Richard Williams

Born: 1933-03-19

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.


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as Droopy (voice)
Released: 1988-06-21

'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the...

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Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2009-09-05

By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The...

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Tummy Trouble

as Droopy Dog (voice)
Released: 1989-06-23

Roger Rabbit once again is chosen for the dangerous task of babysitting Baby Herman and...

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The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau

as self
Released: 2002-01-01

DA-DUN DA-DUN DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUUUUN Henry Mancini’s iconic score, Peter...

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Persistence of Vision

as Himself
Released: 2012-10-04

It was to be the greatest animated film of all time. Not just an eye-opener, but a game-changer....

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It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story

as Self
Released: 1989-10-14

The story of Walt Disney and the company he built.

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I Drew Roger Rabbit

as Himself
Released: 1988-11-16

Profile of the animator Richard Williams, creator of Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up

as Himself
Released: 1982-01-01

A documentary about the animator, Richard Williams,

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