Paul Williams
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
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SoundBirthday
September 19, 1940Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
75Place of birth
Bennington, Omaha, Nebraska, USAAlso known as
Paul Hamilton Williams Jr.Cast credits
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
VirgilSmokey and the Bandit
Little EnosSmokey and the Bandit II
Little Enos BurdettePhantom of the Paradise
SwanThe Night They Saved Christmas
EdThe Cheap Detective
BoyStone Cold Dead
Julius KurtzSmokey and the Bandit Part 3
Little Enos BurdetteThe Loved One
Gunther FryPaul Williams Still Alive
SelfThe Wild Wild West Revisited
Michelito Loveless, Jr.The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick
HimselfThe Muppets Go Hollywood
SelfFrog
GusThe Ghastly Love of Johnny X
Cousin QuiltyThe Last Halloween
Gleep (Voice)Twelfth Night
CurioFlight to Holocaust
Colorado DavisThe Muppet Movie
El Sleazo PianistFirestorm
Dr. TanguDaft Punk Unchained
SelfCrew credits
The Muppet Movie
Original Music Composer, SongsBugsy Malone
Original Music Composer, SongsPhantom of the Paradise
Original Music Composer, SongsThe Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
Executive ProducerThe End
Original Music ComposerA Star Is Born
SongsEmmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Music, SongsA Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Story, Teleplay, Original Music ComposerRooster
WriterThe Stranger Who Looks Like Me
SongsJim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas
SongsFlight to Holocaust
Music, SongsThe Muppet Christmas Carol
SongsBridget Jones's Baby
Dialogue EditorIshtar
Songs