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.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1933-03-19 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- 2019-08-16
Known for
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) — Droopy (voice)
- Dick Tracy (1990) — Animation Director
- The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) — Opening Title Sequence
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) — Opening Title Sequence
- What's New Pussycat? (1965) — Opening Title Sequence
- The Thief and the Cobbler (1993) — Director
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) — Opening Title Sequence
- Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010) — Self (archive footage)
- Tummy Trouble (1989) — Droopy Dog (voice)
- The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) — Opening Title Sequence
- A Christmas Carol (1971) — Producer
- Prologue (2015) — Animation
- Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977) — Director
- The Liquidator (1965) — Opening Title Sequence
- Every Home Should Have One (1970) — Opening Title Sequence
- Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968) — Title Designer