Richard Williams
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday19 March 1933
Died16 August 2019 (age 86)
Place of birthToronto, Ontario, Canada
Known credits42
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 …
Lysistrata
2026 · Kalonike (voice)
Lysistrata
2026 · Director
Lysistrata
2026 · Writer
Queen of the Universe
2021 · Sound
Prologue
2015 · Animation
Prologue
2015 · Director
Persistence of Vision
2012 · Himself
Circus Drawings
2010 · Director
Circus Drawings
2010 · Animation
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009 · Self (archive footage)
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
2002 · self
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993 · Animation
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993 · Screenplay
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993 · Producer
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993 · Director
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993 · Production Design
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993 · Creator
Dick Tracy
1990 · Animation Director
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
1989 · Self
Tummy Trouble
1989 · Droopy Dog (voice)
I Drew Roger Rabbit
1988 · Himself
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988 · Self – Director of Animation
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · Droopy (voice)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · Animation Director
Somethin's Cookin'
1988 · Director
Roger Rabbit Screen Test
1986 · Director
Ziggy's Gift
1982 · Crooked Santa (voice)
Ziggy's Gift
1982 · Director
Ziggy's Gift
1982 · Producer
Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up
1982 · Himself
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
1977 · Director
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
1977 · Production Supervisor
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976 · Opening Title Sequence
Die Titelmacher
1976 · Self
The Return of the Pink Panther
1975 · Opening Title Sequence
A Christmas Carol
1971 · Producer
A Christmas Carol
1971 · Director
Every Home Should Have One
1970 · Opening Title Sequence
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
1969 · Opening Title Sequence
Prudence and the Pill
1968 · Opening Title Sequence
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968 · Opening Title Sequence
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968 · Title Graphics
Sebastian
1968 · Opening Title Sequence
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
1968 · Title Designer
The Sailor and the Devil
1967 · Director
The Spy with a Cold Nose
1966 · Title Designer
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 · Opening Title Sequence
The Liquidator
1965 · Opening Title Sequence
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