Will Lee

Personal Info

Birthday

August 6, 1908

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

Known For

Great Performances

Saboteur

Ball of Fire

Nourish the Beast

Daniel

They Live by Night

Shakedown

Little Fugitive

Filmography

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
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)
Backfire
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1949
They Live by Night
as Jeweler
1948
Casbah
as Begger
1942
Saboteur
as Rogers (uncredited)
1941
Babes on Broadway
as Shorty, Drugstore Waiter / Cook (uncredited)
Melody Lane
as Mr. Russo
Ball of Fire
as “Benny — the Creep”
Whistling in the Dark
as Herman the Druggist