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Richard Williams
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
Lysistrata
Movie Kalonike (voice)
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2021
Queen of the Universe
TV show Sound
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2015
Prologue
Movie Animation
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2012
Persistence of Vision
Movie Himself
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2010
Circus Drawings
Movie Director
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2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2002
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
Movie self
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1993
The Thief and the Cobbler
Movie Director
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1990
Dick Tracy
Movie Animation Director
- 1989
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1989
Tummy Trouble
Movie Droopy Dog (voice)
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1988
I Drew Roger Rabbit
Movie Himself
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1988
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
Movie Self – Director of Animation
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1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Movie Droopy (voice)
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1988
Somethin's Cookin'
Movie Director
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1986
Roger Rabbit Screen Test
Movie Director
More credits
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1982
Ziggy's Gift
Movie Crooked Santa (voice)
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1982
Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up
Movie Himself
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1977
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
Movie Director
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1976
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Movie Opening Title Sequence
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1976
Die Titelmacher
Movie Self
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1975
The Return of the Pink Panther
Movie Opening Title Sequence
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1971
A Christmas Carol
Movie Producer
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1970
Every Home Should Have One
Movie Opening Title Sequence
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1969
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Movie Opening Title Sequence
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1968
Prudence and the Pill
Movie Opening Title Sequence
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1968
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Movie Opening Title Sequence
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1968
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
Movie Title Graphics
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1968
Sebastian
Movie Opening Title Sequence
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1968
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Movie Title Designer
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1967
The Sailor and the Devil
Movie Director
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1966
The Spy with a Cold Nose
Movie Title Designer
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1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Movie Opening Title Sequence
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1965
The Liquidator
Movie Opening Title Sequence
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1965
The Dermis Probe
Movie Director
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1965
What's New Pussycat?
Movie Opening Title Sequence
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1963
The Ever-Changing Motor Car
Movie Writer
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1963
The Apple
Movie Storyboard Artist
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1962
Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.
Movie Animation
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1962
A Lecture on Man
Movie Director
