Elisha Cook Jr.
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-12-26
Day of Death
1995-05-18 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Elisha Cook Jr.
Biography
Elisha Vanslyck Cook, Jr. (December 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995) was an American character actor who made a career out of playing cowardly villains and weedy neurotics in dozens of films. He was perhaps most noted for his portrayal of the "gunsel" Wilmer, who tries to intimidate Humphrey Bogart's Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon.
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Known For
Acting
(2022)
They Came from the Attic
as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
(1987)
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
as Pappy Glue
(1984)
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
as Novatney
(1984)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
as Mr. Bibbs
(1984)
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
as Mr. Maps
(1983)
This Girl for Hire
as Eddie
(1982)
Hammett
as Eli the Taxi Driver
(1982)
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Mousy ("Municipalians")
(1982)
Terror at Alcatraz
as Hotel Desk Clerk
(1981)
Harry's War
as Sgt. Billy
(1981)
Leave 'Em Laughing
as Jetter
(1980)
Tom Horn
as Stable Hand
(1980)
Carny
as On-Your-Mark
(1979)
1941
as The Patron (Dexter)
(1979)
The Champ
as Georgie
(1977)
Dead of Night
as Karel
(1977)
Mad Bull
as Sweeper
(1976)
St. Ives
as Eddie
(1975)
The Black Bird
as Wilmer Cook
(1975)
Senior Power
as Mr. Boyle
(1975)
Winterhawk
as Finley
(1975)
Messiah of Evil
as Charlie
(1974)
The Phantom of Hollywood
as Studio Engineer (uncredited)
(1973)
The Outfit
as Carl
(1973)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Cody
(1973)
Electra Glide in Blue
as Willie
(1973)
Emperor of the North
as Gray Cat
(1972)
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
(1972)
The Night Stalker
as Mickey Crawford
(1972)
Scarecrow
as Micah
(1972)
Blacula
as Sam
(1970)
The Movie Murderer
as Willie Peanuts
(1970)
Night Chase
as Proprietor
(1970)
(1970)
El Condor
as Old Convict
(1969)
The Great Bank Robbery
as Jeb
(1969)
(1968)
Rosemary's Baby
as Mr. Nicklas
(1968)
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
(1967)
Welcome to Hard Times
as Hanson
(1967)
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Arnold
(1964)
Blood on the Arrow
as Tex
(1964)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1964)
The Glass Cage
as Ellen's father
(1963)
Black Zoo
as Joe
(1963)
The Haunted Palace
as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
(1963)
Johnny Cool
as Underworld Leader
(1963)
Papa's Delicate Condition
as Mr. Keith
(1961)
One-Eyed Jacks
as Carvey
(1960)
The Fatal Impulse
as Harry Elser
(1960)
Platinum High School
as Harry Nesbit
(1960)
College Confidential
as Ted Blake
(1959)
House on Haunted Hill
as Watson Pritchard
(1959)
Day of the Outlaw
as Larry Teter, Town Barber
(1957)
The Lonely Man
as Willie
(1957)
Chicago Confidential
as Candymouth Duggan
(1957)
Voodoo Island
as Martin Schuyler
(1957)
Baby Face Nelson
as Homer van Meter
(1957)
Plunder Road
as Skeets Jonas
(1956)
The Killing
as George Peatty
(1956)
Accused of Murder
as 'Whitey' Pollock
(1955)
The Indian Fighter
as Briggs
(1955)
Timberjack
as Punky (as Elisha Cook)
(1955)
Trial
as Finn
(1954)
Drum Beat
as Blaine Crackel
(1954)
The Outlaw's Daughter
as Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
(1954)
Superman's Peril
as Homer Garrity
(1953)
Shane
as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
(1953)
Thunder Over the Plains
as Joseph Standish
(1953)
(1953)
I, the Jury
as Bobo
(1952)
Don't Bother to Knock
as Eddie Forbes
(1951)
Behave Yourself!
as Albert Jonas
(1949)
The Great Gatsby
as Klipspringer
(1949)
Flaxy Martin
as Roper
(1947)
Born to Kill
as Marty
(1947)
The Gangster
as Oval
(1947)
The Long Night
as Frank Dunlap
(1947)
Fall Guy
as Joe
(1946)
The Big Sleep
as Harry Jones
(1946)
Cinderella Jones
as Oliver S. Patch
(1946)
Two Smart People
as Fly Feletti
(1946)
The Falcon's Alibi
as Nick
(1946)
Blonde Alibi
as Sam Collins
(1946)
Joe Palooka, Champ
as Eugene
(1945)
Dillinger
as Kirk Otto
(1945)
Why Girls Leave Home
as Jimmy Lobo
(1944)
Up in Arms
as Info Jones
(1944)
Dark Waters
as Cleeve
(1944)
Phantom Lady
as Cliff Milburn
(1944)
Dark Mountain
as Whitey
(1943)
(1943)
Baptism of Fire
as Bill (uncredited)
(1942)
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Frank Lucas
(1942)
A Gentleman at Heart
as Genius
(1942)
Manila Calling
as Gillman
(1942)
Wildcat
as Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
(1942)
Sleepytime Gal
as Ernie
(1941)
Ball of Fire
as Waiter
(1941)
Love Crazy
as Joe (elevator operator)
(1941)
Sergeant York
as Piano Player (uncredited)
(1941)
Hellzapoppin'
as Harry Selby
(1941)
The Maltese Falcon
as Wilmer Cook
(1941)
I Wake Up Screaming
as Harry Williams
(1941)
Man at Large
as Hotel Clerk
(1940)
Public Deb No. 1
as Communist
(1940)
Tin Pan Alley
as Joe Codd
(1940)
Stranger on the Third Floor
as Joe Briggs
(1940)
He Married His Wife
as Dicky Brown
(1939)
Grand Jury Secrets
as Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt
(1938)
Submarine Patrol
as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
(1938)
Three Blind Mice
as Boy on Bench (uncredited)
(1938)
Newsboys' Home
as Danny
(1938)
My Lucky Star
as Waldo
(1937)
Life Begins in College
as Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
(1937)
Danger – Love at Work
as McBain, the chemist
(1937)
The Devil Is Driving
as Tony Stevens
(1937)
They Won't Forget
as Joe Turner
(1937)
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Glen Wylie
(1937)
Love Is News
as Egbert Eggleston
(1936)
Two in a Crowd
as Skeeter
(1936)
Pigskin Parade
as Herbert Van Dyke
(1931)
Honor Among Lovers
as Office Boy (uncredited)
(1930)
Her Unborn Child
as Stewart Kennedy
(1930)
Chills and Fever
as Member of the Glee Club