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.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(Droopy (voice))
Die Titelmacher
(Self)
Persistence of Vision
(Himself)
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
(self)
I Drew Roger Rabbit
(Himself)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
(Self (archive footage))
It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
(Self)
Tummy Trouble
(Droopy Dog (voice))
Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up
(Himself)
Ziggy's Gift
(Crooked Santa (voice))
The Thief and the Cobbler
(Director)
The Thief and the Cobbler
(Screenplay)
The Thief and the Cobbler
(Animation)
The Thief and the Cobbler
(Producer)
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure!
(Director)
The Little Island
(Director)
The Little Island
(Writer)
Prologue
(Animation)
Dick Tracy
(Animation Director)
Sebastian
(Opening Title Sequence)
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
(Title Designer)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
(Opening Title Sequence)
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
(Opening Title Sequence)
The Liquidator
(Opening Title Sequence)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
(Opening Title Sequence)
The Return of the Pink Panther
(Opening Title Sequence)
Prudence and the Pill
(Opening Title Sequence)
The Spy with a Cold Nose
(Title Designer)
The Apple
(Storyboard Artist)
The Charge of the Light Brigade
(Opening Title Sequence)
What's New Pussycat?
(Opening Title Sequence)
Every Home Should Have One
(Opening Title Sequence)
The Apple
(Art Designer)
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
(Title Graphics)
Ziggy's Gift
(Director)
A Christmas Carol
(Producer)
A Christmas Carol
(Director)
Prologue
(Director)
Circus Drawings
(Director)
The Dermis Probe
(Director)
The Ever-Changing Motor Car
(Writer)
Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.
(Animation)
Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.
(Director)
Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.
(Producer)
The Little Island
(Animation)
The Wardrobe
(Director)
The Thief and the Cobbler
(Production Design)
Roger Rabbit Screen Test
(Director)
A Lecture on Man
(Director)
The Dermis Probe
(Writer)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
(Animation Director)
The Sailor and the Devil
(Director)
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure!
(Production Supervisor)
A Lecture on Man
(Writer)
Ziggy's Gift
(Producer)
Somethin's Cookin'
(Director)
The Thief and the Cobbler
(Creator)
Circus Drawings
(Animation)
Queen of the Universe
(Sound)