Will Lee
Born: 1908-08-06 in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died: 1982-12-07
Known For: Acting
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.
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
- Christmas Eve on Sesame Street as Mr. Hooper
- A Special Sesame Street Christmas as Mr. Hooper
1977
- Sesame Street at Night? as Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
1974
- Nourish the Beast as Old Man
1971
- Great Performances as Kon
1969
- This Way to Sesame Street as Mr. Hooper
1963
- An Affair of the Skin as Waiter
1953
- Little Fugitive as Photographer
1949
- They Live by Night as Jeweler
1948
- Casbah as Begger
1942
- Saboteur as Rogers (uncredited)
1941
- Ball of Fire as “Benny — the Creep”
- Whistling in the Dark as Herman the Druggist
- Babes on Broadway as Shorty, Drugstore Waiter / Cook (uncredited)
- Melody Lane as Mr. Russo