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Paul Williams

Paul Williams

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Born September 19, 1940, 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

Appearances as themselves (29)
  • 2022Killing Me Softly with His Songs — Self
  • Prop Culture — Self
  • 2019Phantom of Winnipeg — Self
  • 2017Waiting for Ishtar — Self
  • 2016The Bandit — Self
  • 2015Daft Punk Unchained — Self
  • Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators — Himself
  • 2011Paul Williams Still Alive — Self
  • 2006Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit — Self
  • 2006Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise' — Himself
  • 2005Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow — Self
  • 2001The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick — Himself
  • 1991Voices That Care — Self - Choir Member
  • 1989The Search for Haunted Hollywood — Self
  • 1985The Muppet Revue — Self
  • Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters — Self
  • 1979The Muppets Go Hollywood — Self
  • 1977The Beatles Forever — Self
  • 1977The People's Command Performance: '77 — Self
  • Donny & Marie — Self
  • The Captain and Tennille — Self - Guest
  • The Muppet Show — Self - Special Guest Star / Arnold Stockman
  • Dinah! — Self
  • The Midnight Special — Self
  • The Merv Griffin Show — Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
  • The Mike Douglas Show — Self - Co-Host
  • The Oscars — Self
  • Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter
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