Name
Paul Williams
Known For
Sound
Birthday
1940-09-19 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Bennington, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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.
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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- 1973 Battle for the Planet of the Apes as Virgil
- 1977 Smokey and the Bandit as Little Enos
- 1980 Smokey and the Bandit II as Little Enos
- 1974 Phantom of the Paradise as Swan
- 1984 The Night They Saved Christmas as Ed
- 1977 The People's Command Performance: '77 as Self
- 1978 The Cheap Detective as Boy
- 1979 Stone Cold Dead as Julius Kurtz
- 1983 Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 as Little Enos
- 1991 Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member
- 1965 The Loved One as Gunther Fry
- 1977 The Beatles Forever as Self
- 1985 The Muppet Revue as Self
- 2011 Paul Williams Still Alive as Self
- 1979 The Wild Wild West Revisited as Michelito Loveless, Jr.
- 2001 The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick as Himself
- 1987 Frog as Gus
- 1979 The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self
- 2012 The Ghastly Love of Johnny X as Cousin Quilty
- 1991 The Last Halloween as Gleep (Voice)
- 2017 Waiting for Ishtar as Self
- 1987 Twelfth Night as Curio
- 1977 Flight to Holocaust as Colorado Davis
- 1979 The Muppet Movie as El Sleazo Pianist
- 1992 Solar Crisis as Freddy the Bomb (voice)
- 2022 Killing Me Softly with His Songs as Self
- 1996 Firestorm as Dr. Tangu
- 2015 Daft Punk Unchained as Self
- 1991 The Doors as Warhol PR
- 1989 Chill Factor as Clifford White
- 1966 The Chase as Seymour
- 1993 Nick & Noel as Barnaby (voice)
- 2016 The Bandit as Self
- 2006 Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit as Self
- 2019 Phantom of Winnipeg as Self
- 1989 The Search for Haunted Hollywood as Self
- 1995 Headless Body in Topless Bar as Carl Levin
- 1970 Watermelon Man as Employment Office Clerk
- 2017 Baby Driver as The Butcher
- 1986 The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard as Grog the Frog (voice)
- 2002 The Rules of Attraction as Duty Doctor
- 1985 My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina as Rep (voice)
- 2014 Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams as Self
- 2006 Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise' as Himself
- 2000 A Regular Frankie Fan as Narrator
- 2008 A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa as Elf
- 2020 Superman: Red Son as Brainiac (voice)
- 2007 Georgia Rule as Mr. Wells
- 1991 Frogs! as Gus
- 2004 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement as Lord Harmony
- 2010 Valentine's Day as Romeo Midnight (voice)
- 1994 Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die as Duke
- 1994 A Million to Juan as Jenkins
- 1998 Postal Worker
- 1993 The Town Santa Forgot as Pomp the Elf
- 2005 Nowhere Man as Bar Patron
- 1989 Old Gringo as Cinematographer
- 1982 Rooster as Rooster Steele
- 2005 Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow as Self
- 1990 People Like Us as Ezzie Fenwick
- 2002 Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters
- 1990 Sam Kinison: Banned as Attorney
- 1991 Timeless Tales: The Steadfast Tin Soldier as Frogbrauten
- 2025 The Muppet Scriptmas Carol as Self (uncredited)
- 2014 Paul Williams: Soul Inspiration
- 1996 Boston Common ( 1 episode ) as Father Rooney
- 1991 The Legend of Prince Valiant ( 1 episode )
- 1997 Perversions of Science ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Mueller
- 1986 My Little Pony ( 65 episodes )
- 1979 B. J. and the Bear ( 1 episode )
- 1990 Dream On ( 2 episodes ) as Paul Williams
- 1970 The Odd Couple ( 1 episode ) as Paul Williams
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Nelson Hoag
- 1995 Star Trek: Voyager ( 1 episode ) as Koru
- 1992 Batman: The Animated Series ( 7 episodes ) as Penguin (voice)
- 1969 Hawaii Five-O ( 1 episode ) as Tim Powers / Stringer
- 1985 227 ( 1 episode )
- 1994 Phantom 2040 ( 35 episodes )
- 1975 Baretta ( 1 episode )
- 1993 Walker, Texas Ranger ( 1 episode ) as Tumbleweed Tom
- 1976 Donny & Marie ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1977 The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries ( 2 episodes )
- 1994 Babylon 5 ( 1 episode ) as Taq
- 1996 Superman: The Animated Series ( 1 episode ) as Penguin (voice)
- 1981 Gimme a Break! ( 1 episode )
- 1976 The Muppet Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Special Guest Star / Arnold Stockman
- 1981 The Fall Guy ( 1 episode )
- 1976 Good Heavens ( 1 episode )
- 1977 The Brady Bunch Hour ( 1 episode )
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Co-Host
- 1984 Enchanted Musical Playhouse ( 4 episodes )
- 1953 The Oscars ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1980 Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 17 episodes ) as Self
- 1976 The Captain and Tennille ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1979 The Paul Williams Comedy Show ( 1 episode ) as Paul Hamilton/Marvin the Martian
- 1997 The New Batman Adventures ( 4 episodes ) as The Penguin (voice)
- 2009 Community ( 1 episode ) as Britta's Contact
- 1972 The Midnight Special ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1974 Dinah! ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1990 Captain Planet and the Planeteers ( 1 episode ) as Kujo (voice)
- 1996 Dexter's Laboratory ( 1 episode ) as Professor Williams (voice)
- 1981 The Fall Guy ( 1 episode ) as Paul Williams (uncredited)
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Brian
- 2016 Goliath ( 7 episodes ) as James 'JT' Reginald III
- 1995 The Mask: Animated Series ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Byron (voice)
- 2020 Prop Culture ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show ( 1 episode )
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 2013 Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators ( 1 episode ) as Himself
- 1984 Puttin' on the Hits ( 1 episode ) as Judge
- 1975 When Things Were Rotten ( 1 episode ) as Guy de Maupassant
- 1948 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Police Woman ( 1 episode ) as Willy Jaques
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 Fish Police ( 1 episode ) as Buddy (voice)
- 1994 The Tick ( 1 episode ) as Mother of Invention (voice)
