Paul Williams
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- Born:
- 1940-09-19
- Place of birth:
- Bennington, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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.[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
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
Prop Culture
Superman: Red Son
Phantom of Winnipeg
Waiting for Ishtar
Baby Driver
Goliath
The Bandit
Daft Punk Unchained
Paul Williams: Soul Inspiration
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
Paul Williams Still Alive
Valentine's Day
Community
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Georgia Rule
Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow
Nowhere Man
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
The Rules of Attraction
Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters
The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick
A Regular Frankie Fan
Postal Worker
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
The New Batman Adventures
Perversions of Science
Superman: The Animated Series
Firestorm
Dexter's Laboratory
Boston Common
The Mask: Animated Series
Headless Body in Topless Bar
Star Trek: Voyager
Phantom 2040
The Tick
A Million to Juan
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
Babylon 5
The Town Santa Forgot
Nick & Noel
Walker, Texas Ranger
Batman: The Animated Series
Solar Crisis
Fish Police
The Last Halloween
Timeless Tales: The Steadfast Tin Soldier
The Legend of Prince Valiant
The Doors
Voices That Care
Frogs!
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Dream On
People Like Us
Sam Kinison: Banned
The Search for Haunted Hollywood
Old Gringo
Chill Factor
Twelfth Night
Frog
My Little Pony
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
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The Muppet Revue
My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina
The Night They Saved Christmas
Puttin' on the Hits
Enchanted Musical Playhouse
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
Rooster
The Fall Guy
Gimme a Break!
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Smokey and the Bandit II
Stone Cold Dead
The Paul Williams Comedy Show
The Muppet Movie
The Muppets Go Hollywood
The Wild Wild West Revisited
B. J. and the Bear
The Cheap Detective
The Beatles Forever
The Love Boat
Smokey and the Bandit
The People's Command Performance: '77
Flight to Holocaust
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
The Brady Bunch Hour
The Captain and Tennille
The Muppet Show
Good Heavens
Donny & Marie
When Things Were Rotten
Baretta
Phantom of the Paradise
Dinah!
Police Woman
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
The Midnight Special
The Odd Couple
Watermelon Man
Hawaii Five-O
The Chase
The Loved One
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Merv Griffin Show
The Mike Douglas Show
The Oscars
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Golden Globe Awards