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 124
Movies 76
TV Shows 48
self 36
Voice 10
Producer 1
Writer 1
Prop Culture (2020)
Superman: Red Son (2020)
Baby Driver (2017)
Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012 (2012)
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2012)
Valentine's Day (2010)
Community (2009)
Lucky Ducks (2009)
Georgia Rule (2007)
Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow (2005)
Nowhere Man (2005)
The Rules of Attraction (2002)
Band of Brothers (2001)
The New Batman Adventures (1997)
Perversions of Science (1997)
Superman: The Animated Series (1996)
Firestorm (1996)
Dexter's Laboratory (1996)
Boston Common (1996)
The Mask: Animated Series (1995)
Headless Body in Topless Bar (1995)
The Town Santa Forgot (1993)
Nick & Noel (1993)
Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Solar Crisis (1992)
The Doors (1991)
Voices That Care (1991)
Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990)
Dream On (1990)
People Like Us (1990)
Sam Kinison: Banned (1990)
Old Gringo (1989)
Chill Factor (1989)
Ishtar (1987)
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard (1986)
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)
Rooster (1982)
The Fall Guy (1981)
Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
Stone Cold Dead (1979)
The Paul Williams Comedy Show (1979)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979)
The End (1978)
The Love Boat (1977)
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Flight to Holocaust (1977)
The Muppet Show (1976)
Bugsy Malone (1976)
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Dinah! (1974)
The Midnight Special (1972)
The Odd Couple (1970)
Watermelon Man (1970)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
The Chase (1966)
The Loved One (1965)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
On the Line
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1940-09-19 (84 years old)
Birth NamePaul Hamilton Williams
Birth PlaceOmaha, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsPaul Hamilton Williams Jr.
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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