his energy supercharged. look. five yards. let s go team. reporter: the perfect choice to voice the genie from disney s aladdin. you ve never had a friend like me nanu-nanu. reporter: williams was already in his late 20s by the time abc s mork & mindy made him a star. his character, mork from ork, spun off from one of the later episodes of happy days, a dream sequence where good-natured space alien tries to abduct richie cunningham only to be foiled by the fonz. williams was so far out of this world, abc gave him a sitcom of his own. mork, will you help me? if you insist. mind if i cut in? reporter: a comic genius who trained at juilliard to be a serious actor, he told johnny carson. shakespeare. exciting to wear tights and have