The late Robin Williams was, as everyone knows, both a revolutionary, incendiary comic actor and a nuanced, thoughtful character actor. Making his name in the seventies and early eighties with madcap sitcom Mork & Mindy, Williams would go on to become one of the most loved stand-up comedians of the eighties and nineties, as well as an endearing and enduring face on the big screen. His breakthrough role in feature film came with Good Morning, Vietnam, a perfect showcase for both sides of his talent. It wasnt just his later years or his rehabilitation from drugs and booze that mellowed Williams sufficiently to begin getting meatier dramatic roles he was a feted graduate of the acclaimed and exclusive advanced drama programme at the Juilliard School in New York, in the same year as his lifelong friend Christopher Reeve. A man never shy about admitting when his own failures had cost him dear (he worked it into so many stand-up routines that, over the years, hed refined the confessional into another of his manic skits), Williams was famous for losing almost as many high profile roles as he actually gained. Lets count down the characters that the Hollywood legend, one of the funniest men of all time, could have played if the stars were right