Will Lee
Birthday
1908/08/06
Day of death
1982/12/07 (74 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Also know as
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Biography
William Lee (born William Lubovsky; August 6, 1908 – December 7, 1982) 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 until his death on December 7, 1982, at the age of 74. Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Lee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
(2006) A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
(1941) Melody Lane
as Mr. Russo
(1978) A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Mr. Hooper
(1949) They Live by Night
as Jeweler
(1948) Casbah
as Begger
(1953) Little Fugitive
as Photographer
(1982) Hit and Run
as Joseph Kahn
(2010) Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Mr. Hooper (uncredited) (archive footage)
(2021) Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
(1950) Backfire
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
(1950) Shakedown
as Cabbie (uncredited)
(1941) Ball of Fire
as “Benny — the Creep”
(1942) Saboteur
as Rogers (uncredited)
(2024) Jim Henson Idea Man
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
(1941) Whistling in the Dark
as Herman the Druggist
(1980) Playing for Time
as Shmuel
(1941) Babes on Broadway
as Shorty, Drugstore Waiter / Cook (uncredited)
(1983) Daniel
as The Judge
(1978) Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
(1963) An Affair of the Skin
as Waiter
(1979) A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
(1974) Nourish the Beast
as Old Man
(1969) This Way to Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
(1977) Sesame Street at Night?
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
(1971) Great Performances
as Kon