Paul Williams
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Paul Hamilton Williams (born 19 September 1940, in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American composer, songwriter, and actor who portrayed Koru on the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Virtuoso".
The diminutive (5 feet [1.5 m] tall) and cherubic Williams is also an actor, appearing in films and many television guest appearances, notably as the lead role in the cult film Phantom of the Paradise, a rock and roll remake of Phantom of the Opera, along with his role as Little Enos Burdette in the Smokey & The Bandit film series, and as Virgil, the genius orangutan in Battle for the Planet of the Apes. Williams worked closely with Jim Henson's Henson Productions on The Muppet Movie, most specifically on the soundtrack.
He also provided the voice of The Penguin in Batman: The Animated Series.
[edit] External links
- PaulWilliamsConnection.org - official web site
- Paul Williams at Wikipedia
- Paul Williams at the Internet Movie Database
