Some of Mr. Williams’s performances were criticized for a mawkish sentimentality, like “Patch Adams,” a 1998 film that once again cast him as a good-hearted doctor, and “Bicentennial Man,” a 1999 science-fiction feature in which he played an android.

When they read two books and turned in a written report they were given a trip tic for the next town (including information about the town with Scripture references) and a dot was placed on the map to indicate that they had visited there.

He was determined to be the best rawhide braider in the world; when she struggled with a piece of writing, he understood.

His colour is nearly that of a grif or cobb, the produce of a mulatto and negro.