feet films (Image: IMDB)20 of 20