Richard Williams

Richard Williams

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.

  • Title: Richard Williams
  • Popularity: 4.327
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1933-03-19
  • Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Also Known As: Richard Edmund Williams
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Richard Williams Movies

  • 1988
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    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    7.523 1988 HD

    'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on...

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  • 1976
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    Die Titelmacher

    Die Titelmacher

    1 1976 HD

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  • 2012
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    Persistence of Vision

    Persistence of Vision

    8 2012 HD

    It was to be the greatest animated film of all time. Not just an eye-opener, but a game-changer. Richard Williams demanded nothing less, investing...

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  • 2002
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    The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau

    The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau

    1 2002 HD

    DA-DUN DA-DUN DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUUUUN Henry Mancini’s iconic score, Peter Sellers’ bumbling Inspector Clouseau, and those...

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  • 1988
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    I Drew Roger Rabbit

    I Drew Roger Rabbit

    1 1988 HD

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

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  • 2009
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    Waking Sleeping Beauty

    Waking Sleeping Beauty

    7.207 2009 HD

    By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to...

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  • 1989
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    It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story

    It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story

    1 1989 HD

    The story of Walt Disney and the company he built.

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  • 1989
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    Tummy Trouble

    Tummy Trouble

    6.8 1989 HD

    Roger Rabbit once again is chosen for the dangerous task of babysitting Baby Herman and everything is going to be just fine.

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  • 1982
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    Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up

    Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up

    8 1982 HD

    A documentary about the animator, Richard Williams,

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  • 1993
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    The Thief and the Cobbler

    The Thief and the Cobbler

    7.1 1993 HD

    It is written among the limitless constellations of the celestial heavens, and in the depths of the emerald seas, and upon every grain of sand in...

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  • 1993
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    The Thief and the Cobbler

    The Thief and the Cobbler

    7.1 1993 HD

    It is written among the limitless constellations of the celestial heavens, and in the depths of the emerald seas, and upon every grain of sand in...

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  • 1993
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    The Thief and the Cobbler

    The Thief and the Cobbler

    7.1 1993 HD

    It is written among the limitless constellations of the celestial heavens, and in the depths of the emerald seas, and upon every grain of sand in...

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  • 1993
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    The Thief and the Cobbler

    The Thief and the Cobbler

    7.1 1993 HD

    It is written among the limitless constellations of the celestial heavens, and in the depths of the emerald seas, and upon every grain of sand in...

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  • 1977
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    Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

    Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

    6.737 1977 HD

    Raggedy Ann and Andy leave their playroom to rescue Babette, a beautiful French doll kidnapped by a pirate.

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  • 1958
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    The Little Island

    The Little Island

    6.6 1958 HD

    Depicts the dreams, ideas, and struggles of three men (representing "truth," "beauty," and "good") who settle on a tiny island.

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  • 1958
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    The Little Island

    The Little Island

    6.6 1958 HD

    Depicts the dreams, ideas, and struggles of three men (representing "truth," "beauty," and "good") who settle on a tiny island.

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  • 2015
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    Prologue

    Prologue

    6.431 2015 HD

    Prologue depicts Spartan and Athenian warriors locked in a gory battle to the death.

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  • 1990
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    Dick Tracy

    Dick Tracy

    6.139 1990 HD

    The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy...

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  • 1968
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    Sebastian

    Sebastian

    5.8 1968 HD

    Sebastian is an undisciplined mathematics genius who works in the "cipher bureau" of the British Intelligence. While cracking enemy codes, Sebastian...

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  • 1968
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    Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

    Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

    5.7 1968 HD

    Jamie McGregor is a virginal sixth-former in suburbia delivering groceries for the local supermarket, but he is more interested in other matters -...

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  • 1966
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    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

    6.083 1966 HD

    A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

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  • 1969
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    Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

    Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

    4.6 1969 HD

    Heironymus Merkin is an internationally successful singer approaching middle age who retells his life story in a series of production numbers on a...

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  • 1965
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    The Liquidator

    The Liquidator

    6.2 1965 HD

    Spy spoof about Boysie Oakes, a British secret agent who specialises in Liquidating. In actual fact he contracts out the work and pretends it was...

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  • 1976
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    The Pink Panther Strikes Again

    The Pink Panther Strikes Again

    6.857 1976 HD

    Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get...

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  • 1975
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    The Return of the Pink Panther

    The Return of the Pink Panther

    6.798 1975 HD

    The famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. The Inspector is convinced that 'The...

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  • 1968
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    Prudence and the Pill

    Prudence and the Pill

    5.5 1968 HD

    Prudence Hardcastle is on the pill. So is her sister-in-law, but someone has been swapping aspirin for their pills. Is it the teenage niece, the...

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  • 1966
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    The Spy with a Cold Nose

    The Spy with a Cold Nose

    3.3 1966 HD

    A dog with a spying device under its skin is sent to the Russian government as a present. When the Russians send the dog to a veterinary, British...

