Paul Williams
Born: 1940-09-19 in Bennington, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Known For: Sound
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
Filmography
2025
- The Muppet Script ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Muppet Scriptmas Carol ... (Songs)
2022
- Killing Me Softly with His Songs as Self
2021
- Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas ... (Songs)
2020
- Prop Culture as Self
- Superman: Red Son as Brainiac (voice)
- Belsen: Our Story ... (Cinematography)
2019
- Phantom of Winnipeg as Self
2017
- Baby Driver as The Butcher
- Waiting for Ishtar as Self
2016
- Goliath as James 'JT' Reginald III
- Bridget Jones's Baby ... (Dialogue Editor)
- The Bandit as Self
2015
- Daft Punk Unchained as Self
2014
2013
2012
- The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012 ... (Executive Producer)
- The Ghastly Love of Johnny X as Cousin Quilty
2011
- Paul Williams Still Alive as Self
2010
- Valentine's Day as Romeo Midnight (voice)
2009
- Community as Britta's Contact
2008
- The Happening ... (Construction Coordinator)
- A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa as Elf
2007
- Georgia Rule as Mr. Wells
2006
2005
- Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow as Self
- Nowhere Man as Bar Patron
2004
- The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement as Lord Harmony
2002
- The Rules of Attraction as Duty Doctor
- Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters
2001
- The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick as Himself
2000
- A Regular Frankie Fan as Narrator
1998
1997
- The New Batman Adventures as The Penguin (voice)
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
- Perversions of Science as Dr. Mueller
1996
- Dexter's Laboratory as Professor Williams (voice)
- Superman: The Animated Series as Penguin (voice)
- Boston Common as Father Rooney
- Firestorm as Dr. Tangu
1995
- Star Trek: Voyager as Koru
- The Mask: Animated Series as Dr. Byron (voice)
- Headless Body in Topless Bar as Carl Levin
1994
- Babylon 5 as Taq
- Phantom 2040
- Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die as Duke
- A Million to Juan as Jenkins
1993
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Tumbleweed Tom
- The Town Santa Forgot as Pomp the Elf
- Nick & Noel as Barnaby (voice)
1992
- Batman: The Animated Series as Penguin (voice)
- The Muppet Christmas Carol ... (Songs)
- Fish Police as Buddy (voice)
- Solar Crisis as Freddy the Bomb (voice)
1991
- The Legend of Prince Valiant
- The Doors as Warhol PR
- Frogs! as Gus
- Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member
- Timeless Tales: The Steadfast Tin Soldier as Frogbrauten
- The Last Halloween as Gleep (Voice)
1990
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Kujo (voice)
- Dream On as Paul Williams
- People Like Us as Ezzie Fenwick
- Sam Kinison: Banned as Attorney
1989
- Old Gringo as Cinematographer
- The Search for Haunted Hollywood as Self
- Chill Factor as Clifford White
1987
- Ishtar ... (Songs)
- Frog as Gus
- Twelfth Night as Curio
1986
- My Little Pony
- The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard as Grog the Frog (voice)
1985
- 227
- My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina as Rep (voice)
- The Muppet Revue as Self
1984
1983
- Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 as Little Enos
1982
- The Secret of NIMH ... (Lyricist)
- Rooster as Rooster Steele
1980
- Smokey and the Bandit II as Little Enos Burdette
- Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters as Self
1979
- B. J. and the Bear
- The Muppet Movie as El Sleazo Pianist
- The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self
- The Wild Wild West Revisited as Michelito Loveless, Jr.
- Stone Cold Dead as Julius Kurtz
- The Paul Williams Comedy Show as Paul Hamilton/Marvin the Martian
1978
- The Cheap Detective as Boy
- The End ... (Original Music Composer)
1977
- The Love Boat as Nelson Hoag
- The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
- Smokey and the Bandit as Little Enos
- The Brady Bunch Hour
- Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas ... (Songs)
- Flight to Holocaust as Colorado Davis
- The People's Command Performance: '77 as Self
- The Beatles Forever as Self
1976
- The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star / Arnold Stockman
- Donny & Marie as Self
- The Captain and Tennille as Self - Guest
- Bugsy Malone ... (Original Music Composer)
- Good Heavens
- A Star Is Born ... (Songs)
1975
- Baretta
- When Things Were Rotten as Guy de Maupassant
1974
- Police Woman as Willy Jaques
- Dinah! as Self
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot ... (Songs)
- Phantom of the Paradise as Swan
- The Stranger Who Looks Like Me ... (Songs)
1973
- Battle for the Planet of the Apes as Virgil
1972
- The Midnight Special as Self
1970
- The Odd Couple as Paul Williams
- Watermelon Man as Employment Office Clerk
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Tim Powers / Stringer
1966
- The Chase as Seymour
1965
- The Loved One as Gunther Fry
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee