Richard Williams
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 19, 1933
- Died
- August 16, 2019
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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 2026
as Kalonike (voice), Director, Writer
Prologue 2015
Animation, Director
Persistence of Vision 2012
as Himself
Circus Drawings 2010
Director, Animation
Waking Sleeping Beauty 2010
as Self (archive footage)
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau 2002
as self
The Thief and the Cobbler 1993
Animation, Screenplay, Producer, Director, Production Design, Creator
Dick Tracy 1990
Animation Director
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story 1989
as Self
Tummy Trouble 1989
as Droopy Dog (voice)
I Drew Roger Rabbit 1988
as Himself
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town 1988
as Self – Director of Animation
Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988
as Droopy (voice), Animation Director
Somethin's Cookin' 1988
Director
Roger Rabbit Screen Test 1986
Director
Ziggy's Gift 1982
as Crooked Santa (voice), Director, Producer
Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up 1982
as Himself
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure 1977
Director, Production Supervisor
The Pink Panther Strikes Again 1976
Opening Title Sequence
- Die Titelmacher
Die Titelmacher 1976
as Self
The Return of the Pink Panther 1975
Opening Title Sequence
A Christmas Carol 1971
Producer, 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
The Dermis Probe 1965
Director, Writer
What's New Pussycat? 1965
Opening Title Sequence
- The Ever-Changing Motor Car
The Ever-Changing Motor Car 1963
Writer
The Apple 1963
Art Designer, Storyboard Artist
Love Me, Love Me, Love Me. 1962
Director, Producer, Animation
A Lecture on Man 1962
Director, Writer
The Little Island 1958
Director, Writer, Animation
The Wardrobe 1958
Director
Credits from TMDB.