Richard Williams

Personal Info

Known ForDirecting
Born1933-03-19
BirthplaceToronto, Ontario, Canada

Richard Williams

Directing

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

Acting (12)

2026
Lysistrataas Kalonike (voice)
2012
8.0
2009
Waking Sleeping Beautyas Self (archive footage)
7.2
1989
Tummy Troubleas Droopy Dog (voice)
6.7
1988
7.0
1988
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Townas Self – Director of Animation
5.7
1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbitas Droopy (voice)
7.5
1982
Ziggy's Giftas Crooked Santa (voice)
6.3
1976

Production & Directing (50)

2026
LysistrataDirector
2026
2015
PrologueAnimation
6.3
2015
PrologueDirector
6.3
2010
5.8
2010
5.8
7.2
1993
The Thief and the CobblerProduction Design
7.2
1990
Dick TracyAnimation Director
6.2
1988
Who Framed Roger RabbitAnimation Director
7.5
1988
7.8
1982
Ziggy's GiftDirector
6.3
1982
Ziggy's GiftProducer
6.3
7.0
1976
The Pink Panther Strikes AgainOpening Title Sequence
6.9
1975
The Return of the Pink PantherOpening Title Sequence
6.8
1971
7.2
1971
7.2
1970
Every Home Should Have OneOpening Title Sequence
4.9
1968
Prudence and the PillOpening Title Sequence
5.7
1968
The Charge of the Light BrigadeOpening Title Sequence
6.2
5.4
1968
SebastianOpening Title Sequence
6.4
1966
4.0
1965
The LiquidatorOpening Title Sequence
6.3
1965
7.0
7.0
1965
What's New Pussycat?Opening Title Sequence
5.9
1963
The AppleStoryboard Artist
5.0
1963
The AppleArt Designer
5.0
1962
6.5
6.5
1958
6.8
6.8
1958
6.8
1958
The WardrobeDirector