
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
March 19, 1933
Died
August 16, 2019 (age 86)
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
Richard Edmund Williams
Richard Williams
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.
Known For

Film
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Droopy (voice)
1988

Film
Tummy Trouble
Droopy Dog (voice)
1989

Film
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
2009

Film
Persistence of Vision
Himself
2012
Film
Die Titelmacher
Self
1976

Film
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
self
2002

Film
Ziggy's Gift
Crooked Santa (voice)
1982

Film
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
Self
1989

Film
Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up
Himself
1982

Film
I Drew Roger Rabbit
Himself
1988
Filmography
2012FilmPersistence of Visionas Himself2009FilmWaking Sleeping Beautyas Self (archive footage)2002FilmThe Curious Case of Inspector Clouseauas self1989FilmIt All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Storyas Self1989FilmTummy Troubleas Droopy Dog (voice)1988FilmI Drew Roger Rabbitas Himself1988FilmWho Framed Roger Rabbitas Droopy (voice)1982FilmZiggy's Giftas Crooked Santa (voice)1982FilmRichard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Upas Himself1976FilmDie Titelmacheras Self