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With his youthful looks and his height of 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 meters), Williams, at age 24, successfully portrayed a 10-year-old boy genius in the 1965 film The Loved One. The following year, he appeared in The Chase with Marlon Brando.
Paul Williams began his career as an actor with his portrayal of a 12-year-old prodigy in The Loved One (1965), playing opposite Jonathan Winters. He is probably best-known for his roles as Little Enos in the "Smokey and the Bandit" movies, as well as the orangutan Virgil in Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973).
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Jun 23, 2012 · In the mid-'60s, he snagged small roles in the movies The Loved One and The Chase and then began to make his mark as a songwriter. Over the next few years, Williams penned three hits for the...
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- I Hope that Somethin’ Better Comes Along. Like with “Rainbow Connection,” this was a song written for The Muppet Movie (1979) with then-collaborator Kenneth Ascher.
- Rainbow Connection. When Paul Williams did a guest spot on The Muppet Show in 1976, Jim Henson asked him to do Emmet Otter’s Jug-band Christmas (1977).
- You and Me Against the World. Paul Williams and longtime collaborator and bandmate Kenny Ascher voiced what perhaps all couples sometimes feel: that everyone in the world is against them.
- What Would They Say. This is yet another song from Here Comes Inspiration because that was a real stand-out album. This song later appeared as the theme song to the 1976 telemovie The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, which starred a little-known actor called John Travolta.
With his youthful looks, Williams, at age 24, successfully portrayed a 10-year-old boy genius in the 1964 film The Loved One. The following year, while filming The Chase with Marlon Brando , Williams used time on the set to write songs and comedy sketches for comedian Mort Sahl; it was his songwriting talent that soon brought Williams acclaim.
Jun 8, 2012 · Unfortunately, Williams’s career flatlined in the 1980s when he disappeared into the proverbial haze of drug and alcohol abuse, but he’s been sober for 22 years now.
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Jun 2, 2012 · Paul Williams, the songwriter of “Evergreen,” “We’ve Only Just Begun” and “Rainbow Connection,” talks about a new documentary on his life, the ups and downs of his career and, of course, his...
