patch adams film is a film starring american actor robin williams
 later appearances starting in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s williams began to reach a wider audience with his standup comedy including three hbo comedy specials off the wall 1978 an evening with robin williams 1983 and a night at the met 1986
 he headlined his own oneman show robin williams live on broadway which played at the broadway theatre in july 2002