Paul Williams
SoundPaul 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
Baby Driver
The Butcher
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Lord Harmony
Valentine's Day
Romeo Midnight (voice)
The Doors
Warhol PR
Smokey and the Bandit
Little Enos
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Virgil
The Chase
Seymour
The Muppet Movie
El Sleazo Pianist
Phantom of the Paradise
Swan
The Rules of Attraction
Duty Doctor
Filmography — Acting
Baby Driver
The Butcher
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Lord Harmony
Valentine's Day
Romeo Midnight (voice)
The Doors
Warhol PR
Smokey and the Bandit
Little Enos
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Virgil
The Chase
Seymour
The Muppet Movie
El Sleazo Pianist
Phantom of the Paradise
Swan
The Rules of Attraction
Duty Doctor
Georgia Rule
Mr. Wells
Smokey and the Bandit II
Little Enos Burdette
The Cheap Detective
Boy
Superman: Red Son
Brainiac (voice)
Watermelon Man
Employment Office Clerk
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Elf
Solar Crisis
Freddy the Bomb (voice)
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
Little Enos
Old Gringo
Cinematographer
Voices That Care
Self - Choir Member
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self
Daft Punk Unchained
Self
Frogs!
Gus
The Loved One
Gunther Fry
People Like Us
Ezzie Fenwick
Frog
Gus
Rooster
Rooster Steele
A Million to Juan
Jenkins
The Night They Saved Christmas
Ed
The Bandit
Self
The Wild Wild West Revisited
Michelito Loveless, Jr.
Firestorm
Dr. Tangu
Flight to Holocaust
Colorado Davis
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
Grog the Frog (voice)
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
Duke
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
Self
Twelfth Night
Curio
The Town Santa Forgot
Pomp the Elf
The People's Command Performance: '77
Self
Headless Body in Topless Bar
Carl Levin
Stone Cold Dead
Julius Kurtz
Nick & Noel
Barnaby (voice)
Nowhere Man
Bar Patron
My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina
Rep (voice)
The Last Halloween
Gleep (Voice)
Paul Williams Still Alive
Self
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
Himself
The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick
Himself
Waiting for Ishtar
Self
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
Self
Chill Factor
Clifford White
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
Cousin Quilty
The Search for Haunted Hollywood
Self
The Muppet Revue
Self
Postal Worker
Phantom of Winnipeg
Self
Sam Kinison: Banned
Attorney
Timeless Tales: The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Frogbrauten
Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
Self
Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters
Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow
Self
The Beatles Forever
Self
A Regular Frankie Fan
Narrator