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  • 1963
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    The Apple

    The Apple

    5 1963 HD

    A man's repeated attempts to retrieve an apple off a high tree branch all prove fruitless. What does he want the apple for? That would be telling.

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  • 1968
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    The Charge of the Light Brigade

    The Charge of the Light Brigade

    6 1968 HD

    During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an...

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  • 1965
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    What's New Pussycat?

    What's New Pussycat?

    6 1965 HD

    A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is...

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  • 1970
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    Every Home Should Have One

    Every Home Should Have One

    4.6 1970 HD

    Teddy works for a large advertising company. Given the seemingly impossible task of selling frozen porridge, he decides to produce commercials that...

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  • 1963
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    The Apple

    The Apple

    5 1963 HD

    A man's repeated attempts to retrieve an apple off a high tree branch all prove fruitless. What does he want the apple for? That would be telling.

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  • 1968
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    30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

    30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

    4.2 1968 HD

    A 29-year old aspiring composer—still single and without any romantic prospects—vows to both marry and write a hit musical before he...

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  • 1982
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    Ziggy's Gift

    Ziggy's Gift

    6.286 1982 HD

    Ziggy gets a job to be a street Santa on Christmas Eve from a crooked boss, but the magic of the season allows the lovable loser to do more good than...

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  • 1971
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    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    7.1 1971 HD

    Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his...

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  • 1971
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    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    7.1 1971 HD

    Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his...

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  • 2015
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    Prologue

    Prologue

    6.431 2015 HD

    Prologue depicts Spartan and Athenian warriors locked in a gory battle to the death.

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  • 2010
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    Circus Drawings

    Circus Drawings

    5.8 2010 HD

    Sketches of a Spanish circus made by Richard Williams in 1953 come to life. Williams began the project at the age of 20 and finished it when he was...

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  • 1965
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    The Dermis Probe

    The Dermis Probe

    1 1965 HD

    A team of scientists debate the nature of an unknown material in this animated fable, inspired by a tale from Rumi's Masnavi.

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  • 1963
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    The Ever-Changing Motor Car

    The Ever-Changing Motor Car

    1 1963 HD

    An animated short made for Ford.

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  • 1962
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    Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.

    Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.

    7 1962 HD

    A short film by Richard Williams.

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  • 1962
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    Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.

    Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.

    7 1962 HD

    A short film by Richard Williams.

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  • 1962
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    Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.

    Love Me, Love Me, Love Me.

    7 1962 HD

    A short film by Richard Williams.

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  • 1958
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    The Little Island

    The Little Island

    6.6 1958 HD

    Depicts the dreams, ideas, and struggles of three men (representing "truth," "beauty," and "good") who settle on a tiny island.

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  • 1958
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    The Wardrobe

    The Wardrobe

    1 1958 HD

    Cartoon: a man takes off his shoes and climbs into a wardrobe, Another man appears, tries to communicate, and finally steps into a wardrobe; noises;...

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  • 1993
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    The Thief and the Cobbler

    The Thief and the Cobbler

    7.1 1993 HD

    It is written among the limitless constellations of the celestial heavens, and in the depths of the emerald seas, and upon every grain of sand in...

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  • 1993
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    The Thief and the Cobbler

    The Thief and the Cobbler

    7.1 1993 HD

    It is written among the limitless constellations of the celestial heavens, and in the depths of the emerald seas, and upon every grain of sand in...

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  • 1986
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    Roger Rabbit Screen Test

    Roger Rabbit Screen Test

    1 1986 HD

    Live-Action and animation composite test for 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit.' The short clip resulted in Richard Williams being hired as the film's...

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  • 1962
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    A Lecture on Man

    A Lecture on Man

    6.5 1962 HD

    Very rare early film from 1962, by Richard Williams - this is either his second or third film after The Little Island, the same year as Love Me Love...

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  • 1965
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    The Dermis Probe

    The Dermis Probe

    1 1965 HD

    A team of scientists debate the nature of an unknown material in this animated fable, inspired by a tale from Rumi's Masnavi.

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  • 1988
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    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    7.523 1988 HD

    'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on...

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  • 1967
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    The Sailor and the Devil

    The Sailor and the Devil

    8 1967 HD

    The great illustrator Errol Le Cain animated this rare short film for the Richard Williams Studio in 1967, as his "apprentice work." Professor Alex...

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  • 1977
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    Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

    Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

    6.737 1977 HD

    Raggedy Ann and Andy leave their playroom to rescue Babette, a beautiful French doll kidnapped by a pirate.

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  • 1962
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    A Lecture on Man

    A Lecture on Man

    6.5 1962 HD

    Very rare early film from 1962, by Richard Williams - this is either his second or third film after The Little Island, the same year as Love Me Love...

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  • 1970
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    4.5 1970 HD

    Eurovision-like singing competition featuring drag queens from around the world who compete to be crowned the Ultimate Queen of the Universe

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