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

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

as Droopy (voice)

Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

Tummy Trouble

as Droopy Dog (voice)

Ziggy's Gift

as Crooked Santa (voice)

Persistence of Vision

as Himself

Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up

as Himself

Die Titelmacher

as Self

The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau

as self

I Drew Roger Rabbit

as Himself

It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story

as Self