Paul Williams
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.
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Fotos
Películas (81)
The Muppet Scriptmas Carol
2025 · Self (uncredited), Songs
The Muppet Script
2025 · Original Music Composer
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
2022 · Self
Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas
2021 · Songs
Superman: Red Son
2020 · Brainiac (voice)
Belsen: Our Story
2020 · Cinematography
Phantom of Winnipeg
2019 · Self
Waiting for Ishtar
2017 · Self
Baby Driver
2017 · The Butcher
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016 · Dialogue Editor
The Bandit
2016 · Self
Daft Punk Unchained
2015 · Self
Paul Williams: Soul Inspiration
2014
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
2014 · Self, Thanks
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012 · Executive Producer
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
2012 · Cousin Quilty
Paul Williams Still Alive
2011 · Self
Valentine's Day
2010 · Romeo Midnight (voice)
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008 · Elf, Songs, Teleplay, Story
The Happening
2008 · Construction Coordinator
Georgia Rule
2007 · Mr. Wells
Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
2006 · Self
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
2006 · Himself
Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow
2005 · Self
Nowhere Man
2005 · Bar Patron
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
2004 · Lord Harmony
The Rules of Attraction
2002 · Duty Doctor
Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters
2002
The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick
2001 · Himself
A Regular Frankie Fan
2000 · Narrator
Postal Worker
1998
Firestorm
1996 · Dr. Tangu
Headless Body in Topless Bar
1995 · Carl Levin
A Million to Juan
1994 · Jenkins
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
1994 · Duke
The Town Santa Forgot
1993 · Pomp the Elf
Nick & Noel
1993 · Barnaby (voice)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992 · Songs
Solar Crisis
1992 · Freddy the Bomb (voice)
The Last Halloween
1991 · Gleep (Voice)
Timeless Tales: The Steadfast Tin Soldier
1991 · Frogbrauten
The Doors
1991 · Warhol PR
Voices That Care
1991 · Self - Choir Member
Frogs!
1991 · Gus
People Like Us
1990 · Ezzie Fenwick
Sam Kinison: Banned
1990 · Attorney
The Search for Haunted Hollywood
1989 · Self
Old Gringo
1989 · Cinematographer
Chill Factor
1989 · Clifford White
Twelfth Night
1987 · Curio
Ishtar
1987 · Songs
Frog
1987 · Gus
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
1986 · Grog the Frog (voice)
The Muppet Revue
1985 · Self
My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina
1985 · Rep (voice)
The Night They Saved Christmas
1984 · Ed
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
1983 · Little Enos
Rooster
1982 · Rooster Steele, Writer
The Secret of NIMH
1982 · Lyricist
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980 · Little Enos
Stone Cold Dead
1979 · Julius Kurtz
The Muppet Movie
1979 · El Sleazo Pianist, Original Music Composer, Songs
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979 · Self
The Wild Wild West Revisited
1979 · Michelito Loveless, Jr.
The Cheap Detective
1978 · Boy
The End
1978 · Original Music Composer
Sparrow
1978 · Original Music Composer
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
1977 · Songs, Music
The Beatles Forever
1977 · Self
Smokey and the Bandit
1977 · Little Enos
The People's Command Performance: '77
1977 · Self
Flight to Holocaust
1977 · Colorado Davis, Music, Songs
A Star Is Born
1976 · Songs
Bugsy Malone
1976 · Original Music Composer, Songs
Phantom of the Paradise
1974 · Swan, Original Music Composer, Songs
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974 · Songs
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
1974 · Songs
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973 · Virgil
Watermelon Man
1970 · Employment Office Clerk
The Chase
1966 · Seymour
The Loved One
1965 · Gunther Fry
Series (50)
Prop Culture
2020 · Self
Goliath
2016 · James 'JT' Reginald III
Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators
2013 · Himself
Community
2009 · Britta's Contact
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
1997
The New Batman Adventures
1997 · The Penguin (voice)
Perversions of Science
1997 · Dr. Mueller
Superman: The Animated Series
1996 · Penguin (voice)
Dexter's Laboratory
1996 · Professor Williams (voice)
Boston Common
1996 · Father Rooney
The Mask: Animated Series
1995 · Dr. Byron (voice)
Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · Koru
Phantom 2040
1994
The Tick
1994 · Mother of Invention (voice)
Babylon 5
1994 · Taq
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Tumbleweed Tom
Batman: The Animated Series
1992 · Penguin (voice)
Fish Police
1992 · Buddy (voice)
The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990 · Kujo (voice)
Dream On
1990 · Paul Williams
My Little Pony
1986
227
1985
Puttin' on the Hits
1984 · Judge
Enchanted Musical Playhouse
1984
The Fall Guy
1981 · Paul Williams (uncredited)
Gimme a Break!
1981
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
1980 · Self
The Paul Williams Comedy Show
1979 · Paul Hamilton/Marvin the Martian
B. J. and the Bear
1979
Vacaciones en el mar
1977 · Nelson Hoag, Brian
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
The Brady Bunch Hour
1977
The Captain and Tennille
1976 · Self - Guest
The Muppet Show
1976 · Self - Special Guest Star / Arnold Stockman
Good Heavens
1976
Donny & Marie
1976 · Self
When Things Were Rotten
1975 · Guy de Maupassant
Baretta
1975
Dinah!
1974 · Self
Police Woman
1974 · Willy Jaques
The Midnight Special
1972 · Self
The Odd Couple
1970 · Paul Williams
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Tim Powers / Stringer, Story
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self - Co-Host
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1948
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter