
Will Lee
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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
Credits

They Live by Night (1949)
as Jeweler

Saboteur (1942)
as Rogers (uncredited)

Babes on Broadway (1941)
as Shorty, Drugstore Waiter / Cook (uncredited)

M (1951)
as Man In Mob (uncredited)

Ball of Fire (1941)
as “Benny — the Creep”

A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978)
as Mr. Hooper

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
as Self (archive footage)

Backfire (1950)
as Cab Driver (uncredited)

Little Fugitive (1953)
as Photographer

Playing for Time (1980)
as Shmuel

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006)
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage)

Shakedown (1950)
as Cabbie (uncredited)

Daniel (1983)
as The Judge

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
as Mr. Hooper

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! (2004)
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage) (uncredited)

Casbah (1948)
as Begger

Whistling in the Dark (1941)
as Herman the Druggist

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (2010)
as Mr. Hooper (uncredited) (archive footage)

This Way to Sesame Street (1969)
as Mr. Hooper

Hit and Run (1982)
as Joseph Kahn

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)
as Mr. Hooper

An Affair of the Skin (1963)
as Waiter

Melody Lane (1941)
as Mr. Russo

Nourish the Beast (1974)
as Old Man





