Sound
Paul Williams
EN cinema · 81 credits
Born
19 September 1940 (age 86)
Birthplace
Bennington, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Also known as Paul Hamilton Williams Jr. · پائول ویلیامز
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
Filmography
The Muppet Scriptmas Carol
as Self (uncredited), Songs
The Muppet Script
Original Music Composer
Superman: Red Son
as Brainiac (voice)
Belsen: Our Story
Cinematography
Baby Driver
as The Butcher
The Bandit
as Self
Bridget Jones's Baby
Dialogue Editor
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
as Cousin Quilty
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
Executive Producer
Valentine's Day
as Romeo Midnight (voice)
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
as Elf, Songs, Story, Teleplay
The Happening
Construction Coordinator
Georgia Rule
as Mr. Wells
Nowhere Man
as Bar Patron
Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow
2005
Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow
as Self
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
as Lord Harmony
The Rules of Attraction
as Duty Doctor
A Regular Frankie Fan
as Narrator
Firestorm
as Dr. Tangu
Headless Body in Topless Bar
as Carl Levin
A Million to Juan
as Jenkins
Nick & Noel
as Barnaby (voice)
The Town Santa Forgot
as Pomp the Elf
Solar Crisis
as Freddy the Bomb (voice)
Voices That Care
as Self - Choir Member
The Last Halloween
as Gleep (Voice)
The Doors
as Warhol PR
Frogs!
as Gus
Timeless Tales: The Steadfast Tin Soldier
as Frogbrauten
People Like Us
as Ezzie Fenwick
Sam Kinison: Banned
as Attorney
Chill Factor
as Clifford White
Old Gringo
as Cinematographer
Frog
as Gus
Twelfth Night
as Curio
Ishtar
Songs
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
as Grog the Frog (voice)
My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina
as Rep (voice)
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
as Little Enos
Rooster
as Rooster Steele, Writer
The Secret of NIMH
Lyricist
Smokey and the Bandit II
as Little Enos
Stone Cold Dead
as Julius Kurtz
The Wild Wild West Revisited
as Michelito Loveless, Jr.
The Muppet Movie
as El Sleazo Pianist, Original Music Composer, Songs
The End
Original Music Composer
Sparrow
1978
Sparrow
Original Music Composer
Smokey and the Bandit
as Little Enos
Flight to Holocaust
as Colorado Davis, Music, Songs
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Songs, Music
Bugsy Malone
Original Music Composer, Songs
Phantom of the Paradise
as Swan, Original Music Composer, Songs
Watermelon Man
as Employment Office Clerk
The Chase
as Seymour
The Loved One
as Gunther Fry