Known For
Directing
Born
Mar 19, 1933
Died
Aug 16, 2019
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Credits
42 titles
Richard Williams
Biography
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
Filmography
Lysistrata
Kalonike (voice)
Queen of the Universe
Sound
Prologue
Animation
Persistence of Vision
Himself
Circus Drawings
Director
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
self
The Thief and the Cobbler
Director
Dick Tracy
Animation Director
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
Self
Tummy Trouble
Droopy Dog (voice)
I Drew Roger Rabbit
Himself
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
Self – Director of Animation
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Droopy (voice)
Somethin's Cookin'
Director
Roger Rabbit Screen Test
Director
Ziggy's Gift
Crooked Santa (voice)
Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up
Himself
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
Director
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Opening Title Sequence
Die Titelmacher
Self
The Return of the Pink Panther
Opening Title Sequence
A Christmas Carol
Producer
Every Home Should Have One
Opening Title Sequence
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Opening Title Sequence
Prudence and the Pill
Opening Title Sequence
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Opening Title Sequence
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
Title Graphics
Sebastian
Opening Title Sequence
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Title Designer
The Sailor and the Devil
Director
The Spy with a Cold Nose
Title Designer
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Opening Title Sequence
The Liquidator
Opening Title Sequence
The Dermis Probe
Director
What's New Pussycat?
Opening Title Sequence
The Ever-Changing Motor Car
Writer
The Apple
Storyboard Artist
Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.
Animation
A Lecture on Man
Director
The Little Island
Director
The Wardrobe
Director