Richard Williams
Director · Actor · WriterRichard 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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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR11
- Lysistrata
Lysistrata
2026
Kalonike (voice)
Persistence of Vision
2012
Himself
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Self (archive footage)
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
2002
self
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
1989
Self
Tummy Trouble
1989
Droopy Dog (voice)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
Droopy (voice)
I Drew Roger Rabbit
1988
Himself
Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up
1982
Himself
Ziggy's Gift
1982
Crooked Santa (voice)
- Die Titelmacher
Die Titelmacher
1976
Self
DIRECTOR15
- Lysistrata
Lysistrata
2026
Director
Prologue
2015
Director
Circus Drawings
2010
Director
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
Director
Somethin's Cookin'
1988
Director
Roger Rabbit Screen Test
1986
Director
Ziggy's Gift
1982
Director
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
1977
Director
A Christmas Carol
1971
Director
The Sailor and the Devil
1967
Director
The Dermis Probe
1965
Director
Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.
1962
Director
A Lecture on Man
1962
Director
The Little Island
1958
Director
The Wardrobe
1958
Director
WRITER6
PRODUCER5
VISUAL EFFECTS7
ART14
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
Production Design
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
Opening Title Sequence
The Return of the Pink Panther
1975
Opening Title Sequence
Every Home Should Have One
1970
Opening Title Sequence
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
1969
Opening Title Sequence
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
Opening Title Sequence
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
1968
Title Designer
Prudence and the Pill
1968
Opening Title Sequence
Sebastian
1968
Opening Title Sequence
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
Opening Title Sequence
The Spy with a Cold Nose
1966
Title Designer
What's New Pussycat?
1965
Opening Title Sequence
The Liquidator
1965
Opening Title Sequence
The Apple
1963
Art Designer, Storyboard Artist
