Will Lee
Acting Born Aug 6, 1908 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. 23 credits
Biography
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.
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Full filmography
- Great Performances (1971) as Kon
- Saboteur (1942) as Rogers (uncredited)
- Daniel (1983) as The Judge
- Ball of Fire (1941) as “Benny — the Creep”
- They Live by Night (1949) as Jeweler
- Casbah (1948) as Begger
- Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Playing for Time (1980) as Shmuel
- Backfire (1950) as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- Babes on Broadway (1941) as Shorty, Drugstore Waiter / Cook (uncredited)
- Whistling in the Dark (1941) as Herman the Druggist
- Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978) as Mr. Hooper
- A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978) as Mr. Hooper
- Little Fugitive (1953) as Photographer
- Shakedown (1950) as Cabbie (uncredited)
- Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (2010) as Mr. Hooper (uncredited) (archive footage)
- A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979) as Mr. Hooper
- This Way to Sesame Street (1969) as Mr. Hooper
- Nourish the Beast (1974) as Old Man
- Hit and Run (1982) as Joseph Kahn
- A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006) as Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
- An Affair of the Skin (1963) as Waiter
- Melody Lane (1941) as Mr. Russo