Paul Williams

Paul Williams

1940-09-19 Bennington, Omaha, Nebraska, USA 81 Credits

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...

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The Muppet Script

The Muppet Script

2025

Original Music Composer

When most people think of the Muppets, they think of the colorful characters made out of fleece and foam. But as with every movie, it all starts on th...

Killing Me Softly with His Songs

Killing Me Softly with His Songs

2022

as Self

5.0
Acting

A musical documentary about the life and work of composer Charles Fox, known for pop hits such as 'Killing Me Softly with His Song', 'I Got a Name', '...

Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas

Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas

2021

Songs

Based on Jim Henson’s beloved television special, this tuneful tale takes us to Frogtown Hollow where Ma and Emmet Otter risk what little they have to...

Superman: Red Son

Superman: Red Son

2020

as Brainiac (voice)

7.1
Acting

Set in the thick of the Cold War, Red Son introduces us to a Superman who landed in the USSR during the 1950s and grows up to become a Soviet symbol t...

Phantom of Winnipeg

Phantom of Winnipeg

2019

as Self

Acting

When Brian De Palma's 1974 film Phantom of the Paradise was released, it was considered a failure almost everywhere. Except in the Canadian city of Wi...

Waiting for Ishtar

Waiting for Ishtar

2017

as Self

Acting

A conversation about guilty pleasures turns into one man's quest to find others on a library waiting list, while simultaneously examining the fate of ...

Baby Driver

Baby Driver

2017

as The Butcher

7.4
Acting

After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

Bridget Jones's Baby

Bridget Jones's Baby

2016

Dialogue Editor

6.4

After breaking up with Mark Darcy five years earlier, Bridget Jones' happily-ever-after hasn't quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single...

The Bandit

The Bandit

2016

as Self

7.8
Acting

THE BANDIT is a film about 70s superstar Burt Reynolds, his best friend, roommate and stunt-double Hal Needham, and the making of their unlikely smash...

Daft Punk Unchained

Daft Punk Unchained

2015

as Self

7.2
Acting

Daft Punk Unchained is the first film about the pop culture phenomenon that is Daft Punk, the duo with 12 million albums sold worldwide and seven Gram...

Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams

Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams

2014

as Self

Acting

Director Guillermo del Toro interviews actor-composer Paul Williams about his career and his experience with Brian De Palma's film Phantom of the Para...

The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012

The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012

2012

Executive Producer

8.2
Producing

In the presence of HM the Queen and the royal family, an array of stars from the last sixty years of rock, pop and classical music perform on a specta...

The Ghastly Love of Johnny X

The Ghastly Love of Johnny X

2012

as Cousin Quilty

6.2
Acting

A truly mad concoction, blending 1950s juvenile delinquents, sci-fi melodrama, song-and-dance, and a touch of horror, everything in just the right com...

Paul Williams Still Alive

Paul Williams Still Alive

2011

as Self

6.8
Acting

Filmmaker and longtime fan Stephen Kessler's portrait of the award-winning 1970s singer-songwriter-actor, who disappeared for much of the 1980s and '9...

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day

2010

as Romeo Midnight (voice)

5.9
Acting

Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day.

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

2008

as Elf

6.0
Acting

When Gonzo forgets to mail three letters to Santa, he convinces Kermit and the gang to help him deliver the notes to the North Pole. Along the way, th...

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

2008

Songs, Teleplay, Story

6.0
Writing

When Gonzo forgets to mail three letters to Santa, he convinces Kermit and the gang to help him deliver the notes to the North Pole. Along the way, th...

The Happening

The Happening

2008

Construction Coordinator

5.4

When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliot Moore and his wife Alma flee from contaminated citie...

Georgia Rule

Georgia Rule

2007

as Mr. Wells

6.0
Acting

Rebellious, uncontrollable teenager, Rachel is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her estranged grandmother, Georgia. Her...

Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'

Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'

2006

as Himself

5.5
Acting

A 50-minute documentary on the making of the film featuring director Brian De Palma, producer Edward R. Pressman, the late star William Finley, star a...

Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow

2005

as Self

Acting

Interviews with key participants from and behind-the-scenes footage of Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977).

Nowhere Man

Nowhere Man

2005

as Bar Patron

1.0
Acting

A desperate man ventures into a dangerous and sordid underworld of crime and pornography in search of his severed genitalia which is held for ransom b...

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

2004

as Lord Harmony

6.7
Acting

Mia Thermopolis is now a college graduate and on her way to Genovia to take up her duties as princess. Accompanied by her friend Lilly, Mia continues ...

