| Richard Thompson | |
| Birth Date: | 26 August 1914 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Animator |
| Known For: | Road Runner cartoons |
Richard Thompson (26 August 1914 - 12 June 1998) was an American animator who worked at several animated cartoon departments over a career of four decades.
Thompson's longest association was with Chuck Jones at Warner Bros. Cartoons and MGM Animation/Visual Arts. Notably, he was an animator on Chuck Jones' Road Runner cartoons. He also worked at Hanna-Barbera and DePatie–Freleng Enterprises. He animated for Tom and Jerry cartoons; for one Peanuts animated special, He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown; and for two Babar TV specials by Mendelson-Melendez Productions, The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant and Babar Comes to America.