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Elisha Cook Jr.
Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

ActingBorn December 26, 1903Died May 18, 1995 (age 91)San Francisco, California, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elisha Cook, Jr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

2022
They Came from the Attic

as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)

Movie
1987Movie
1986
ALF

as Uncle Albert

TV
1985
The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Welcome to Winfield")

TV
1984Movie
1984Movie
1984
Night Court

as Wilbur Posten

TV
1983
The A-Team

as Jim Beam

TV
1983Movie
1982
Terror at Alcatraz

as Hotel Desk Clerk

Movie
1982
Hammett

as Eli the Taxi Driver

Movie
1982
National Lampoon's Movie Madness

as Mousy ("Municipalians")

Movie
1981Movie
1981
Harry's War

as Sgt. Billy

Movie
1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Harold W. Farber

TV
1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler

TV
1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Wilmer

TV
1980
Carny

as On-Your-Mark

Movie
1980
Tom Horn

as Stable Hand

Movie
1979
1941

as The Patron (Dexter)

Movie
1979
Salem's Lot

as Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips

TV
1979
The Champ

as Georgie

Movie
1977
Mad Bull

as Sweeper

Movie
1977Movie
1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Mr. Charles Trout Sr.

TV
1976
St. Ives

as Eddie

Movie
1975
The Black Bird

as Wilmer Cook

Movie
1975
Winterhawk

as Finley

Movie
1975
Switch

as Henley

TV
1975
Messiah of Evil

as Charlie

Movie
1975TV
1975TV
1975
Senior Power

as Mr. Boyle

Movie
1974
The Phantom of Hollywood

as Studio Engineer (uncredited)

Movie
1973
The Outfit

as Carl

Movie
1973Movie
1973Movie
1972
Blacula

as Sam

Movie
1972
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)

Movie
1972
The Night Stalker

as Mickey Crawford

Movie
1972
Scarecrow

as Micah

Movie
1970
Night Chase

as Proprietor

Movie
1970Movie
1970TV
1970
El Condor

as Old Convict

Movie
1970TV
1970
The Movie Murderer

as Willie Peanuts

Movie
1969Movie
1968
Rosemary's Baby

as Mr. Nicklas

Movie
1968
The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1967TV
1967Movie
1967TV
1967Movie
1966
Star Trek

as Samuel Cogley

TV
1966
Batman

as Professor Isaacson

TV
1964Movie
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy

as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1964
The Glass Cage

as Ellen's father

Movie
1963
Johnny Cool

as Underworld Leader

Movie
1963
Burke's Law

as Wyatt

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Sailor

TV
1963
The Haunted Palace

as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith

Movie
1963
Black Zoo

as Joe

Movie
1963Movie
1961Movie
1960
The Fatal Impulse

as Harry Elser

Movie
1960TV
1960TV
1960
Thriller

as Harry Elser

TV
1960Movie
1960
Platinum High School

as Harry Nesbit

Movie
1959
Startime

as Trick

TV
1959
The Rebel

as Jeremy Hake

TV
1959
Johnny Ringo

as Maxie Dolan

TV
1959
Bonanza

as John Walker

TV
1959
The Deputy

as Miller

TV
1959TV
1959
Day of the Outlaw

as Larry Teter, Town Barber

Movie
1959
Rawhide

as Bain

TV
1959
Rawhide

as Joel Turner

TV
1959
Rawhide

as Jim Gribble

TV
1959
House on Haunted Hill

as Watson Pritchard

Movie
1958
Bat Masterson

as Pete Sheeley

TV
1958
Bat Masterson

as Thorn Loomis

TV
1957
Baby Face Nelson

as Homer van Meter

Movie
1957
Plunder Road

as Skeets Jonas

Movie
1957TV
1957
Perry Mason

as Art Crowley

TV
1957
Perry Mason

as Reelin' Pete

TV
1957
Chicago Confidential

as Candymouth Duggan

Movie
1957Movie
1957TV
1957
Voodoo Island

as Martin Schuyler

Movie
1956
Accused of Murder

as 'Whitey' Pollock

Movie
1956
The Killing

as George Peatty

Movie
1955Movie
1955
Trial

as Finn

Movie
1955
Gunsmoke

as Huggins

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Cyrus Tucker

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Jocko Beal

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as George

TV
1955
Timberjack

as Punky (as Elisha Cook)

Movie
1955
The Millionaire

as Ed Nevins

TV
1954
Drum Beat

as Blaine Crackel

Movie
1954
The Outlaw's Daughter

as Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook

Movie
1954
Superman's Peril

as Homer Garrity

Movie
1954
Climax!

as Pop

TV
1953
Thunder Over the Plains

as Joseph Standish

Movie
1953Movie
1953Movie
1953
Shane

as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey

Movie
1953TV
1953
General Electric Theater

as Lloyd Harwell

TV
1952
Don't Bother to Knock

as Eddie Forbes

Movie
1951
Behave Yourself!

as Albert Jonas

Movie
1949
The Great Gatsby

as Klipspringer

Movie
1949
Flaxy Martin

as Roper

Movie
1947Movie
1947
The Long Night

as Frank Dunlap

Movie
1947
Born to Kill

as Marty

Movie
1947
Fall Guy

as Joe

Movie
1946
The Big Sleep

as Harry Jones

Movie
1946
Two Smart People

as Fly Feletti

Movie
1946Movie
1946Movie
1946
Cinderella Jones

as Oliver S. Patch

Movie
1946
Blonde Alibi

as Sam Collins

Movie
1945Movie
1945
Dillinger

as Kirk Otto

Movie
1944
Dark Waters

as Cleeve

Movie
1944
Dark Mountain

as Whitey

Movie
1944
Up in Arms

as Info Jones

Movie
1944
Phantom Lady

as Cliff Milburn

Movie
1943
Baptism of Fire

as Bill (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Manila Calling

as Gillman

Movie
1942
Wildcat

as Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins

Movie
1942
A-Haunting We Will Go

as Frank Lucas

Movie
1942Movie
1942Movie
1941
Hellzapoppin'

as Harry Selby

Movie
1941
Ball of Fire

as Waiter

Movie
1941
I Wake Up Screaming

as Harry Williams

Movie
1941
The Maltese Falcon

as Wilmer Cook

Movie
1941
Sergeant York

as Piano Player (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Man at Large

as Hotel Clerk

Movie
1941
Love Crazy

as Joe (elevator operator)

Movie
1940
Tin Pan Alley

as Joe Codd

Movie
1940
Public Deb No. 1

as Communist

Movie
1940Movie
1940
He Married His Wife

as Dicky Brown

Movie
1939
Grand Jury Secrets

as Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Submarine Patrol

as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Three Blind Mice

as Boy on Bench (uncredited)

Movie
1937
Life Begins in College

as Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.

Movie
1937
Danger – Love at Work

as McBain, the chemist

Movie
1937Movie
1937
They Won't Forget

as Joe Turner

Movie
1937
The Devil Is Driving

as Tony Stevens

Movie
1937
Love Is News

as Egbert Eggleston

Movie
1936
Pigskin Parade

as Herbert Van Dyke

Movie
1936
Two in a Crowd

as Skeeter

Movie
1931
Honor Among Lovers

as Office Boy (uncredited)

Movie
1930
Chills and Fever

as Member of the Glee Club

Movie
1930
Her Unborn Child

as Stewart Kennedy

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayDecember 26, 1903
Day of DeathMay 18, 1995
Place of BirthSan Francisco, California, USA
Popularity1.3