Will Lee
August 6, 1908 (116 years old) in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
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
Credits
- 2024 · Jim Henson Idea Man as Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
- 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
- 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
- 1978 · Christmas Eve on Sesame Street as Mr. Hooper
- 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
- 1950 · Shakedown as Cabbie (uncredited)
- 1950 · 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)
- 1941 · Melody Lane as Mr. Russo
- 1941 · Ball of Fire as “Benny — the Creep”
- 1941 · Whistling in the Dark as Herman the Druggist