Paul Williams
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- September 19, 1940 · Bennington, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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 · Self, Songs
- The Muppet Script · Music
- 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
- Paul Williams: Soul Inspiration
- Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams · Self, Thanks
- Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators · Self
- 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, Songs
- 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' · Self
- 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 · Self
- 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
- Nick & Noel · Barnaby (Voice)
- Walker, Texas Ranger · Tumbleweed Tom
- The Muppet Christmas Carol · Songs
- Batman: The Animated Series · Penguin (Voice)
- Solar Crisis · Freddy the Bomb (Voice)
- Fish Police · Buddy (Voice)
- The Last Halloween · Gleep (Voice)
- Timeless Tales: The Steadfast Tin Soldier · Frogbrauten
- The Legend of Prince Valiant
- The Doors · Warhol PR
- Voices That Care · Self
- Frogs! · Gus
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers · Kujo (Voice)
- Dream On · Paul Williams
- People Like Us · Ezzie Fenwick
- Sam Kinison: Banned · Attorney
- The Search for Haunted Hollywood · Self
- Old Gringo · Cinematographer
- Chill Factor · Clifford White
- Twelfth Night · Curio
- Ishtar · Songs
- Frog · Gus
- My Little Pony
- The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard · Grog the Frog (Voice)
- 227
- The Muppet Revue · Self
- My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina · Rep (Voice)
- The Night They Saved Christmas · Ed
- Puttin' on the Hits · Judge