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Richard Williams
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 107
Top works
- The Sniper
- The Roof-Climber's Guide to Trinity
- Richard L. Williams Collected Historical Writings
- Shoulder-In
- The exploits of the incomparable Mulla Nasrudin
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Lysistrata — Kalonike (voice)2026
- Persistence of Vision — Himself2012
- Waking Sleeping Beauty — Self (archive footage)2009
- The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau — self2002
- It All Started with a Mouse: The Disney Story — Self1989
- Tummy Trouble — Droopy Dog (voice)1989
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit — Droopy (voice)1988
- I Drew Roger Rabbit — Himself1988
- Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town — Self – Director of Animation1988
- Richard Williams and the Thief Who Never Gave Up — Himself1982
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Richard Gene Williams (May 4, 1931 – November 4, 1985) was an American jazz trumpeter. Williams was born in Galveston, Texas, and played tenor saxophone early in his life before picking up trumpet as a teenager. He played in local Texas bands and attended Wiley College, where he majored in music. After serving in the Air Force from 1952–56, he toured Europe with Lionel Hampton, and upon his return took a master's degree at the Manhattan School of Music. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Richar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Williams
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Toronto
- Place of death
- Bristol
- Occupation
- painter
- Educated at
- OCAD University
- Employer
- UPA
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Winsor McCay Award
- Field of work
- erotic art
- Image
- Richard Williams animator.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
- Residence
- London
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- name in native language
- Richard Williams
- cause of death
- cancer
- date of birth
- 1933-03-19
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
- date of death
- 2019-08-16
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- Commons category
- Richard Williams (animator)
- birth name
- Richard Edmund Williams
- has works in the collection
- Eye Filmmuseum
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