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Richard Williams
March 19 1933 – August 16 2019- Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Gender: Male
- Also known as: Richard Edmund Williams
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.
Latest roles
![Persistence of Vision poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//vLmGYnbPOpl1tDOMMlo4FCUjPJq.jpg)
Persistence of Vision
Himself
![Waking Sleeping Beauty poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//hywGLq5tMOuKwXfOhYUzoqNNAnU.jpg)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
![The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//wselaz1YED2EeazsB6gdHeMGAKY.jpg)
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
self
![It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//uFet6WGb1sYXqvg8mtxEEDN6tC2.jpg)
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
Self
![Tummy Trouble poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//vWajx2ThuRRzEeeRPeDVDPM7FfQ.jpg)
Tummy Trouble
Droopy Dog (voice)
![I Drew Roger Rabbit poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//9j1GUUlJHYgA5DQNhuSp66WTZar.jpg)
I Drew Roger Rabbit
Himself
![Who Framed Roger Rabbit poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//lYfRc57Kx9VgLZ48iulu0HKnM15.jpg)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Droopy (voice)
![Ziggy's Gift poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//rYhrnjXu3jlyLOxamIOuRvZFAbn.jpg)
Ziggy's Gift
Crooked Santa (voice)
![Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//d4Qaa4lEPTI3SEIHqiUC73bUovJ.jpg)
Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up
Himself
![Die Titelmacher poster](/movie-placeholder.webp)
Die Titelmacher
Self
Producing credits
![Queen of the Universe poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//qaXjnxkmYAKjkZSNJJIpfCQxnhp.jpg)
Queen of the Universe
Sound
![Prologue poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//9Q2nD6YPdQNTN9hYsWobIVKr6J7.jpg)
Prologue
Animation, Director
![Circus Drawings poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//13SyLF3NsOeaGGipAGCnrcPVwx4.jpg)
Circus Drawings
Director
![The Thief and the Cobbler poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//3OKtFuTxahr7hokPB9aO38qgOfc.jpg)
The Thief and the Cobbler
Animation, Screenplay, Producer, Director, Production Design, Original Story
![Dick Tracy poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//AonBXZe8GwnW8f1TWI2KcewOsfS.jpg)
Dick Tracy
Animation Director
![Who Framed Roger Rabbit poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//lYfRc57Kx9VgLZ48iulu0HKnM15.jpg)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Animation Director
![Roger Rabbit Screen Test poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//gqKCtVTMidGH56lz5YFRAaPPQ8w.jpg)
Roger Rabbit Screen Test
Director
![Ziggy's Gift poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//rYhrnjXu3jlyLOxamIOuRvZFAbn.jpg)
Ziggy's Gift
Director, Producer
![Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//jdfIZdSKV1myFdgN4LVVbYDGJHC.jpg)
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
Director, Production Supervisor
![The Pink Panther Strikes Again poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face//GGCch9LNAKwp4ZADAcNz1hd1dn.jpg)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Opening Title Sequence
Richard Williams's Images
![Richard Williams Screenshot 0](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1066_and_h600_bestv2//rwgSpbOFQ5A1tBlgsNkY3w0yJNF.jpg)