The Rules of Attraction

The Rules of Attraction

2002

as Duty Doctor

6.2
Acting

The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a...

Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters

Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters

2002

Acting

Documentary detailing the career of The Carpenters from their formative years through to specially shot footage of Richard Carpenter in the recording ...

The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick

The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick

2001

as Himself

3.2
Acting

Writers, publishers, fans, and friends share their perspectives and memories of sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick. In his career, Philip Kindred Dick (1928...

A Regular Frankie Fan

A Regular Frankie Fan

2000

as Narrator

Acting

A Regular Frankie Fan is a 2000 documentary film on the fans of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It was narrated by Paul Williams and written and direct...

Postal Worker

Postal Worker

1998

3.7
Acting

A time bomb is ticking in a small regional postal facility and his name is Oren Starks (Brad Garrett). Oren fits the profile of a new breed of killers...

Firestorm

Firestorm

1996

as Dr. Tangu

4.3
Acting

In the year 2024, a fierce battle rages between a ruthless villain and an android resistance group

Headless Body in Topless Bar

Headless Body in Topless Bar

1995

as Carl Levin

3.2
Acting

An ex-con holds a group of people hostage in a topless bar.

A Million to Juan

A Million to Juan

1994

as Jenkins

5.4
Acting

Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls ...

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

1994

as Duke

6.5
Acting

The Harts find themselves in the middle of a dangerous murder plot, but it isn't clear if the plot it a famous author's fictional murder-mystery, or a...

The Town Santa Forgot

The Town Santa Forgot

1993

as Pomp the Elf

7.0
Acting

A spoiled brat sends a very long list to Santa Claus who misdelivers the gifts to a town with the same name as the boy, who learns it's better to give...

Nick & Noel

Nick & Noel

1993

as Barnaby (voice)

6.0
Acting

A singer and her dog move next door to a widowed father, his little girl and her cat. Despite a rough start, the neighbors grow close, just in time fo...

The Muppet Christmas Carol

The Muppet Christmas Carol

1992

Songs

7.4

A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time vis...

Solar Crisis

Solar Crisis

1992

as Freddy the Bomb (voice)

4.3
Acting

A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an Artificial...

The Last Halloween

The Last Halloween

1991

as Gleep (Voice)

5.6
Acting

Four Martians crash-land on Earth in search of candy for their home planet.

The Doors

The Doors

1991

as Warhol PR

7.1
Acting

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.

Voices That Care

Voices That Care

1991

as Self - Choir Member

8.0
Acting

Behind the scenes making of the charity single "Voices That Care".

Frogs!

Frogs!

1991

as Gus

2.5
Acting

Gus, a former frog prince turned lounge singer, shows up on his friend's doorstep just when Arlo has little time to help him. But when Gus tangles wit...

People Like Us

People Like Us

1990

as Ezzie Fenwick

4.3
Acting

When a wealthy scriptwriter and socialite's daughter is murdered, he feels let down by the courts, and so decides to use his powerful position to enab...

Sam Kinison: Banned

Sam Kinison: Banned

1990

as Attorney

5.0
Acting

Sam Kinison live at the Felt Forum, 2/14/89. Also has opening act Carl Labove plus Sam's 3 MTV videos.

The Search for Haunted Hollywood

The Search for Haunted Hollywood

1989

as Himself

5.7
Acting

1989 TV documentary looking into the haunted legends of old Hollywood.

Old Gringo

Old Gringo

1989

as Cinematographer

5.6
Acting

A writer forms a triangle with a schoolmarm and a Mexican general on the run.

Chill Factor

Chill Factor

1989

as Clifford White

3.0
Acting

After a day of filming her popular "Window On The World" television series, hostess Katherine returns to her hotel room to find Clifford, an ex-CIA ...

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

1987

as Curio

4.5
Acting

Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into ...

Ishtar

Ishtar

1987

Songs

4.5

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the ...

Frog

Frog

1987

as Gus

5.0
Acting

Arlo Anderson loves his reptiles, and so when he decides to buy a rare breed of frog with his date money he winds up with more than he bargained for! ...

The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard

The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard

1986

as Grog the Frog (voice)

5.1
Acting

A little girl, Molly, loses her doll, Belinda, in the Blinkin wood and the Blinkins find it and make it their mission to return her to the owner. In t...

The Muppet Revue

The Muppet Revue

1985

as Self

Acting

Kermit and Fozzie take a stroll down Muppet Memory Lane in this rollicking revue which contains both original production and material from the best of...

