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Paul Williams Still Alive
Filmmaker and longtime fan Stephen Kessler's portrait of the award-winning 1970s singer-songwriter-actor, who disappeared for much of the 1980s and '90s, but still performs today.
Stephen Kessler
Stephen Kessler
Casts & Crew
Paul Williams
Stephen Kessler
Warren Beatty
Robert Blake
Karen Carpenter
Richard Carpenter
Johnny Carson
Dick Clark
Angie Dickinson
Daryl Dragon
Debbie Harry
Jim Henson
Dustin Hoffman
Gabe Kaplan
Jack Klugman
Peter Lawford
Pat McCormick
Ed McMahon
Jason Mraz
Willie Nelson
Tony Randall
Helen Reddy
Robert Redford
Burt Reynolds
Telly Savalas
Barbra Streisand
Loretta Swit
John Travolta
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