Cast & creator
Paul Williams
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, Star Trek: Voyager
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
Also known as: Paul Hamilton Williams Jr., پائول ویلیامز
94
film credits
54
television credits
117
1944–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (148)
Showing 148 of 148 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Star Trek: Voyager
Koru
1995
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Love Boat
Nelson Hoag
1977The Love Boat
Brian
1977
Dexter's Laboratory
Professor Williams (voice)
1996
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Hawaii Five-O
Tim Powers / Stringer
1969Hawaii Five-O
Story
1969
Babylon 5
Taq
1994
Community
Britta's Contact
2009
Batman: The Animated Series
Penguin (voice)
1992
Superman: The Animated Series
Penguin (voice)
1996
Goliath
James 'JT' Reginald III
2016
Walker, Texas Ranger
Tumbleweed Tom
1993
Police Woman
Willy Jaques
1974
Dinah!
Self
1974
The Fall Guy
1981The Fall Guy
Paul Williams (uncredited)
1981
The Odd Couple
Paul Williams
1970
Baretta
1975
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Kujo (voice)
1990
The Oscars
Self
1953
The New Batman Adventures
The Penguin (voice)
1997
Dream On
Paul Williams
1990
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
1997
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star / Arnold Stockman
1976
227
1985
Gimme a Break!
1981
The Mask: Animated Series
Dr. Byron (voice)
1995
My Little Pony
1986
Baby Driver
The Butcher
2017
The Tick
Mother of Invention (voice)
1994
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
The Midnight Special
Self
1972
Donny & Marie
Self
1976
B. J. and the Bear
1979
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Lord Harmony
2004
The Secret of NIMH
Lyricist
1982
The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991
Boston Common
Father Rooney
1996
Valentine's Day
Romeo Midnight (voice)
2010
Bridget Jones's Baby
Dialogue Editor
2016
The Happening
Construction Coordinator
2008
Perversions of Science
Dr. Mueller
1997
The Captain and Tennille
Self - Guest
1976
The Muppet Movie
El Sleazo Pianist
1979The Muppet Movie
Original Music Composer
1979The Muppet Movie
Songs
1979
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1948
Phantom 2040
1994
When Things Were Rotten
Guy de Maupassant
1975
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
Self
1980
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Virgil
1973
The Doors
Warhol PR
1991
Smokey and the Bandit
Little Enos
1977
Fish Police
Buddy (voice)
1992
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Songs
1992
Good Heavens
1976
The Chase
Seymour
1966
Phantom of the Paradise
Swan
1974Phantom of the Paradise
Original Music Composer
1974Phantom of the Paradise
Songs
1974
The Brady Bunch Hour
1977
The Rules of Attraction
Duty Doctor
2002
Prop Culture
Self
2020
Superman: Red Son
Brainiac (voice)
2020
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Songs
1974
Georgia Rule
Mr. Wells
2007
Smokey and the Bandit II
Little Enos
1980
A Star Is Born
Songs
1976
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
Little Enos
1983
The Cheap Detective
Boy
1978
Bugsy Malone
Original Music Composer
1976Bugsy Malone
Songs
1976
Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators
Himself
2013
The Loved One
Gunther Fry
1965
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Elf
2008A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Songs
2008A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Story
2008A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Teleplay
2008
Puttin' on the Hits
Judge
1984
Nick & Noel
Barnaby (voice)
1993
Solar Crisis
Freddy the Bomb (voice)
1992
The Town Santa Forgot
Pomp the Elf
1993
Ishtar
Songs
1987
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
Songs
1974
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self
1979
Daft Punk Unchained
Self
2015
The Night They Saved Christmas
Ed
1984
Postal Worker
1998
The Wild Wild West Revisited
Michelito Loveless, Jr.
1979
Frog
Gus
1987
The End
Original Music Composer
1978
People Like Us
Ezzie Fenwick
1990
Timeless Tales: The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Frogbrauten
1991
The Bandit
Self
2016
A Million to Juan
Jenkins
1994
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die
Duke
1994
Nowhere Man
Bar Patron
2005
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
Self
2022
The Muppet Scriptmas Carol
Self (uncredited)
2025The Muppet Scriptmas Carol
Songs
2025
Stone Cold Dead
Julius Kurtz
1979Sparrow
Original Music Composer
1978
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
Grog the Frog (voice)
1986
Old Gringo
Cinematographer
1989
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Songs
1977Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Music
1977The Paul Williams Comedy Show
Paul Hamilton/Marvin the Martian
1979
Paul Williams Still Alive
Self
2011
Frogs!
Gus
1991
Watermelon Man
Employment Office Clerk
1970
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
Executive Producer
2012Enchanted Musical Playhouse
1984
Voices That Care
Self - Choir Member
1991
Headless Body in Topless Bar
Carl Levin
1995
The People's Command Performance: '77
Self
1977
The Last Halloween
Gleep (Voice)
1991
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
Himself
2006
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X
Cousin Quilty
2012
The Muppet Script
Original Music Composer
2025
Belsen: Our Story
Cinematography
2020
Rooster
Rooster Steele
1982Rooster
Writer
1982
Flight to Holocaust
Colorado Davis
1977Flight to Holocaust
Music
1977Flight to Holocaust
Songs
1977
Close to You: The Story of the Carpenters
2002
Firestorm
Dr. Tangu
1996Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow
Self
2005
Loaded up and Trucking: The Making of Smokey and the Bandit
Self
2006
The Muppet Revue
Self
1985
Sam Kinison: Banned
Attorney
1990
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
Self
2014Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
Thanks
2014
Chill Factor
Clifford White
1989
My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina
Rep (voice)
1985
Waiting for Ishtar
Self
2017
Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas
Songs
2021
A Regular Frankie Fan
Narrator
2000
The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick
Himself
2001
The Beatles Forever
Self
1977
Twelfth Night
Curio
1987
Phantom of Winnipeg
Self
2019
The Search for Haunted Hollywood
Self
1989