Person
Richard Williams
Directing · 1933–2019 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Droopy (voice)
Dick Tracy
Animation Director
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Opening Title Sequence
Queen of the Universe
Sound
The Return of the Pink Panther
Opening Title Sequence
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
The Thief and the Cobbler
Director
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Opening Title Sequence
What's New Pussycat?
Opening Title Sequence
Every Home Should Have One
Opening Title Sequence
Filmography
- 2026LysistrataKalonike (voice)
- 2021Queen of the UniverseSound
- 2015PrologueAnimation
- 2012Persistence of VisionHimself
- 2010Circus DrawingsDirector
- 2009Waking Sleeping BeautySelf (archive footage)
- 2002The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseauself
- 1993The Thief and the CobblerDirector
- 1990Dick TracyAnimation Director
- 1989It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney StorySelf
- 1989Tummy TroubleDroopy Dog (voice)
- 1988I Drew Roger RabbitHimself
- 1988Who Framed Roger RabbitDroopy (voice)
- 1988Somethin's Cookin'Director
- 1986Roger Rabbit Screen TestDirector
- 1982Ziggy's GiftCrooked Santa (voice)
- 1982Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave UpHimself
- 1977Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical AdventureDirector
- 1976The Pink Panther Strikes AgainOpening Title Sequence
- 1976Die TitelmacherSelf
- 1975The Return of the Pink PantherOpening Title Sequence
- 1971A Christmas CarolProducer
- 1970Every Home Should Have OneOpening Title Sequence
- 1969Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?Opening Title Sequence
- 1968Prudence and the PillOpening Title Sequence
- 1968The Charge of the Light BrigadeOpening Title Sequence
- 196830 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!Title Graphics
- 1968SebastianOpening Title Sequence
- 1968Here We Go Round the Mulberry BushTitle Designer
- 1967The Sailor and the DevilDirector
- 1966The Spy with a Cold NoseTitle Designer
- 1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumOpening Title Sequence
- 1965The LiquidatorOpening Title Sequence
- 1965The Dermis ProbeDirector
- 1965What's New Pussycat?Opening Title Sequence
- 1963The Ever-Changing Motor CarWriter
- 1963The AppleStoryboard Artist
- 1962Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.Animation
- 1962A Lecture on ManDirector
- 1958The Little IslandDirector
- 1958The WardrobeDirector
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