Will Lee
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-08-06
Day of Death
1982-12-07 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Will Lee
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2024)
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
(2021)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Mr. Hooper (uncredited) (archive footage)
(2006)
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
(1983)
Daniel
as The Judge
(1982)
Hit and Run
as Joseph Kahn
(1980)
Playing for Time
as Shmuel
(1979)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
(1978)
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Mr. Hooper
(1978)
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
(1977)
Sesame Street at Night?
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
(1974)
Nourish the Beast
as Old Man
(1969)
This Way to Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
(1963)
An Affair of the Skin
as Waiter
(1953)
Little Fugitive
as Photographer
(1950)
Shakedown
as Cabbie (uncredited)
(1950)
Backfire
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
(1949)
They Live by Night
as Jeweler
(1948)
Casbah
as Begger
(1942)
Saboteur
as Rogers (uncredited)
(1941)
Ball of Fire
as “Benny — the Creep”
(1941)
Whistling in the Dark
as Herman the Druggist
(1941)
Babes on Broadway
as Shorty, Drugstore Waiter / Cook (uncredited)
(1941)
Melody Lane
as Mr. Russo