Paul Williams
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Virgil
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Little Enos
Smokey and the Bandit
Little Enos Burdette
Smokey and the Bandit II
Swan
Phantom of the Paradise
Ed
The Night They Saved Christmas
Self
The People's Command Performance: '77
Boy
The Cheap Detective
Julius Kurtz
Stone Cold Dead
Little Enos
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
Self - Choir Member
Voices That Care
Gunther Fry
The Loved One
Self
The Beatles Forever
Self
The Muppet Revue
Self
Paul Williams Still Alive
Michelito Loveless, Jr.
The Wild Wild West Revisited
Himself
The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick
Gus
Frog
Self
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Cousin Quilty
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
Gleep (Voice)
The Last Halloween
Self
Waiting for Ishtar
Curio
Twelfth Night
Colorado Davis
Flight to Holocaust
El Sleazo Pianist
The Muppet Movie
Freddy the Bomb (voice)
Solar Crisis
Self
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
Dr. Tangu
Firestorm
Self
Daft Punk Unchained
Warhol PR
The Doors
Clifford White
Chill Factor
Seymour
The Chase
Barnaby (voice)
Nick & Noel
Self
The Bandit
Self
Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
Self
Phantom of Winnipeg
Himself
The Search for Haunted Hollywood
Carl Levin
Headless Body in Topless Bar
Employment Office Clerk
Watermelon Man
The Butcher
Baby Driver
Grog the Frog (voice)
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
Duty Doctor
The Rules of Attraction
Rep (voice)
My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina
Self
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
Himself
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
Narrator
A Regular Frankie Fan
Elf
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Brainiac (voice)
Superman: Red Son
Mr. Wells
Georgia Rule
Gus
Frogs!
Lord Harmony
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Romeo Midnight (voice)
Valentine's Day
Duke
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
Jenkins
A Million to Juan
Postal Worker
Pomp the Elf
The Town Santa Forgot
Bar Patron
Nowhere Man
Cinematographer
Old Gringo
Rooster Steele
Rooster
Self
Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow
Ezzie Fenwick
People Like Us
Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters
Attorney
Sam Kinison: Banned
Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Known Credits
62
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-09-19
Place of Birth
Bennington, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Also Known As
Paul Hamilton Williams Jr.