Paul Williams
Sound • Born 1940-09-19
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
114 credits
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1973
Virgil
Smokey and the Bandit
Movie • 1977
Little Enos
Smokey and the Bandit II
Movie • 1980
Little Enos Burdette
Phantom of the Paradise
Movie • 1974
Swan
The Night They Saved Christmas
Movie • 1984
Ed
The People's Command Performance: '77
Movie • 1977
Self
The Cheap Detective
Movie • 1978
Boy
Stone Cold Dead
Movie • 1979
Julius Kurtz
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
Movie • 1983
Little Enos
Voices That Care
Movie • 1991
Self - Choir Member
The Loved One
Movie • 1965
Gunther Fry
The Beatles Forever
Movie • 1977
Self
The Muppet Revue
Movie • 1985
Self
Paul Williams Still Alive
Movie • 2011
Self
The Wild Wild West Revisited
Movie • 1979
Michelito Loveless, Jr.
The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick
Movie • 2001
Himself
Frog
Movie • 1987
Gus
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Movie • 1979
Self
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
Movie • 2012
Cousin Quilty
The Last Halloween
Movie • 1991
Gleep (Voice)
Waiting for Ishtar
Movie • 2017
Self
Twelfth Night
Movie • 1987
Curio
Flight to Holocaust
Movie • 1977
Colorado Davis
The Muppet Movie
Movie • 1979
El Sleazo Pianist
Solar Crisis
Movie • 1992
Freddy the Bomb (voice)
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
Movie • 2022
Self
Firestorm
Movie • 1996
Dr. Tangu
Daft Punk Unchained
Movie • 2015
Self
The Doors
Movie • 1991
Warhol PR
Chill Factor
Movie • 1989
Clifford White
The Chase
Movie • 1966
Seymour
Nick & Noel
Movie • 1993
Barnaby (voice)
The Bandit
Movie • 2016
Self
Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
Movie
Self
Phantom of Winnipeg
Movie • 2019
Self
The Search for Haunted Hollywood
Movie • 1989
Himself
Headless Body in Topless Bar
Movie • 1995
Carl Levin
Watermelon Man
Movie • 1970
Employment Office Clerk
Baby Driver
Movie • 2017
The Butcher
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
Movie • 1986
Grog the Frog (voice)
The Rules of Attraction
Movie • 2002
Duty Doctor
My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina
Movie • 1985
Rep (voice)
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
Movie • 2014
Self
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
Movie • 2006
Himself
A Regular Frankie Fan
Movie • 2000
Narrator
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Movie • 2008
Elf
Superman: Red Son
Movie • 2020
Brainiac (voice)
Georgia Rule
Movie • 2007
Mr. Wells
Frogs!
Movie • 1991
Gus
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Movie • 2004
Lord Harmony
Valentine's Day
Movie • 2010
Romeo Midnight (voice)
A Million to Juan
Movie • 1994
Jenkins
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
Movie • 1994
Duke
Old Gringo
Movie • 1989
Cinematographer
Postal Worker
Movie • 1998
The Town Santa Forgot
Movie • 1993
Pomp the Elf
Nowhere Man
Movie • 2005
Bar Patron
Rooster
Movie • 1982
Rooster Steele
Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow
Movie • 2005
Self
People Like Us
Movie • 1990
Ezzie Fenwick
Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters
Movie • 2002
Sam Kinison: Banned
Movie • 1990
Attorney
Timeless Tales: The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Movie • 1991
Frogbrauten
Boston Common
TV • 1996
Father Rooney
The Legend of Prince Valiant
TV • 1991
Perversions of Science
TV • 1997
Dr. Mueller
My Little Pony
TV • 1986
B. J. and the Bear
TV • 1979
Dream On
TV • 1990
Paul Williams
The Odd Couple
TV • 1970
Paul Williams
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Nelson Hoag
Star Trek: Voyager
TV • 1995
Koru
Batman: The Animated Series
TV • 1992
Penguin (voice)
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Tim Powers / Stringer
227
TV • 1985
Phantom 2040
TV • 1994
Baretta
TV • 1975
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Tumbleweed Tom
Donny & Marie
TV • 1976
Self
Dalziel & Pascoe
TV • 1996
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV • 1977
Babylon 5
TV • 1994
Taq
Superman: The Animated Series
TV • 1996
Penguin (voice)
Gimme a Break!
TV • 1981
The Muppet Show
TV • 1976
Self - Special Guest Star / Arnold Stockman
The Fall Guy
TV • 1981
Good Heavens
TV • 1976
The Brady Bunch Hour
TV • 1977
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
Enchanted Musical Playhouse
TV • 1984
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
TV • 1980
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Captain and Tennille
TV • 1976
Self - Guest
The Paul Williams Comedy Show
TV • 1979
Paul Hamilton/Marvin the Martian
The New Batman Adventures
TV • 1997
The Penguin (voice)
Community
TV • 2009
Britta's Contact
The Midnight Special
TV • 1972
Self
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
TV • 1990
Kujo (voice)
Dexter's Laboratory
TV • 1996
Professor Williams (voice)
The Fall Guy
TV • 1981
Paul Williams (uncredited)
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Brian
Goliath
TV • 2016
James 'JT' Reginald III
The Mask: Animated Series
TV • 1995
Dr. Byron (voice)
Prop Culture
TV • 2020
Self
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
TV • 1997
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators
TV • 2013
Himself
Puttin' on the Hits
TV • 1984
Judge
When Things Were Rotten
TV • 1975
Guy de Maupassant
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
TV • 1948
Police Woman
TV • 1974
Willy Jaques