Richard Williams
Richard Edmund Williams (March 19, 1933-August 16, 2019) was a Canadian–British animator, voice artist, and writer, best known for serving as animation director on Disney/Amblin's Who Framed Roger Rabbit and for his unfinished feature film The Thief and the Cobbler. He was also a film title sequence designer and animator; his most famous works in this field included the title sequences to What's New, Pussycat? (1965) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) and title and linking sequences in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968). He also animated the eponymous cartoon feline for two of the later Pink Panther films.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
March 19, 1933Deathday
August 16, 2019Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
38Place of birth
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaAlso known as
Richard Edmund Williams
Cast credits
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Droopy (voice)
Persistence of Vision
Himself
Tummy Trouble
Droopy Dog (voice)
Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up
Himself
I Drew Roger Rabbit
Himself
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
self
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
SelfCrew credits
The Thief and the Cobbler
Producer, Director, Animation, Screenplay
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
Director, Production Supervisor
The Little Island
Director, Writer, Animation
Dick Tracy
Animation Director
Ziggy's Gift
Director
A Christmas Carol
Director, Producer
Prologue
Director, Animation
Circus Drawings
Director
Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.
Producer, Animation, Director
A Lecture on Man
Director, Writer
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Animation Director
The Sailor and the Devil
Director
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Opening Title Sequence
What's New Pussycat?
Opening Title Sequence
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Opening Title Sequence
The Liquidator
Opening Title Sequence
Sebastian
Opening Title Sequence
The Return of the Pink Panther
Opening Title Sequence
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Title Designer
The Spy with a Cold Nose
Title DesignerImages
