Actor
Will Lee
August 6, 1908 · Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Caroll Spinney
4 titles together
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, A Sesame Street Christmas Carol, A Special Sesame Street Christmas
Viveca Lindfors
3 titles together
Playing for Time, Backfire, An Affair of the Skin
Jerry Nelson
3 titles together
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, A Sesame Street Christmas Carol, Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Bob McGrath
3 titles together
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, A Special Sesame Street Christmas, Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Sonia Manzano
3 titles together
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, A Special Sesame Street Christmas, Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Ian Wolfe
2 titles together
Saboteur, They Live by Night
Full filmography · 23
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Mr. Hooper (uncredited) (archive footage)
2010
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
2006
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
Daniel
as The Judge
19836.6
Hit and Run
as Joseph Kahn
1982
Playing for Time
as Shmuel
19806.9
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
1979
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Mr. Hooper
1978
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
19787.5
Nourish the Beast
as Old Man
1974
This Way to Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
1969
An Affair of the Skin
as Waiter
1963