Elisha Cook Jr.

Birthday:
12/26/1903
Place of birth:
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

Credits

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

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