Richard Williams

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

2026

Lysistrata

Kalonike (voice)

Movie
2021

Queen of the Universe

Sound

Tv
2015

Prologue

Animation

Movie
2012

Persistence of Vision

Himself

Movie
2010

Circus Drawings

Director

Movie
2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Self (archive footage)

Movie
2002

The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau

self

Movie
1993

The Thief and the Cobbler

Director

Movie
1990

Dick Tracy

Animation Director

Movie
1989

It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story

Self

Movie
1989

Tummy Trouble

Droopy Dog (voice)

Movie
1988

I Drew Roger Rabbit

Himself

Movie
1988

Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town

Self – Director of Animation

Movie
1988

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Droopy (voice)

Movie
1988

Somethin's Cookin'

Director

Movie
1986

Roger Rabbit Screen Test

Director

Movie
1982

Ziggy's Gift

Crooked Santa (voice)

Movie
1982

Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up

Himself

Movie
1977

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

Director

Movie
1976

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Opening Title Sequence

Movie
1976

Die Titelmacher

Self

Movie
1975

The Return of the Pink Panther

Opening Title Sequence

Movie
1971

A Christmas Carol

Producer

Movie
1970

Every Home Should Have One

Opening Title Sequence

Movie
1969

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

Opening Title Sequence

Movie
1968

Prudence and the Pill

Opening Title Sequence

Movie
1968

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Opening Title Sequence

Movie
1968

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

Title Graphics

Movie
1968

Sebastian

Opening Title Sequence

Movie
1968

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

Title Designer

Movie
1967

The Sailor and the Devil

Director

Movie
1966

The Spy with a Cold Nose

Title Designer

Movie
1966

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Opening Title Sequence

Movie
1965

The Liquidator

Opening Title Sequence

Movie
1965

The Dermis Probe

Director

Movie
1965

What's New Pussycat?

Opening Title Sequence

Movie
1963

The Ever-Changing Motor Car

Writer

Movie
1963

The Apple

Storyboard Artist

Movie
1962

Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.

Animation

Movie
1962

A Lecture on Man

Director

Movie
1958

The Little Island

Director

Movie
1958

The Wardrobe

Director

Movie