What is Richard Williams (animator)?
{{Infobox person | name = Richard Williams | image = Richard Williams animator.jpg | caption = Williams at the 2015 [[Annecy International Animated Film Festival]] | birth_name = Richard Edmund Williams<ref name=filmr>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/65/Richard-Williams.html |title=Richard Williams Biography (1933-) |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=2016-03-02}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|3|19}} | birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|8|16|1933|3|19}} | death_place = [[Bristol]], England, United Kingdom | nationality = Canadian, British | occupation = Animator, voice actor, director, writer | alma_mater = [[Northern Secondary School (Toronto)|Northern Secondary School]] | years_active = 1957–2019 (animation career) | spouse = Margaret French<br>[[Imogen Sutton]] | children = 6 including [[Alexander Williams (cartoonist)|Alexander Williams]], and Claire Williams }} '''Richard Edmund Williams''' (March 19, 1933 – August 16, 2019) was a Canadian–British [[animator]], [[voice actor]], director, and writer. He was best known for being the animation director on ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' (1988) and for his unfinished movie ''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]'' (1993). He also created the title scenes for ''[[What's New Pussycat?]]'' (1965), ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (movie)|A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' (1966), ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 movie)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' and the intros of the ''[[The Pink Panther (movie series)|Pink Panther]]'' movies. Williams died of [[cancer]] at his home in [[Bristol]], England on August 16, 2019 at the age of 86.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/08/17/richard-williams-who-framed-roger-rabbit-animator-dies-86/2039612001/ Richard Williams, 'Who Framed Roger Rabbi