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Paul Williams
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 nu…
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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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2025
The Muppet Scriptmas Carol
Movie Songs
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2025
The Muppet Script
Movie Original Music Composer
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2022
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
Movie Self
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2021
Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas
Movie Songs
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2020
Prop Culture
TV show Self
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2020
Superman: Red Son
Movie Brainiac (voice)
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2020
Belsen: Our Story
Movie Cinematography
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2019
Phantom of Winnipeg
Movie Self
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2017
Waiting for Ishtar
Movie Self
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2017
Baby Driver
Movie The Butcher
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2016
Goliath
TV show James 'JT' Reginald III
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2016
Bridget Jones's Baby
Movie Dialogue Editor
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2016
The Bandit
Movie Self
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2015
Daft Punk Unchained
Movie Self
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2014
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
Movie Self
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2013
Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators
TV show Himself
More credits
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2012
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
Movie Executive Producer
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2012
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
Movie Cousin Quilty
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2011
Paul Williams Still Alive
Movie Self
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2010
Valentine's Day
Movie Romeo Midnight (voice)
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2009
Community
TV show Britta's Contact
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2008
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Movie Elf
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2008
The Happening
Movie Construction Coordinator
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2007
Georgia Rule
Movie Mr. Wells
- 2006
- 2006
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2005
Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow
Movie Self
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2005
Nowhere Man
Movie Bar Patron
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2004
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Movie Lord Harmony
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2002
The Rules of Attraction
Movie Duty Doctor
- 2002
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2001
The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick
Movie Himself
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2000
A Regular Frankie Fan
Movie Narrator
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1998
Postal Worker
Movie
- 1997
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1997
The New Batman Adventures
TV show The Penguin (voice)
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1997
Perversions of Science
TV show Dr. Mueller
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1996
Superman: The Animated Series
TV show Penguin (voice)
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1996
Firestorm
Movie Dr. Tangu
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1996
Dexter's Laboratory
TV show Professor Williams (voice)