My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina

My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina

1985

as Rep (voice)

6.9
Acting

All the little ponies and their young friend Megan must save Baby Surprise and their ponies, magical rainbow locket from the evil Cartrina. If they do...

The Night They Saved Christmas

The Night They Saved Christmas

1984

as Ed

5.6
Acting

An oil company is exploring two Arctic sites for oil. The needed blasting at the first site rocks Santa Claus' North Pole village. He realizes that an...

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

1983

as Little Enos

4.4
Acting

The Enos duo convince Cletus, aka The Bandit, to come out of hiding and help them promote their new restaurant. With a little coaxing, he agrees, prod...

Rooster

Rooster

1982

as Rooster Steele

2.0
Acting

A physically small police psychologist and a physically large insurance detective team up on an arson case.

Rooster

Rooster

1982

Writer

2.0
Writing

A physically small police psychologist and a physically large insurance detective team up on an arson case.

The Secret of NIMH

The Secret of NIMH

1982

Lyricist

7.4

A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, es...

Smokey and the Bandit II

Smokey and the Bandit II

1980

as Little Enos Burdette

5.5
Acting

The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tai...

Stone Cold Dead

Stone Cold Dead

1979

as Julius Kurtz

6.0
Acting

Sergeant Boyd's police search to find a sniper who has been shooting hookers.

The Muppet Movie

The Muppet Movie

1979

as El Sleazo Pianist

7.2
Acting

The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp ...

The Muppet Movie

The Muppet Movie

1979

Original Music Composer, Songs

7.2

The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp ...

The Muppets Go Hollywood

The Muppets Go Hollywood

1979

as Self

6.3
Acting

Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movi...

The Wild Wild West Revisited

The Wild Wild West Revisited

1979

as Michelito Loveless, Jr.

5.1
Acting

The intrepid team of Old West government intelligence agents are brought out of retirement after 10 years to hunt down a cunning new adversary, the so...

The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective

1978

as Boy

6.3
Acting

A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of...

The End

The End

1978

Original Music Composer

5.5

Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his...

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

1977

Songs, Music

6.9

A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.

The Beatles Forever

The Beatles Forever

1977

as Self

Acting

A musical salute to The Beatles.

The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula (Parts 1 & 2)

The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula (Parts 1 & 2)

1977

as Allison Troy

Acting

While in Europe searching for their missing father, the Hardy Boys meet Nancy Drew and team up on a case that takes them to a rock festival in Transyl...

Smokey and the Bandit

Smokey and the Bandit

1977

as Little Enos

7.0
Acting

A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.

The People's Command Performance: '77

The People's Command Performance: '77

1977

as Self

Acting

A celebrity lineup selected by a “specially conducted nationwide survey” entertains.

Flight to Holocaust

Flight to Holocaust

1977

as Colorado Davis

5.8
Acting

A team of troubleshooters is called to a skyscraper where a plane has crashed into the 20th floor and is stuck in the side of the building.

Flight to Holocaust

Flight to Holocaust

1977

Music, Songs

5.8

A team of troubleshooters is called to a skyscraper where a plane has crashed into the 20th floor and is stuck in the side of the building.

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

1976

Songs

6.0

Drunken, has-been rock star John Norman Howard falls in love with unknown singer Esther Hoffman after seeing her perform at a club. He lets her sing a...

Bugsy Malone

Bugsy Malone

1976

Original Music Composer, Songs

6.6

New York, 1929, a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Dan is in possession of a new and deadly weapon, the dreaded "splurge ...

Phantom of the Paradise

Phantom of the Paradise

1974

as Swan

7.5
Acting

Singer-songwriter Winslow Leach seeks revenge on the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both Winslow's music and his favorite singer for the gr...

Phantom of the Paradise

Phantom of the Paradise

1974

Original Music Composer, Songs

7.5

Singer-songwriter Winslow Leach seeks revenge on the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both Winslow's music and his favorite singer for the gr...

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me

1974

Songs

6.0

A young woman searching for her birth parents in order to fulfill her sense of identity joins with an organization that fights the bureaucracy keeping...

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

1973

as Virgil

5.7
Acting

The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar ...

Watermelon Man

Watermelon Man

1970

as Employment Office Clerk

6.4
Acting

A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood, but his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is ...

The Chase

The Chase

1966

as Seymour

7.1
Acting

The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

The Loved One

The Loved One

1965

as Gunther Fry

6.3
Acting

Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whisp...

Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit

N/A

as Self

Acting

a “making of” documentary on Smokey and the Bandit