Gale Hansen Ethan Hawke,  Dad, 1989.   Whiile shooting Dead Poets Society, five of Robin Williams’ students (Hansen, Hawke, Josh Charles, Robert Sean Leonard, James Waterston) seized the day and auditoned for Billy - third generation of the Tremont clan, after grandad Jack Lemmon and father Ted Danson. Copyright © 2023 Crawley's Casting Calls. All Rights Reserved. Joomla! is Free Software released under the GNU General Public License.