Richard Williams
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing15
Lysistrata
2026
Director
moviePrologue
2015
Director
movieCircus Drawings
2010
Director
movieSomethin's Cookin'
1988
Director
movieZiggy's Gift
1982
Director
movieA Christmas Carol
1971
Director
movieThe Dermis Probe
1965
Director
movieA Lecture on Man
1962
Director
movieThe Little Island
1958
Director
movieThe Wardrobe
1958
Director
Art14
movieThe Thief and the Cobbler
1993
Production Design
movieThe Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
Opening Title Sequence
movieThe Return of the Pink Panther
1975
Opening Title Sequence
movieEvery Home Should Have One
1970
Opening Title Sequence
movieCan Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
1969
Opening Title Sequence
moviePrudence and the Pill
1968
Opening Title Sequence
movieThe Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
Opening Title Sequence
movieSebastian
1968
Opening Title Sequence
movieHere We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
1968
Title Designer
movieThe Spy with a Cold Nose
1966
Title Designer
movieA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
Opening Title Sequence
movieThe Liquidator
1965
Opening Title Sequence
movieWhat's New Pussycat?
1965
Opening Title Sequence
movieThe Apple
1963
Storyboard Artist, Art Designer
Acting11
Lysistrata
2026
Kalonike (voice)
movieWaking Sleeping Beauty
2009
Self (archive footage)
movieTummy Trouble
1989
Droopy Dog (voice)
movieI Drew Roger Rabbit
1988
Himself
movieWho Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
Droopy (voice)
movieZiggy's Gift
1982
Crooked Santa (voice)
Visual Effects7
moviePrologue
2015
Animation
movieCircus Drawings
2010
Animation
movieThe Thief and the Cobbler
1993
Animation
movieDick Tracy
1990
Animation Director
movieWho Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
Animation Director
movieLove Me, Love Me, Love Me.
1962
Animation
movieThe Little Island
1958
Animation
Writing6
Production5
movieZiggy's Gift
1982
Producer
movieRaggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
1977
Production Supervisor
movieA Christmas Carol
1971
Producer
Crew2
movie30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968
Title Graphics
