Paul Williams
Sound
Born September 19, 1940 in Bennington, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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.
Filmography
The Muppet Scriptmas Carol
The Muppet Script
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
Self
Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas
Prop Culture
Self
Superman: Red Son
Brainiac (voice)
Belsen: Our Story
Phantom of Winnipeg
Self
Waiting for Ishtar
Self
Baby Driver
The Butcher
Goliath
James 'JT' Reginald III
Bridget Jones's Baby
The Bandit
Self
Daft Punk Unchained
Self
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
Self
Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators
Himself
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
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
The Happening
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'
Himself
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
Himself
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
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 - Choir Member
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
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
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
Little Enos
Rooster
Rooster Steele
The Secret of NIMH
The Fall Guy
Gimme a Break!
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Self
Smokey and the Bandit II
Little Enos Burdette
Stone Cold Dead
Julius Kurtz
The Muppet Movie
El Sleazo Pianist
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self
The Wild Wild West Revisited
Michelito Loveless, Jr.
B. J. and the Bear
The Cheap Detective
Boy
The End
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
The Beatles Forever
Self
The Love Boat
Nelson Hoag
Smokey and the Bandit
Little Enos
The People's Command Performance: '77
Self
Flight to Holocaust
Colorado Davis
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
The Brady Bunch Hour
A Star Is Born
The Captain and Tennille
Self - Guest
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star / Arnold Stockman
Bugsy Malone
Good Heavens
Donny & Marie
Self
When Things Were Rotten
Guy de Maupassant
Baretta
Phantom of the Paradise
Swan
Dinah!
Self
Police Woman
Willy Jaques
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Virgil
The Midnight Special
Self
The Odd Couple
Paul Williams
Watermelon Man
Employment Office Clerk
Hawaii Five-O
Tim Powers / Stringer
The Chase
Seymour
The Loved One
Gunther Fry
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
The Oscars
Self
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee