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. Since 2009, Williams has been the president and chairman of the American songwriting society ASCAP.
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Filmography
all 120
Movies 72
TV Shows 48
self 32
Voice 11
Producer 1
Writer 1
Killing Me Softly with His Songs (2022)
Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (2021)
Prop Culture (2020)
Superman: Red Son (2020)
Phantom of Winnipeg (2019)
Waiting for Ishtar (2017)
Baby Driver (2017)
Goliath (2016)
Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
The Bandit (2016)
Daft Punk Unchained (2015)
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams (2014)
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2013)
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012 (2012)
Paul Williams Still Alive (2011)
Valentine's Day (2010)
Community (2009)
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008)
Georgia Rule (2007)
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise' (2006)
Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow (2005)
Nowhere Man (2005)
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
The Rules of Attraction (2002)
Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters (2002)
Band of Brothers (2001)
The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick (2001)
A Regular Frankie Fan (2000)
Postal Worker (1998)
The New Batman Adventures (1997)
Perversions of Science (1997)
Superman: The Animated Series (1996)
Firestorm (1996)
Dexter's Laboratory (1996)
Boston Common (1996)
Dalziel & Pascoe (1996)
The Mask: Animated Series (1995)
Headless Body in Topless Bar (1995)
Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
The Head (1994)
Phantom 2040 (1994)
A Million to Juan (1994)
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die (1994)
Babylon 5 (1994)
The Town Santa Forgot (1993)
Nick & Noel (1993)
Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
The Last Halloween (1991)
The Legend of Prince Valiant (1991)
The Doors (1991)
Frogs! (1991)
Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990)
Solar Crisis (1990)
Dream On (1990)
People Like Us (1990)
Voices That Care (1990)
Sam Kinison Banned (1990)
Search for Haunted Hollywood (1989)
Old Gringo (1989)
Chill Factor (1989)
Twelfth Night (1987)
Ishtar (1987)
Frog (1987)
My Little Pony (1986)
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard (1986)
227 (1985)
The Muppet Revue (1985)
My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina (1985)
The Night They Saved Christmas (1984)
Enchanted Musical Playhouse (1984)
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)
Rooster (1982)
The Fall Guy (1981)
Gimme a Break! (1981)
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters (1980)
Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
Stone Cold Dead (1979)
The Paul Williams Comedy Show (1979)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979)
B. J. and the Bear (1979)
Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas (1978)
The Cheap Detective (1978)
The End (1978)
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
The Beatles Forever (1977)
The Love Boat (1977)
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
The People's Command Performance: '77 (1977)
Flight to Holocaust (1977)
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
The Brady Bunch Hour (1977)
A Star Is Born (1976)
The Wolfman Jack Show (1976)
The Captain and Tennille (1976)
The Muppet Show (1976)
Bugsy Malone (1976)
Good Heavens (1976)
Donny & Marie (1976)
Baretta (1975)
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Dinah! (1974)
Police Woman (1974)
The Mac Davis Show (1974)
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974)
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
The Midnight Special (1972)
The Odd Couple (1970)
Watermelon Man (1970)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
The Chase (1966)
The Loved One (1965)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
The Oscars (1953)
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GenderMale
Birthday1940-09-19 (83 years old)
Birth NamePaul Hamilton Williams
Birth PlaceOmaha, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsPaul Hamilton Williams Jr.
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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