Richard Williams

Richard Williams

  • Birthday: 1933-03-19
  • Deathday: 2019-08-16
  • Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Also know as: Richard Edmund 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.

Filmography

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1988

As Droopy (voice)

Persistence of Vision

2012

As Himself

Tummy Trouble

1989

As Droopy Dog (voice)

Die Titelmacher

1976

As Self

I Drew Roger Rabbit

1988

As Himself

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

As Self (archive footage)

Production

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

As Director

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

As Animation

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

As Producer

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

As Screenplay

The Little Island

1958

As Director

The Little Island

1958

As Writer

Dick Tracy

1990

As Animation Director

Ziggy's Gift

1982

As Director

A Christmas Carol

1971

As Director

Prologue

2015

As Director

Circus Drawings

2010

As Director

The Dermis Probe

1965

As Director

Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.

1962

As Animation

The Little Island

1958

As Animation

A Lecture on Man

1962

As Director

The Dermis Probe

1965

As Writer

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1988

As Animation Director

The Sailor and the Devil

1967

As Director

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

1977

As Production Supervisor

A Lecture on Man

1962

As Writer

A Christmas Carol

1971

As Producer

Prologue

2015

As Animation

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1968

As Opening Title Sequence

What's New Pussycat?

1965

As Opening Title Sequence

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966

As Opening Title Sequence

The Liquidator

1965

As Opening Title Sequence

Sebastian

1968

As Opening Title Sequence

The Return of the Pink Panther

1975

As Opening Title Sequence

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

1968

As Title Designer

The Spy with a Cold Nose

1966

As Title Designer

30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

1968

As Title Graphics

Prudence and the Pill

1968

As Opening Title Sequence

Every Home Should Have One

1970

As Opening Title Sequence

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

1976

As Opening Title Sequence

The Apple

1963

As Storyboard Artist

The Apple

1963

As Art Designer

The Wardrobe

1958

As Director

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