Richard Williams
Age: 86 | From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Person Details
Birthday: 1933-03-19 12:14:52
Death: 2019-08-16 12:14:52
Aliases: Richard Edmund Williams
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 44
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(1988) Animation Director
Dick Tracy
(1990) Animation Director
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
(1976) Opening Title Sequence
The Return of the Pink Panther
(1975) Opening Title Sequence
The Thief and the Cobbler
(1993) Screenplay
What's New Pussycat?
(1965) Opening Title Sequence
Queen of the Universe
(2021) Sound
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
(1966) Opening Title SequenceActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Himself | |
| 2009 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1989 | Droopy Dog (voice) | |
| 1988 | Himself | |
| Droopy (voice) | ||
| 1982 | Himself | |
| 1976 | Self | |
| self | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Sound | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Director | |
| 2010 | Director | |
| 1993 | Director | |
| 1982 | Director | |
| 1977 | Director | |
| 1971 | Director | |
| 1967 | Director | |
| 1965 | Director | |
| 1962 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1958 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Visual Effects
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Animation | |
| 1993 | Animation | |
| 1990 | Animation Director | |
| 1988 | Animation Director | |
| 1962 | Animation | |
| 1958 | Animation | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Producer | |
| 1977 | Production Supervisor | |
| 1971 | Producer | |
| 1962 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Screenplay | |
| 1965 | Writer | |
| 1962 | Writer | |
| 1958 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Art
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Opening Title Sequence | |
| 1975 | Opening Title Sequence | |
| 1970 | Opening Title Sequence | |
| 1969 | Opening Title Sequence | |
| 1968 | Opening Title Sequence | |
| Opening Title Sequence | ||
| Opening Title Sequence | ||
| Title Designer | ||
| 1966 | Title Designer | |
| Opening Title Sequence | ||
| 1965 | Opening Title Sequence | |
| Opening Title Sequence | ||
| 1963 | Storyboard Artist | |
| Art Designer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Title Graphics | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
