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.
Movie Appearances
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
2006
Melody Lane
as Mr. Russo
1941
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Mr. Hooper
1978
They Live by Night
as Jeweler
1949
Casbah
as Begger
1948
Little Fugitive
as Photographer
1953
Hit and Run
as Joseph Kahn
1982
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Mr. Hooper (uncredited) (archive footage)
2010
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Backfire
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1950
Shakedown
as Cabbie (uncredited)
1950
Ball of Fire
as “Benny — the Creep”
1941
Saboteur
as Rogers (uncredited)
1942
Whistling in the Dark
as Herman the Druggist
1941
Playing for Time
as Shmuel
1980
Babes on Broadway
as Shorty, Drugstore Waiter / Cook (uncredited)
1941
Daniel
as The Judge
1983
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
1978
An Affair of the Skin
as Waiter
1963
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
1979
