Richard Williams
Directing
Born March 19, 1933 in 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
Queen of the Universe
Prologue
Persistence of Vision
Himself
Circus Drawings
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
self
The Thief and the Cobbler
Dick Tracy
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
Self
Tummy Trouble
Droopy Dog (voice)
I Drew Roger Rabbit
Himself
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Droopy (voice)
Somethin's Cookin'
Roger Rabbit Screen Test
Ziggy's Gift
Crooked Santa (voice)
Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up
Himself
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The Return of the Pink Panther
A Christmas Carol
Every Home Should Have One
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Prudence and the Pill
The Charge of the Light Brigade
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
Sebastian
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
The Sailor and the Devil
The Spy with a Cold Nose
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
The Liquidator
The Dermis Probe
What's New Pussycat?
The Apple
Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.
A Lecture on Man
The Little Island
The Wardrobe