- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- March 19, 1933
- Place of Birth
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- August 16, 2019
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.
Filmography
Lysistrata
movieLysistrata
2026 · Kalonike (voice), Director, Writer
tvQueen of the Universe
2021 · Sound
moviePrologue
2015 · Animation, Director
moviePersistence of Vision
2012 · Himself
movieCircus Drawings
2010 · Director, Animation
movieWaking Sleeping Beauty
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
2002 · self
movieThe Thief and the Cobbler
1993 · Animation, Screenplay, Producer, Director, Production Design, Creator
movieDick Tracy
1990 · Animation Director
movieIt All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
1989 · Self
movieTummy Trouble
1989 · Droopy Dog (voice)
movieI Drew Roger Rabbit
1988 · Himself
movieWho Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · Droopy (voice), Animation Director
movieSomethin's Cookin'
1988 · Director
movieRoger Rabbit Screen Test
1986 · Director
movieZiggy's Gift
1982 · Crooked Santa (voice), Director, Producer
movieRichard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up
1982 · Himself
movieRaggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
1977 · Director, Production Supervisor
movieThe Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976 · Opening Title Sequence
Die Titelmacher
movieDie Titelmacher
1976 · Self
movieThe Return of the Pink Panther
1975 · Opening Title Sequence
movieA Christmas Carol
1971 · Producer, Director
movieEvery Home Should Have One
1970 · Opening Title Sequence
movieCan Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
1969 · Opening Title Sequence
moviePrudence and the Pill
1968 · Opening Title Sequence
movieThe Charge of the Light Brigade
1968 · Opening Title Sequence
movie30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968 · Title Graphics
movieSebastian
1968 · Opening Title Sequence
movieHere We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
1968 · Title Designer
movieThe Sailor and the Devil
1967 · Director
movieThe Spy with a Cold Nose
1966 · Title Designer
movieA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 · Opening Title Sequence
movieThe Liquidator
1965 · Opening Title Sequence
movieThe Dermis Probe
1965 · Director, Writer
movieWhat's New Pussycat?
1965 · Opening Title Sequence
The Ever-Changing Motor Car
movieThe Ever-Changing Motor Car
1963 · Writer
movieThe Apple
1963 · Art Designer, Storyboard Artist
movieLove Me, Love Me, Love Me.
1962 · Director, Producer, Animation
movieA Lecture on Man
1962 · Director, Writer
movieThe Little Island
1958 · Director, Writer, Animation
movieThe Wardrobe
1958 · Director