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