# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/will-lee
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:05:36.033Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/will-lee"
name: "Will Lee"
slug: "will-lee"
description: "William Lee 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."
tagline: "American actor (1908–1982)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d2/TV_hoopers_candy_store.jpg/330px-TV_hoopers_candy_store.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1908-08-06"
deathDate: "1982-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.52
  momentum:             1.368909512761021
  historical:           14.44306666666667
  currentAttention:     13.84
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0498447/"
    handle:    "nm0498447"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "ول لی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Lee"
    title: "Will Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Lee"
    title: "Will Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%84%D9%89_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "ويل لى (ممثل افلام من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Lee"
    title: "Will Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Lee_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "Will Lee (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Lee"
    title: "Will Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Lee"
    title: "Will Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "ویل لی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Lee_(acteur)"
    title: "Will Lee (acteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Lee"
    title: "Will Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC_(%E4%BF%B3%E5%84%AA)"
    title: "ウィル・リー (俳優)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C_%EB%A6%AC"
    title: "윌 리"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Lee"
    title: "Will Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Lee"
    title: "Will Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Lee"
    title: "Will Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Lee"
    title: "Will Lee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q473189"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/130422"
    title: "Will Lee"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump