Acting credits
24
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Will Lee
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 23Series: 1
TMDB ID: 130422
IMDb ID: nm0498447
Known for: Acting
Born: August 6, 1908
Age: 117
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1941 - 2021
Years active: 81
Average TMDB rating: 6.78
Wikidata: Q473189
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Will Lee.
as Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021 • Movie
as Mr. Hooper (uncredited) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010 • Movie
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
2006 • Movie
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004 • Movie
as The Judge
Daniel
1983 • Movie
as Joseph Kahn
Hit and Run
1982 • Movie
as Shmuel
Playing for Time
1980 • Movie
as Mr. Hooper
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979 • Movie
as Mr. Hooper
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978 • Movie
as Mr. Hooper
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
1978 • Movie
as Old Man
Nourish the Beast
1974 • Movie
as Mr. Hooper
This Way to Sesame Street
1969 • Movie
as Waiter
An Affair of the Skin
1963 • Movie
as Photographer
Little Fugitive
1953 • Movie
as Cabbie (uncredited)
Shakedown
1950 • Movie
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Backfire
1950 • Movie
as Jeweler
They Live by Night
1949 • Movie
as Begger
Casbah
1948 • Movie
as Rogers (uncredited)
Saboteur
1942 • Movie
as Shorty, Drugstore Waiter / Cook (uncredited)
Babes on Broadway
1941 • Movie
as Mr. Russo
Melody Lane
1941 • Movie
as “Benny — the Creep”
Ball of Fire
1941 • Movie
as Herman the Druggist
Whistling in the Dark
1941 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Will Lee.
