Known For
Sound
Born
Sep 19, 1940
Place of Birth
Bennington, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Credits
130 titles
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
Filmography
The Muppet Scriptmas Carol
Songs
The Muppet Script
Original Music Composer
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
Self
Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas
Songs
Prop Culture
Self
Superman: Red Son
Brainiac (voice)
Belsen: Our Story
Cinematography
Phantom of Winnipeg
Self
Waiting for Ishtar
Self
Baby Driver
The Butcher
Goliath
James 'JT' Reginald III
Bridget Jones's Baby
Dialogue Editor
The Bandit
Self
Daft Punk Unchained
Self
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
Self
Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators
Himself
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
Executive Producer
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
Cousin Quilty
Paul Williams Still Alive
Self
Valentine's Day
Romeo Midnight (voice)
Community
Britta's Contact
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Elf
The Happening
Construction Coordinator
Georgia Rule
Mr. Wells
Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
Self
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
Himself
Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow
Self
Nowhere Man
Bar Patron
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Lord Harmony
The Rules of Attraction
Duty Doctor
Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters
The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick
Himself
A Regular Frankie Fan
Narrator
Postal Worker
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
The New Batman Adventures
The Penguin (voice)
Perversions of Science
Dr. Mueller
Superman: The Animated Series
Penguin (voice)
Firestorm
Dr. Tangu
Dexter's Laboratory
Professor Williams (voice)
Boston Common
Father Rooney
The Mask: Animated Series
Dr. Byron (voice)
Headless Body in Topless Bar
Carl Levin
Star Trek: Voyager
Koru
Phantom 2040
The Tick
Mother of Invention (voice)
A Million to Juan
Jenkins
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
Duke
Babylon 5
Taq
The Town Santa Forgot
Pomp the Elf