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Richard Williams

Mar 19, 1933 - Aug 16, 2019 (86 years old) in 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 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

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Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Droopy (voice)
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Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
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Roger Rabbit: Tummy Trouble
Droopy Dog (voice)
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Persistence of Vision
Himself
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Ziggy's Gift
Crooked Santa (voice)
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The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
self
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It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story
Self
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Die Titelmacher
Self
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Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up
Himself
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I Drew Roger Rabbit
Himself

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