Acting

Will Lee

Born 1908-08-06 · Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Died 1982-12-07

William Lee (born William Lubovsky; August 6, 1908) was an American actor who appeared in numerous television and film roles, but was best known for playing Mr. Hooper, the original store proprietor of the eponymous Hooper's Store. He was one of the four original human characters on Sesame Street, from the show's debut in November 1969. Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Lee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Credits

Newest first

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Mr. Hooper (uncredited) (archive footage)
2010
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
2006
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
Daniel
as The Judge
1983
Hit and Run
as Joseph Kahn
1982
Playing for Time
as Shmuel
1980
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
1979
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Mr. Hooper
1978
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
1978
Nourish the Beast
as Old Man
1974
Great Performances
as Kon
1971
This Way to Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
1969
An Affair of the Skin
as Waiter
1963
Little Fugitive
as Photographer
1953
M
as Man In Mob (uncredited)
1951
Shakedown
as Cabbie (uncredited)
1950
Backfire
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1950
They Live by Night
as Jeweler
1949
Casbah
as Begger
1948
Saboteur
as Rogers (uncredited)
1942
Babes on Broadway
as Shorty, Drugstore Waiter / Cook (uncredited)
1941
Melody Lane
as Mr. Russo
1941
Ball of Fire
as “Benny — the Creep”
1941
Whistling in the Dark
as Herman the Druggist
1941