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Will Lee

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Aug 6, 1908 (118 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

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

Acting
2021Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame StreetSelf (archive footage)
2010Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny DaysMr. Hooper (uncredited) (archive footage)
2006A Sesame Street Christmas CarolMr. Hooper (archive footage)
1983DanielThe Judge
1982Hit and RunJoseph Kahn
1980Playing for TimeShmuel
1979A Walking Tour of Sesame StreetMr. Hooper
1978A Special Sesame Street ChristmasMr. Hooper
1978Christmas Eve on Sesame StreetMr. Hooper
1974Nourish the BeastOld Man
1971Great PerformancesKon
1969This Way to Sesame StreetMr. Hooper
1963An Affair of the SkinWaiter
1953Little FugitivePhotographer
1950BackfireCab Driver (uncredited)
1950ShakedownCabbie (uncredited)
1949They Live by NightJeweler
1948CasbahBegger
1942SaboteurRogers (uncredited)
1941Melody LaneMr. Russo
1941Ball of Fire“Benny — the Creep”
1941Whistling in the DarkHerman the Druggist
1941Babes on BroadwayShorty, Drugstore Waiter / Cook (uncredited)