Acting
Will Lee
Aug 6, 1908 (died Dec 7, 1982, aged 74) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
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.
Known for
6.9
Saboteur
Rogers (uncredited)
6.1
Great Performances
Kon
7.4
Ball of Fire
“Benny — the Creep”
6.8
They Live by Night
Jeweler
6.5
M
Man In Mob (uncredited)
6.9
Playing for Time
Shmuel
6.9
Little Fugitive
Photographer
5.9
Backfire
Cab Driver (uncredited)
6.6
Daniel
The Judge
7.4
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
5.9
Casbah
Begger
7.6
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Mr. Hooper
6.6
Babes on Broadway
Shorty, Drugstore Waiter / Cook (uncredited)
6.4
Shakedown
Cabbie (uncredited)
5.9
Whistling in the Dark
Herman the Druggist
Filmography
7.4
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010 · Mr. Hooper (uncredited) (archive footage)
6.7
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
2006 · Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
7.6
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004 · Mr. Hooper (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.6
Daniel
1983 · The Judge
4.5
Hit and Run
1982 · Joseph Kahn
6.9
Playing for Time
1980 · Shmuel
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979 · Mr. Hooper
7.6
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
1978 · Mr. Hooper
6.7
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978 · Mr. Hooper
8.0
Nourish the Beast
1974 · Old Man
6.1
Great Performances
1971 · Kon
This Way to Sesame Street
1969 · Mr. Hooper
10.0
An Affair of the Skin
1963 · Waiter
6.9
Little Fugitive
1953 · Photographer
6.5
M
1951 · Man In Mob (uncredited)
5.9
Backfire
1950 · Cab Driver (uncredited)
6.4
Shakedown
1950 · Cabbie (uncredited)
6.8
They Live by Night
1949 · Jeweler
5.9
Casbah
1948 · Begger
6.9
Saboteur
1942 · Rogers (uncredited)
7.4
Ball of Fire
1941 · “Benny — the Creep”
6.6
Babes on Broadway
1941 · Shorty, Drugstore Waiter / Cook (uncredited)
5.9
Whistling in the Dark
1941 · Herman the Druggist
10.0
Melody Lane
1941 · Mr. Russo