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'''Richard Edmund Williams''' (March 19, 1933 – August 16, 2019) was a Canadian-British animator, voice actor, director, and writer, best known for serving as animation director on ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', for which he won two Academy Awards. | {{infobox | ||
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|image = File:Richard Williams and Roger Rabbit.jpg | |||
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|caption = Williams and [[Roger Rabbit (character)|Roger Rabbit]] holding an Academy Award | |||
|Row 1 title = Born | |||
|Row 1 info = Richard Edmund Williams<br>March 19, 1933<br>Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |||
|Row 2 title = Died | |||
|Row 2 info = August 16, 2019 (aged 86)<br>Bristol, England | |||
|Row 3 title = Nationality | |||
|Row 3 info = Canadian, British | |||
|Row 4 title = Education | |||
|Row 4 info = Northern Secondary School | |||
|Row 5 title = Alma mater | |||
|Row 5 info = Ontario College of Art<br>Royal College of Art <small>(honorary doctorate)</small> | |||
|Row 6 title = Occupations | |||
|Row 6 info = Animator • voice actor • painter | |||
|Row 7 title = Years active | |||
|Row 7 info = 1957–2019 | |||
|Row 8 title = Notable work | |||
|Row 8 info = ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit (film)|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''<br>''The Thief and the Cobbler''<br>''A Christmas Carol'' | |||
|Row 9 title = Children | |||
|Row 9 info = 6, including Alexander Williams | |||
|Row 10 title = Awards | |||
|Row 10 info = 3 Academy Awards (1971, 1988) | |||
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'''Richard Edmund Williams''' (March 19, 1933 – August 16, 2019) was a Canadian-British animator, voice actor, director, and writer, best known for serving as animation director on ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit (film)|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', for which he won two Academy Awards. | |||
As well as being the animation director, he also voiced [[Droopy]], and, after the | As well as being the animation director, he also voiced [[Droopy]], and, after the film, voiced him again in ''[[Tummy Trouble]]''. | ||
== | == Role == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Droopy.png|Droopy (''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' and ''Tummy Trouble'') | Droopy.png|<center>Droopy (''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' and ''Tummy Trouble'')</center> | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== External links == | |||
* [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/868599/ Richard Williams] at the BFI's Screenonline | |||
* [[w:c:disney:Richard Williams|Richard Williams]] at [[w:c:disney|Disney Wiki]] | |||
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931530/ Richard Williams] at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) | |||
* [[w:c:thethiefarchive:Richard Williams|Richard Williams]] at [[w:c:thethiefarchive|Richard Williams Wiki]] | |||
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