Acting credits
24
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Will Lee
Acting
Career Snapshot
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0.3
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Movies: 23Series: 1
TMDB ID: 130422
IMDb ID: nm0498447
Known for: Acting
Born: August 6, 1908
Died: December 7, 1982
Age: 74
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1941 - 2021
Years active: 81
Average TMDB rating: 6.71
Wikidata: Q473189
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Will Lee.
7.5
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Movie
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Mr. Hooper (uncredited) (archive footage)
2010 Movie
6.8
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
2006 Movie
6.6
Daniel
as The Judge
1983 Movie
2.8
Hit and Run
as Joseph Kahn
1982 Movie
6.8
Playing for Time
as Shmuel
1980 Movie
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
1979 Movie
6.0
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Mr. Hooper
1978 Movie
7.3
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
1978 Movie
Sesame Street at Night?
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
1977 Movie
Nourish the Beast
as Old Man
1974 Movie
This Way to Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
1969 Movie
An Affair of the Skin
as Waiter
1963 Movie
6.9
Little Fugitive
as Photographer
1953 Movie
6.2
Shakedown
as Cabbie (uncredited)
1950 Movie
5.8
Backfire
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1950 Movie
6.9
They Live by Night
as Jeweler
1949 Movie
5.8
Casbah
as Begger
1948 Movie
6.9
Saboteur
as Rogers (uncredited)
1942 Movie
6.5
Babes on Broadway
as Shorty, Drugstore Waiter / Cook (uncredited)
1941 Movie
Melody Lane
as Mr. Russo
1941 Movie
7.4
Ball of Fire
as “Benny — the Creep”
1941 Movie
5.8
Whistling in the Dark
as Herman the Druggist
1941 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Will Lee.
