Will Lee

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Lee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Great Performances

Daniel

Saboteur

Ball of Fire

Playing for Time

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Hit and Run

Backfire

All Movies (22)

• Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days2010 · as Mr. Hooper (uncredited) (archive footage)
• A Sesame Street Christmas Carol2006 · as Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
• Daniel1983 · as The Judge
• Hit and Run1982 · as Joseph Kahn
• Playing for Time1980 · as Shmuel
• A Walking Tour of Sesame Street1979 · as Mr. Hooper
• A Special Sesame Street Christmas1978 · as Mr. Hooper
• Christmas Eve on Sesame Street1978 · as Mr. Hooper
• Nourish the Beast1974 · as Old Man
• This Way to Sesame Street1969 · as Mr. Hooper
• An Affair of the Skin1963 · as Waiter
• Little Fugitive1953 · as Photographer
• Shakedown1950 · as Cabbie (uncredited)
• Backfire1950 · as Cab Driver (uncredited)
• They Live by Night1949 · as Jeweler
• Casbah1948 · as Begger
• Saboteur1942 · as Rogers (uncredited)
• Babes on Broadway1941 · as Shorty, Drugstore Waiter / Cook (uncredited)
• Melody Lane1941 · as Mr. Russo
• Ball of Fire1941 · as “Benny — the Creep”
• Whistling in the Dark1941 · as Herman the Druggist

All TV Shows (1)

• Great Performances1971 · as Kon