Richard Williams
Known For
Directing
Born
1933-03-19 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died
2019-08-16
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.
Most Known For
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
as Droopy (voice)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
Tummy Trouble
as Droopy Dog (voice)
Persistence of Vision
as Himself
Ziggy's Gift
as Crooked Santa (voice)
Die Titelmacher
as Self
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
as self
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
as Self
I Drew Roger Rabbit
as Himself
Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up
as Himself