Paul Williams (Y&R)
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| Paul Williams | |
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| First appearance | 1978 |
| Address | Unknown apartment |
| Gender | Male |
| Parents | Carl Williams (father) Mary Williams (mother) |
| Siblings | Todd Williams (brother) Steven Williams (brother) Patti Williams Abbott (sister) |
| Marriages | April Stevens (divorced) Lauren Fenmore (divorced) Christine Blair (divorced) Isabella Braña Williams (estranged) |
| Children | Heather Lynch (daughter, with April) Ricardo Carl Williams (son, with Isabella) |
| Occupation | Private investigator |
| Portrayer | Doug Davidson |
Paul Williams is a fictional character on US soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by actor Doug Davidson since 1978.
[edit] Character History
When a teenaged Paul Williams was introduced onto the Genoa City canvas, he was having a fling with Nikki Reed (then played by Erica Hope), and being very promiscuous, even gave Nikki an STD or STI. Despite this, Paul and Nikki (now Melody Thomas Scott), who is now Genoa City's most prominent socialite, have managed to remain close over the years.
Determined to help his son mature, Paul's father, Carl (Brett Hadley), got him into the police force. This led to Paul eventually becoming Genoa City's most respected private investigator. He has been married to April Stevens (Janet Wood, then Cynthia Eilbacher) (with whom he has a daughter, Heather), Lauren Fenmore (Tracey E. Bregman) and Christine Blair (Lauralee Bell). He was briefly married to Isabella Brana Williams (Eva Longoria), with whom he has a son, Ricardo. Isabella is now in a mental institution after trying to kill Christine.
It was revealed in early 2007 that Paul has been hiding the fact that Lauren's psychotic long-time stalker, Sheila Carter (Michelle Stafford), is still alive, and has been keeping Sheila locked in a cage (which, ironically, Sheila had built to kidnap Lauren's son). On January 25, 2007, Sheila escaped, because she convinced Detective Maggie Sullivan (Tammy Lauren) that she was an innocent prisoner. Maggie let her out, and Sheila shot her, and kidnapped Phyllis Newman (Sheila had her face reconstructed and voice changed to look and sound like her), her baby Summer, and Fenmore Baldwin. Paul and Michael are hard at work trying to find them, and an amber alert has been issued. On February 9, 2007 Sheila was killed by Lauren and the police are discusing whether Michael and Paul should go to jail.
