Richard Williams
Known for: Directing
Born: March 19, 1933
Died: August 16, 2019
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
41 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
NR
Lysistrata
2026
4.2
Queen of the Universe
2021
6.3
Prologue
2015
8.0
Persistence of Vision
2012
5.8
Circus Drawings
2010
7.2
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
7.0
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
2002
7.1
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
6.2
Dick Tracy
1990
NR
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
1989
6.7
Tummy Trouble
1989
7.0
I Drew Roger Rabbit
1988
5.7
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
7.5
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
7.8
Somethin's Cookin'
1988
7.0
Roger Rabbit Screen Test
1986
6.3
Ziggy's Gift
1982
8.0
Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up
1982
7.0
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
1977
6.9
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976NR
Die Titelmacher
1976
6.8
The Return of the Pink Panther
1975
7.2
A Christmas Carol
1971
4.9
Every Home Should Have One
1970
4.8
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
1969
5.7
Prudence and the Pill
1968
6.2
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
5.4
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968
6.4
Sebastian
1968
5.8
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
1968
8.0
The Sailor and the Devil
1967
4.0
The Spy with a Cold Nose
1966
6.1
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
6.3
The Liquidator
1965
7.0
The Dermis Probe
1965
5.9
What's New Pussycat?
1965NR
The Ever-Changing Motor Car
1963
5.0
The Apple
1963
8.0
Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.
1962
6.5
A Lecture on Man
1962
6.8
The Little Island
1958
NR
The Wardrobe
1958