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 |