Will Lee
- Acting
- August 6, 1908 · Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
- December 7, 1982
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
Filmography
- Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street · Self
- Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days · Mr. Hooper (uncredited) (archive footage)
- A Sesame Street Christmas Carol · Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
- Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! · Mr. Hooper (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Daniel · The Judge
- Hit and Run · Joseph Kahn
- Playing for Time · Shmuel
- A Walking Tour of Sesame Street · Mr. Hooper
- A Special Sesame Street Christmas · Mr. Hooper
- Christmas Eve on Sesame Street · Mr. Hooper
- Nourish the Beast · Old Man
- Great Performances · Kon
- This Way to Sesame Street · Mr. Hooper
- An Affair of the Skin · Waiter
- Little Fugitive · Photographer
- M · Man In Mob (uncredited)
- Shakedown · Cabbie (uncredited)
- Backfire · Cab Driver (uncredited)
- They Live by Night · Jeweler
- Casbah · Begger
- Saboteur · Rogers (uncredited)
- Babes on Broadway · Shorty, Drugstore Waiter / Cook (uncredited)
- Melody Lane · Mr. Russo
- Ball of Fire · “Benny — the Creep”
- Whistling in the Dark · Herman the Druggist