Paul Williams
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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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
Credits
Baby Driver (2017)
as The Butcher
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
as Lord Harmony
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
as Virgil
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
as Swan
Valentine's Day (2010)
as Romeo Midnight (voice)
The Rules of Attraction (2002)
as Duty Doctor
The Muppet Movie (1979)
as El Sleazo Pianist
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
as Little Enos
The Doors (1991)
as Warhol PR
Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
as Little Enos
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)
as Little Enos
Postal Worker (1998)
Actor
The Chase (1966)
as Seymour
The Bandit (2016)
as Self
Killing Me Softly with His Songs (2022)
as Self
Daft Punk Unchained (2015)
as Self
The Muppet Scriptmas Carol (2025)
as Self (uncredited)
Nick & Noel (1993)
as Barnaby (voice)
Superman: Red Son (2020)
as Brainiac (voice)
Georgia Rule (2007)
as Mr. Wells
Sam Kinison: Banned (1990)
as Attorney
Nowhere Man (2005)
as Bar Patron
The Town Santa Forgot (1993)
as Pomp the Elf
The Cheap Detective (1978)
as Boy
People Like Us (1990)
as Ezzie Fenwick
The Muppet Revue (1985)
as Self
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008)
as Elf
The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
as Self
Timeless Tales: The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1991)
as Frogbrauten
Solar Crisis (1992)
as Freddy the Bomb (voice)
The Night They Saved Christmas (1984)
as Ed
Stone Cold Dead (1979)
as Julius Kurtz
The Loved One (1965)
as Gunther Fry
The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979)
as Michelito Loveless, Jr.
A Million to Juan (1994)
as Jenkins
Watermelon Man (1970)
as Employment Office Clerk
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die (1994)
as Duke
Old Gringo (1989)
as Cinematographer
Frog (1987)
as Gus
Voices That Care (1991)
as Self - Choir Member
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2012)
as Cousin Quilty
Frogs! (1991)
as Gus
Headless Body in Topless Bar (1995)
as Carl Levin
Paul Williams Still Alive (2011)
as Self
My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina (1985)
as Rep (voice)
Rooster (1982)
as Rooster Steele
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise' (2006)
as Himself
Firestorm (1996)
as Dr. Tangu
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard (1986)
as Grog the Frog (voice)
Paul Williams: Soul Inspiration (2014)
Actor
Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow (2005)
as Self
A Regular Frankie Fan (2000)
as Narrator
The Last Halloween (1991)
as Gleep (Voice)
Twelfth Night (1987)
as Curio
Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit (2006)
as Self
The People's Command Performance: '77 (1977)
as Self
Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters (2002)
Actor
Waiting for Ishtar (2017)
as Self
Flight to Holocaust (1977)
as Colorado Davis
The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick (2001)
as Himself
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams (2014)
as Self
Chill Factor (1989)
as Clifford White
The Beatles Forever (1977)
as Self
Phantom of Winnipeg (2019)
as Self
The Search for Haunted Hollywood (1989)
as Self