Paul Williams

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-09-19 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Bennington, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Paul Williams

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 ...

Acting

1977

Smokey and the Bandit

as Little Enos

1980

Smokey and the Bandit II

as Little Enos Burdette

1979

Stone Cold Dead

as Julius Kurtz

1991

Voices That Care

as Self - Choir Member

1965

The Loved One

as Gunther Fry

1985

1979

The Wild Wild West Revisited

as Michelito Loveless, Jr.

1987

Frog

as Gus

2012

1991

The Last Halloween

as Gleep (Voice)

1987

1977

Flight to Holocaust

as Colorado Davis

1979

The Muppet Movie

as El Sleazo Pianist

1992

Solar Crisis

as Freddy the Bomb (voice)

1996

Firestorm

as Dr. Tangu

1991

The Doors

as Warhol PR

1989

Chill Factor

as Clifford White

1966

The Chase

as Seymour

1993

Nick & Noel

as Barnaby (voice)

2016

The Bandit

as Self

1970

Watermelon Man

as Employment Office Clerk

2017

Baby Driver

as The Butcher

1986

2002

2000

2020

Superman: Red Son

as Brainiac (voice)

2007

Georgia Rule

as Mr. Wells

1991

Frogs!

as Gus

2010

Valentine's Day

as Romeo Midnight (voice)

1994

1989

Old Gringo

as Cinematographer

1993

The Town Santa Forgot

as Pomp the Elf

2005

Nowhere Man

as Bar Patron

1982

Rooster

as Rooster Steele

1990

People Like Us

as Ezzie Fenwick

1990

Production

1979

The Muppet Movie

as Original Music Composer

1976

Bugsy Malone

as Original Music Composer

1974

Phantom of the Paradise

as Original Music Composer

2012

1978

The End

as Original Music Composer

1987

Ishtar

as Songs

1979

1976

Bugsy Malone

as Songs

1976

2016

Bridget Jones's Baby

as Dialogue Editor

1982

Rooster

as Writer

2008

The Happening

as Construction Coordinator

2025

The Muppet Script

as Original Music Composer

1982

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