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Composer (Music Score), Actor, Singer, Songwriter Born: September 19, 1940 in Omaha, NE Biography:Diminutive musical prodigy "Paul Williams" worked as an apprentice jockey, professional skydiver and insurance salesman before turning to acting. Williams' size and puckish countenance enabled him to play adolescents well into his twenties; one of the best of his early film roles was the surly teenaged genius in The Loved One (1965). Though he kept a hand in acting throughout the 1970s, he was better known for his songwriter accomplishments. Working with such collaborators as Biff Rose, Roger Nichols and Charles Fox, he turned out such enduring song hits as The Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun," "Helen Reddy"'s "You and Me Against the World," Three Dog Night's "Old Fashioned Love Song" and "Dionne Warwick"'s "That's What Friends Are For." In films, Williams was Oscar nominated for his musical contributions to 1974's "Phantom of the Paradise" (in which he also starred), 1975's "Bugsy Malone" and... Full Biography
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