
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.
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Acting (60 movies)

Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973

Smokey and the Bandit
1977

Smokey and the Bandit II
1980

Phantom of the Paradise
1974

The Night They Saved Christmas
1984

The People's Command Performance: '77
1977

The Cheap Detective
1978

Stone Cold Dead
1979

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
1983

Voices That Care
1991

The Loved One
1965

The Beatles Forever
1977

The Muppet Revue
1985

Paul Williams Still Alive
2011

The Wild Wild West Revisited
1979

The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick
2001

Frog
1987

The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979

The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
2012

The Last Halloween
1991

Waiting for Ishtar
2017

Twelfth Night
1987

Flight to Holocaust
1977

The Muppet Movie
1979

Solar Crisis
1992

Killing Me Softly with His Songs
2022

Firestorm
1996

Daft Punk Unchained
2015

The Doors
1991

Chill Factor
1989

The Chase
1966

Nick & Noel
1993

The Bandit
2016

Phantom of Winnipeg
2019

The Search for Haunted Hollywood
1989

Headless Body in Topless Bar
1995

Watermelon Man
1970

Baby Driver
2017

The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
1986

The Rules of Attraction
2002

My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina
1985

Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
2014

Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
2006

A Regular Frankie Fan
2000

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008

Superman: Red Son
2020

Georgia Rule
2007

Frogs!
1991

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
2004

Valentine's Day
2010

A Million to Juan
1994

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
1994

Old Gringo
1989

Postal Worker
1998

The Town Santa Forgot
1993

Nowhere Man
2005

Rooster
1982

People Like Us
1990

Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters
2002

Sam Kinison: Banned
1990
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Phantom of the Paradise | 1974 | Original Music Composer |
| Bugsy Malone | 1976 | Original Music Composer |
| The End | 1978 | Original Music Composer |
| The Muppet Movie | 1979 | Original Music Composer |
| Rooster | 1982 | Writer |
| The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012 | 2012 | Executive Producer |
| The Muppet Script | 2025 | Original Music Composer |