Paul Williams
Sound
1940-09-19 · 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. 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
Filmography
The Muppet Scriptmas Carol
2025 · Movie
The Muppet Script
2025 · Movie
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
2022 · Movie
Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas
2021 · Movie
Prop Culture
2020 · Series
Superman: Red Son
2020 · Movie
Belsen: Our Story
2020 · Movie
Phantom of Winnipeg
2019 · Movie
Waiting for Ishtar
2017 · Movie
Baby Driver
2017 · Movie
Goliath
2016 · Series
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016 · Movie
The Bandit
2016 · Movie
Daft Punk Unchained
2015 · Movie
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
2014 · Movie
Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators
2013 · Series
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012 · Movie
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
2012 · Movie
Paul Williams Still Alive
2011 · Movie
Valentine's Day
2010 · Movie
Community
2009 · Series
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008 · Movie
The Happening
2008 · Movie
Georgia Rule
2007 · Movie
Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
2006 · Movie
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
2006 · Movie
Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow
2005 · Movie
Nowhere Man
2005 · Movie
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
2004 · Movie
The Rules of Attraction
2002 · Movie
Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters
2002 · Movie
The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick
2001 · Movie
A Regular Frankie Fan
2000 · Movie
Postal Worker
1998 · Movie
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
1997 · Series
The New Batman Adventures
1997 · Series
Perversions of Science
1997 · Series
Superman: The Animated Series
1996 · Series
Firestorm
1996 · Movie
Dexter's Laboratory
1996 · Series
Boston Common
1996 · Series
The Mask: Animated Series
1995 · Series
Headless Body in Topless Bar
1995 · Movie
Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · Series
Phantom 2040
1994 · Series
The Tick
1994 · Series
A Million to Juan
1994 · Movie
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
1994 · Movie
Babylon 5
1994 · Series
The Town Santa Forgot
1993 · Movie
Nick & Noel
1993 · Movie
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Series
The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992 · Movie
Batman: The Animated Series
1992 · Series
Solar Crisis
1992 · Movie
Fish Police
1992 · Series
The Last Halloween
1991 · Movie
Timeless Tales: The Steadfast Tin Soldier
1991 · Movie
The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991 · Series
The Doors
1991 · Movie
Voices That Care
1991 · Movie
Frogs!
1991 · Movie
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990 · Series
Dream On
1990 · Series
People Like Us
1990 · Movie
Sam Kinison: Banned
1990 · Movie
The Search for Haunted Hollywood
1989 · Movie
Old Gringo
1989 · Movie
Chill Factor
1989 · Movie
Twelfth Night
1987 · Movie
Ishtar
1987 · Movie
Frog
1987 · Movie
My Little Pony
1986 · Series
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
1986 · Movie
227
1985 · Series
The Muppet Revue
1985 · Movie
My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina
1985 · Movie
The Night They Saved Christmas
1984 · Movie
Puttin' on the Hits
1984 · Series
Enchanted Musical Playhouse
1984 · Series
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
1983 · Movie
Rooster
1982 · Movie
The Secret of NIMH
1982 · Movie
The Fall Guy
1981 · Series
Gimme a Break!
1981 · Series
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
1980 · Series
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980 · Movie
Stone Cold Dead
1979 · Movie
The Paul Williams Comedy Show
1979 · Series
The Muppet Movie
1979 · Movie
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979 · Movie
The Wild Wild West Revisited
1979 · Movie
B. J. and the Bear
1979 · Series
The Cheap Detective
1978 · Movie
The End
1978 · Movie
Sparrow
1978 · Movie
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
1977 · Movie
The Beatles Forever
1977 · Movie
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
Smokey and the Bandit
1977 · Movie
The People's Command Performance: '77
1977 · Movie
Flight to Holocaust
1977 · Movie
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977 · Series
The Brady Bunch Hour
1977 · Series
A Star Is Born
1976 · Movie
The Captain and Tennille
1976 · Series
The Muppet Show
1976 · Series
Bugsy Malone
1976 · Movie
Good Heavens
1976 · Series
Donny & Marie
1976 · Series
When Things Were Rotten
1975 · Series
Baretta
1975 · Series
Phantom of the Paradise
1974 · Movie
Dinah!
1974 · Series
Police Woman
1974 · Series
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974 · Movie
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
1974 · Movie
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973 · Movie
The Midnight Special
1972 · Series
The Odd Couple
1970 · Series
Watermelon Man
1970 · Movie
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Series
The Chase
1966 · Movie
The Loved One
1965 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1948 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series