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

Great Performances
1974
Saboteur
1942
They Live by Night
1949
Ball of Fire
1941
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
M
1951
Daniel
1983
Playing for Time
1980
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
1978
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
2006
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
25
2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Mr. Hooper (uncredited) (archive footage)
2006
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage)
2004
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
as Mr. Hooper (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Daniel
as The Judge
1982
Hit and Run
as Joseph Kahn
1980
Playing for Time
as Shmuel
1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
1978
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Mr. Hooper
1978
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
1974
Nourish the Beast
as Old Man
1974
Great Performances
as Kon
1969
This Way to Sesame Street
as Mr. Hooper
1963
An Affair of the Skin
as Waiter
1953
Little Fugitive
as Photographer
1951
M
as Man In Mob (uncredited)
1950
Backfire
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1950
Shakedown
as Cabbie (uncredited)
1949
They Live by Night
as Jeweler
1948
Casbah
as Begger
1942
Saboteur
as Rogers (uncredited)
1941
Melody Lane
as Mr. Russo
1941
Ball of Fire
as “Benny — the Creep”
1941
Whistling in the Dark
as Herman the Druggist
1941
Babes on Broadway
as Shorty, Drugstore Waiter / Cook (uncredited)