Robin Williams

David Jason slams Only Fools and Horses remake

TV Gossip

2 Feb 2012

Sir David Jason has slammed plans for a US remake of 'Only Fools and Horses'. The 71-year-old actor - who played Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter in the original series - believes the comedy won't translate well in America because its humour is so…

Only Fools and Horses to hit the US

TV Gossip

31 Jan 2012

'Only Fools and Horses' is set for a US remake. Television network ABC has confirmed plans to make a pilot of the classic British comedy, which will be written by Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley, who previously worked on the long-running hospital…

Robin Williams mistaken for Bono

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26 Nov 2011

Robin Williams often gets mistaken for Bono by drunk fans. The 60-year-old actor was recently approached by a man in Paris who thought he was the 51-year-old U2 singer, but it only happens when people have taken "a lot of medication" or are…

Old Dogs

18 Mar 2010

(PG) 88min Having earned his rubbish comedy spurs on Walt Becker’s biker comedy Wild Hogs, John Travolta returns on a fool’s errand to partner Robin Williams in the same director’s follow-up Old Dogs. Via a series of arch plot contrivances that…

Robin Williams has 'cow' heart

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14 May 2009

Robin Williams joked he now has a "cow valve" in his heart after undergoing surgery. The comic star laughed his way through his first public appearance since undergoing heart surgery two months ago, on US TV programme 'The Late Show with David…

Robin Williams to have heart op

Celebrity Gossip

6 Mar 2009

Robin Williams is to undergo heart surgery. The US comedian was admitted to a south Florida hospital - believed to be University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center in south Miami - after experiencing shortness of breath this week and his…

Robin Williams' beaver meal

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19 Nov 2008

Robin Williams is having beaver for Thanksgiving. The 'Mrs. Doubtfire' actor - who raises a son with ex-wife Valerie Velardi and has two children with estranged wife Marsha Garces - is refusing to have the traditional turkey meal on November 25…

Robin Williams' marriage ban

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7 Nov 2008

Robin Williams has vowed never to marry again. The 'Mrs. Doubtfire' actor has been married twice - he split from his wife second wife Marsha Garces earlier this year - but claims he has no intention of tying the knot a third time as he couldn't face…

Robin Williams' 'honest' divorce

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7 May 2008

Robin Williams has vowed his divorce will be "honest, co-operative and civil". The actor and his estranged wife Marsha Garces Williams have signed a pact spelling out their goals, including keeping their children's interests a priority and to try to…

Robin Williams to divorce

Celebrity Gossip

27 Mar 2008

Robin Williams is set to divorce for the second time. The 'Mrs. Doubtfire' actor's wife Marsha Garces Williams filed a divorce petition in San Francisco on March 21 citing "irreconcilable differences" following 19 years of marriage, Robin's…

License to Wed

9 Aug 2007

When lovebirds Sadie (Mandie Moore) and Ben (John Krasinski) become engaged, Reverend Frank (Robin Williams) puts them through a tortuous marriage preparation course to see if they deserve to be married in church.

The Night Listener

1 Sep 2006

Robin Williams is back behind the microphone, but Gabriel Noone, his late night radio show host in The Night Listener is a lot less fun than the shock jock he portrayed in Good Morning, Vietnam. In Patrick The Business of Strangers Stettner’s adaptation…