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| Registered: May 20, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,934 |
| | Posted: | | | | What is Robin Williams actual birthyear. I have 16 titles that have 1951, and just acquired "License to Wed" which has a birthyear of 1952.
Is there documentation for needing a birthyear, or is it something that should be scrapped..? |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Charlie:
While Robin does not have hos own website, there are numerous websites that document his birthdate of July, 1951, NOT 1952, including a fansite. I will say that I am very aware of Robin's birthdate, but you have to talk to the Big Giant Head for more specifics, because i ain't talkin'. Let's just say he's a friend.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 13,199 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting CharlieM: Quote:
Is there documentation for needing a birthyear, or is it something that should be scrapped..? That is the question. I did a little bit of looking around and I can't find a Robin Williams that would conflict with him. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 736 |
| | Posted: | | | | There is a conflicting Robin Williams in Robert Altman's "A Prarie Home Companion." That's why the birth year exists. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | There are a number of other Robin Williams' listed. But Ronin, at least the one I think you are referring to is the only one i can verify a Birth Year for.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,199 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting synner_man: Quote:
There is a conflicting Robin Williams in Robert Altman's "A Prarie Home Companion." That's why the birth year exists. Thanks, I must have missed that one. All the other ones I found were 'misc. crew' which would not conflict with any data in our system. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Posts: 823 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote:
Let's just say he's a friend.  | | | | 99.9% of all cat plans consist only of "Step 1." |
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  | T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 8,667 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
That is the question. I did a little bit of looking around and I can't find a Robin Williams that would conflict with him. Here's the thread that made me add a birth year (indeed 1951, not 1952) to Robin Williams: link. |
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| Registered: May 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,934 |
| | Posted: | | | | I can also show a number of websites that list him at 1952 (bio.com askmen.com) and wiki lists it at either 1951 or 1952.
The print biographies
The Life and Humor of Robin Williams: A Biography and Robin Williams: A Biography give his birth year as 1952.
The Robin Williams Scrapbook also gives a birth year as 1952, as does Encyclopedia Britannica.
Williams refers to himself as being "55" in an interview published July 4, 2007 | | | | Last edited: by CharlieM |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 1,242 |
| | Posted: | | | | Don't they call that "Actor's perogative" depending on the age requirement for certian roles  Steve |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,199 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting T!M: Quote:
Quoting Unicus69:
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That is the question. I did a little bit of looking around and I can't find a Robin Williams that would conflict with him.
Here's the thread that made me add a birth year (indeed 1951, not 1952) to Robin Williams: link. Thanks T!M, now I will have to do some more research so that I can add this pair to the BY thread. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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| T!M | | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 8,667 |
| | Posted: | | | | Mmm, I'm indeed seeing that quite a few sites have switched from 1951 to 1952, even a few that I referred to back when I added the 1951 birth year to my profiles. I can even report that both birth years have already been accepted into the database (no checkbox appeared for either when I added both variants into a profile and tried to contribute it). If anyone can figure out which is the correct one, it'd be much appreciated. I've already looked around a bit myself, but haven't been able to find any "definitive" proof yet...  |
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