Paul Williams
63 movies · 36 TV shows
- Known for
- Music & Sound
- Born
- Sep 19, 1940 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Bennington, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Also known as
- Paul Hamilton Williams Jr. · پائول ویلیامز
Biography
Paul Hamilton Williams Jr. (born September 19, 1940) is an American composer, singer, songwriter, and actor. He is known for writing and co-writing popular songs performed by a number of acts in the 1970s, including Three Dog Night's "An Old Fashioned Love Song" and "Out in the Country", Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against the World", Biff Rose's "Fill Your Heart", and the Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays".
Williams is also known for writing the score and lyrics for Bugsy Malone (1976) and his musical contributions to other films, including the Oscar-nominated song "Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie, and writing the lyrics to the #1 chart-topping song "Evergreen", the love theme from the Barbra Streisand film A Star Is Born, for which he won a Grammy for Song of the Year and an Academy Award for Best Original Song. He wrote the lyrics to the opening theme for the television show The Love Boat, with music previously composed by Charles Fox, which was originally sung by Jack Jones and, later, by Dionne Warwick.
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Williams had a variety of high-profile acting roles, such as Little Enos Burdette in the action-comedy Smokey and the Bandit (1977) and the villainous Swan in Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise (1974), which Williams also co-scored, receiving an Oscar nomination in the process.[6] Since 2009, Williams has been the president and chairman of the American songwriting society ASCAP.
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Paul Williams: movies and TV shows
Acting (83)
- 2020 Superman: Red Son
as Brainiac (voice)
- 2017 Baby Driver
as The Butcher
- 2016
- 2014
- 2012 The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
as Cousin Quilty
- 2010 Valentine's Day
as Romeo Midnight (voice)
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007 Georgia Rule
as Mr. Wells
- 2005 Nowhere Man
as Bar Patron
- 2004 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
as Lord Harmony
- 2002 The Rules of Attraction
as Duty Doctor
- 2002
- 2000 A Regular Frankie Fan
as Narrator
- 1998
- 1997
- 1997
- 1997
- 1996
- 1996 Firestorm
as Dr. Tangu
- 1996
- 1996
- 1995
- 1995 Headless Body in Topless Bar
as Carl Levin
- 1995
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994 A Million to Juan
as Jenkins
- 1994
- 1994
- 1993 The Town Santa Forgot
as Pomp the Elf
- 1993 Nick & Noel
as Barnaby (voice)
- 1993
- 1992
- 1992 Solar Crisis
as Freddy the Bomb (voice)
- 1992
- 1991 The Last Halloween
as Gleep (Voice)
- 1991 Timeless Tales: The Steadfast Tin Soldier
as Frogbrauten
- 1991
- 1991 The Doors
as Warhol PR
- 1991 Frogs!
as Gus
- 1990
- 1990
- 1990 People Like Us
as Ezzie Fenwick
- 1990 Sam Kinison: Banned
as Attorney
- 1989 Old Gringo
as Cinematographer
- 1989 Chill Factor
as Clifford White
- 1987 Twelfth Night
as Curio
- 1987 Frog
as Gus
- 1986
- 1986 The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
as Grog the Frog (voice)
- 1985
- 1985 My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina
as Rep (voice)
- 1984
- 1984
- 1983 Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
as Little Enos
- 1982 Rooster
as Rooster Steele
- 1981
- 1981
- 1980 Smokey and the Bandit II
as Little Enos
- 1979 Stone Cold Dead
as Julius Kurtz
- 1979
- 1979 The Muppet Movie
as El Sleazo Pianist
- 1979 The Wild Wild West Revisited
as Michelito Loveless, Jr.
- 1979
- 1978 The Cheap Detective
as Boy
- 1977
- 1977 Smokey and the Bandit
as Little Enos
- 1977 Flight to Holocaust
as Colorado Davis
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976
- 1975
- 1975
- 1974 Phantom of the Paradise
as Swan
- 1974
- 1973 Battle for the Planet of the Apes
as Virgil
- 1970
- 1970 Watermelon Man
as Employment Office Clerk
- 1969
- 1966 The Chase
as Seymour
- 1965 The Loved One
as Gunther Fry
- 1948
Behind the camera (24)
- 2025
- 2025 The Muppet Script
Original Music Composer
- 2021
- 2020 Belsen: Our Story
Cinematography
- 2016 Bridget Jones's Baby
Dialogue Editor
- 2014
- 2012 The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
Executive Producer
- 2008 A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Songs, Story, Teleplay
- 2008 The Happening
Construction Coordinator
- 1992
- 1987 Ishtar
Songs
- 1982 Rooster
Writer
- 1982 The Secret of NIMH
Lyricist
- 1979 The Muppet Movie
Original Music Composer, Songs
- 1978 The End
Original Music Composer
- 1978 Sparrow
Original Music Composer
- 1977 Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Songs, Music
- 1977 Flight to Holocaust
Music, Songs
- 1976 A Star Is Born
Songs
- 1976 Bugsy Malone
Original Music Composer, Songs
- 1974 Phantom of the Paradise
Original Music Composer, Songs
- 1974
- 1974
- 1969
Talk shows and appearances (30)
- 2022
- 2020 Prop Culture
1 episode
- 2019
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2013
- 2011
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005
- 2001
- 1991
- 1989
- 1985
- 1984 Puttin' on the Hits
1 episode
- 1980
- 1979
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976 The Captain and Tennille
1 episode
- 1976 The Muppet Show
1 episode
- 1976 Donny & Marie
1 episode
- 1974 Dinah!
2 episodes
- 1972 The Midnight Special
4 episodes
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
17 episodes
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show
1 episode
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
2 episodes
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
2 episodes