Richard Williams

Birthday:

03/19/1933

Place of birth:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada:

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.



Credits

Prologue (2015)
Director
Prologue (2015)
Animation
Circus Drawings (2010)
Director
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
Director
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
Animation
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
Producer
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
Screenplay
Dick Tracy (1990)
Animation Director
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Animation Director
Ziggy's Gift (1982)
Director
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977)
Director
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977)
Production Supervisor
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Opening Title Sequence
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Opening Title Sequence
A Christmas Carol (1971)
Director
A Christmas Carol (1971)
Producer
Every Home Should Have One (1970)
Opening Title Sequence
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)
Opening Title Sequence
Prudence and the Pill (1968)
Opening Title Sequence
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
Opening Title Sequence
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia! (1968)
Title Graphics
Sebastian (1968)
Opening Title Sequence
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968)
Title Designer
The Sailor and the Devil (1967)
Director
The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
Title Designer
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
Opening Title Sequence
The Liquidator (1965)
Opening Title Sequence
The Dermis Probe (1965)
Director
The Dermis Probe (1965)
Writer
What's New Pussycat? (1965)
Opening Title Sequence
The Apple (1963)
Storyboard Artist
The Apple (1963)
Art Designer
Love Me, Love Me, Love Me. (1962)
Director
Love Me, Love Me, Love Me. (1962)
Producer
Love Me, Love Me, Love Me. (1962)
Animation
A Lecture on Man (1962)
Director
A Lecture on Man (1962)
Writer
The Little Island (1958)
Director
The Little Island (1958)
Writer
The Little Island (1958)
Animation
The Wardrobe (1958)
Director