
Richard Williams
Born
March 19, 1933
Died
August 16, 2019 (86 years old)
Known For
Directing
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.
Known For

Persistence of Vision
Himself
2012

Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
2009

The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
self
2002

It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
Self
1989

Roger Rabbit: Tummy Trouble
Droopy Dog (voice)
1989

I Drew Roger Rabbit
Himself
1988

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Droopy (voice)
1988

Ziggy's Gift
Crooked Santa (voice)
1982

Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up
Himself
1982
Die Titelmacher
Self
1976