This Day in History: , Oscar-Winning Actor br Robin Williams Dies at 63.br August 11, 2014.br The classically trained br actor and comedian br died by suicide.br Williams had struggled br with depression and maintaining br sobriety throughout the course of his career.br He became a household br name in the late 1970s, playing br "Mork from Ork," an alien on Earth br in the TV show, 'Mork and Mindy.'.br His energetic and brilliant comedic improv was br too big to be contained by TV of the time, and br his film career quickly took off.br Williams won an Oscar br for his role as a therapist br in the Gus Van Sant film, br 'Good Will Hunting.' .br His roles of note — too numerous to name — br included the genie in Disney's animated 'Aladdin,' br an English teacher in 'Dead Poets Society' and a br fatherEnglish nanny in 'Mrs. Doubtfire.