Paul Williams
Known for: Sound
Born: September 19, 1940
Place of birth: 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
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Filmography
80 movies · 50 TV shows, newest first
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The Muppet Scriptmas Carol
2025
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The Muppet Script
2025
5.0
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
2022
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Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas
2021
7.8
Prop Culture
2020
7.1
Superman: Red Son
2020
7.0
Belsen: Our Story
2020
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Phantom of Winnipeg
2019
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Waiting for Ishtar
2017
7.4
Baby Driver
2017
7.6
Goliath
2016
6.4
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016
7.6
The Bandit
2016
7.2
Daft Punk Unchained
2015
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Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
2014
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Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators
2013
8.2
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012
6.3
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
2012
6.8
Paul Williams Still Alive
2011
5.9
Valentine's Day
2010
8.0
Community
2009
5.9
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
5.4
The Happening
2008
6.0
Georgia Rule
2007
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Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
2006
5.5
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
2006NR
Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow
2005
5.0
Nowhere Man
2005
6.7
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
2004
6.2
The Rules of Attraction
2002
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Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters
2002
3.6
The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick
2001
5.5
A Regular Frankie Fan
2000
4.5
Postal Worker
1998
5.9
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
1997
8.1
The New Batman Adventures
1997
6.2
Perversions of Science
1997
7.7
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
5.1
Firestorm
1996
7.7
Dexter's Laboratory
1996
7.0
Boston Common
1996
7.2
The Mask: Animated Series
1995
3.6
Headless Body in Topless Bar
1995
7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
6.5
Phantom 2040
1994
7.5
The Tick
1994
5.4
A Million to Juan
1994
6.8
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
1994
8.0
Babylon 5
1994
7.0
The Town Santa Forgot
1993
6.4
Nick & Noel
1993
7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
7.4
The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992
8.6
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
4.5
Solar Crisis
1992
5.7
Fish Police
1992
6.1
The Last Halloween
1991
6.5
Timeless Tales: The Steadfast Tin Soldier
1991
6.7
The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991
7.1
The Doors
1991
7.0
Voices That Care
1991
3.5
Frogs!
1991
6.9
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
6.9
Dream On
1990
5.8
People Like Us
1990
7.0
Sam Kinison: Banned
1990
5.6
The Search for Haunted Hollywood
1989
5.7
Old Gringo
1989
4.2
Chill Factor
1989
6.3
Twelfth Night
1987
4.6
Ishtar
1987
5.2
Frog
1987
6.6
My Little Pony
1986
5.7
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
1986
6.8
227
1985
10.0
The Muppet Revue
1985
7.0
My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina
1985
5.6
The Night They Saved Christmas
1984
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Puttin' on the Hits
1984NR
Enchanted Musical Playhouse
1984
4.4
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
1983
4.5
Rooster
1982
7.4
The Secret of NIMH
1982
7.6
The Fall Guy
1981
6.7
Gimme a Break!
1981
6.0
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
1980
5.5
Smokey and the Bandit II
1980
5.9
Stone Cold Dead
197910.0
The Paul Williams Comedy Show
1979
7.2
The Muppet Movie
1979
6.2
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
5.4
The Wild Wild West Revisited
1979
5.6
B. J. and the Bear
1979
6.3
The Cheap Detective
1978
5.6
The End
1978NR
Sparrow
1978
6.9
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
1977
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The Beatles Forever
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
7.0
Smokey and the Bandit
1977
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The People's Command Performance: '77
1977
6.0
Flight to Holocaust
1977
7.1
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
3.8
The Brady Bunch Hour
1977
6.0
A Star Is Born
1976
7.0
The Captain and Tennille
1976
8.0
The Muppet Show
1976
6.6
Bugsy Malone
1976
7.0
Good Heavens
1976
6.8
Donny & Marie
1976
7.3
When Things Were Rotten
1975
6.5
Baretta
1975
7.5
Phantom of the Paradise
1974
7.0
Dinah!
1974
6.4
Police Woman
1974
6.8
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974
6.5
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
1974
5.7
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
8.1
The Midnight Special
1972
7.8
The Odd Couple
1970
6.3
Watermelon Man
1970
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
7.1
The Chase
1966
6.2
The Loved One
1965
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
7.0
The Oscars
1953
8.0
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1948
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944