Best scenes: Remembering the boisterous comedy star, Robin Williams

From his breakthrough in the late 1970s as the alien in the hit TV comedy 'Mork & Mindy,' through his standup comedy act and such films as 'Good Morning, Vietnam,' the short, barrel-chested Robin Williams ranted and shouted as if just sprung from solitary confinement. Loud, fast and manic, he parodied everyone from John Wayne to Keith Richards, impersonating a Russian immigrant as easily as a pack of Nazi attack dogs.

He was a riot in drag in 'Mrs. Doubtfire,' or as a cartoon genie in 'Aladdin.' He won his Academy Award in a rare dramatic role, as an empathetic therapist in the 1997 film 'Good Will Hunting.'

Here's our compilation of the Oscar-award-winner's most memorable performances

Dead Poets Society (1989)

Hook (1991)

Aladdin (1992)

Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

Jumanji (1995)

The Birdcage (1996)

Jack (1996)

Flubber (1997)

Good Will Hunting (1997)

Patch Adams (1998)