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