Richard Williams
b. 1933 — d. 2019 (aged 86)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Director
Richard Edmund Williams (born March 19, 1933) is 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
Filmography
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Lysistrata
2026 Actor
Director
Writer
Kalonike
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★ 5.8
Greatest Chocolate Adverts of All Time
2019 Director
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★ 6.5
Prologue
2016 Director
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★ 7.3
Circus Drawings
2010 Director
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★ 7.1
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993 Director
Writer
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★ 7.2
Tummy Trouble
1989 Actor
Droopy Dog
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★ 8.0
I Drew Roger Rabbit
1988 Self
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Ziggy Cartoons
1983 Director
Writer
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The BBC2 Film Competition
1983 Self
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★ 7.8
Ziggy's Gift
1982 Director
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★ 8.3
Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up
1982 Self
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★ 6.8
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
1977 Director
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Die Titelmacher
1976 Self
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★ 8.8
The Do-It-Yourself Film Animation Show
1974 Self
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London Bridge
1974 Self
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★ 7.5
A Christmas Carol
1971 Director
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★ 6.8
The Sailor and the Devil
1967 Director
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The Creative Person
1966 Self
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★ 8.5
The Dermis Probe
1965 Director
Writer
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★ 7.3
The Ever-Changing Motor Car
1963 Writer
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★ 6.9
Love Me, Love Me, Love Me
1962 Director
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★ 6.5
A Lecture on Man
1962 Director
Writer
Cinematographer
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★ 7.2
The Little Island
1958 Director
Writer
Cinematographer
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The Wardrobe
1958 Director