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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 26, 1903
Place of Birth:
San Francisco, California, USA
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Elisha Cook Jr.
Biography
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | They Came from the Attic | Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival) |
| 1987 | The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains | Pappy Glue |
| 1986 | Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Self (from Don't Bother to Knock [1952]) (archive footage) |
| 1984 | Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse | Mr. Maps |
| 1984 | The Pigs vs. The Freaks | Novatney |
| 1983 | This Girl for Hire | Eddie |
| 1982 | Hammett | Eli the Taxi Driver |
| 1982 | Terror at Alcatraz | Hotel Desk Clerk |
| 1982 | National Lampoon's Movie Madness | Mousy ("Municipalians") |
| 1981 | Leave 'Em Laughing | Jetter |
| 1981 | Harry's War | Sgt. Billy |
| 1980 | Carny | On-Your-Mark |
| 1980 | Tom Horn | Stable Hand |
| 1979 | 1941 | The Patron (Dexter) |
| 1979 | The Champ | Georgie |
| 1977 | Dead of Night | Karel |
| 1977 | Mad Bull | Sweeper |
| 1976 | St. Ives | Eddie |
| 1975 | The Black Bird | Wilmer Cook |
| 1975 | Winterhawk | Finley |
| 1975 | Senior Power | Mr. Boyle |
| 1974 | Messiah of Evil | Charlie |
| 1974 | The Phantom of Hollywood | Studio Engineer (uncredited) |
| 1973 | Electra Glide in Blue | Willie |
| 1973 | The Outfit | Carl |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Cody |
| 1973 | Emperor of the North | Gray Cat |
| 1972 | Blacula | Sam |
| 1972 | The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Bunker (as Elisha Cook) |
| 1972 | The Night Stalker | Mickey Crawford |
| 1972 | Scarecrow | Micah |
| 1970 | El Condor | Old Convict |
| 1970 | Night Slaves | |
| 1970 | The Movie Murderer | Willie Peanuts |
| 1970 | Night Chase | Proprietor |
| 1969 | Cry for Poor Wally | |
| 1969 | The Great Bank Robbery | Jeb |
| 1968 | Rosemary's Baby | Mr. Nicklas |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) |
| 1967 | Welcome to Hard Times | Hanson |
| 1967 | The Spy in the Green Hat | Arnold |
| 1964 | The Glass Cage | Ellen's father |
| 1964 | Blood on the Arrow | Tex |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1963 | The Haunted Palace | Gideon Smith / Micah Smith |
| 1963 | Black Zoo | Joe |
| 1963 | Johnny Cool | Underworld Leader |
| 1963 | Papa's Delicate Condition | Mr. Keith |
| 1961 | One-Eyed Jacks | Carvey |
| 1960 | College Confidential | Ted Blake |
| 1960 | Platinum High School | Harry Nesbit |
| 1960 | The Fatal Impulse | Harry Elser |
| 1959 | Day of the Outlaw | Larry Teter, Town Barber |
| 1959 | House on Haunted Hill | Watson Pritchard |
| 1957 | Baby Face Nelson | Homer van Meter |
| 1957 | Plunder Road | Skeets Jonas |
| 1957 | The Lonely Man | Willie |
| 1957 | Voodoo Island | Martin Schuyler |
| 1957 | Chicago Confidential | Candymouth Duggan |
| 1956 | The Killing | George Peatty |
| 1956 | Accused of Murder | 'Whitey' Pollock |
| 1955 | The Indian Fighter | Briggs (as Elisha Cook) |
| 1955 | Timberjack | Punky (as Elisha Cook) |
| 1955 | Trial | Finn |
| 1954 | Drum Beat | Blaine Crackel |
| 1954 | The Outlaw's Daughter | Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook |
| 1953 | I, the Jury | |
| 1953 | Shane | Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey |
| 1953 | Thunder Over the Plains | Joseph Standish |
| 1953 | I, the Jury | Bobo |
| 1952 | Don't Bother to Knock | Eddie Forbes |
| 1951 | Behave Yourself! | Albert Jonas |
| 1949 | Flaxy Martin | Roper |
| 1949 | The Great Gatsby | Klipspringer |
| 1947 | The Gangster | Oval |
| 1947 | Born to Kill | Marty |
| 1947 | Fall Guy | Joe |
| 1947 | The Long Night | Frank Dunlap |
| 1946 | The Big Sleep | Harry Jones |
| 1946 | Blonde Alibi | Sam Collins |
| 1946 | The Falcon's Alibi | Nick |
| 1946 | Two Smart People | Fly Feletti |
| 1946 | Cinderella Jones | Oliver S. Patch |
| 1946 | Joe Palooka, Champ | Eugene |
| 1945 | Dillinger | Kirk Otto |
| 1945 | Why Girls Leave Home | Jimmy Lobo |
| 1944 | Dark Waters | Cleeve |
| 1944 | Phantom Lady | Cliff Milburn |
| 1944 | Dark Mountain | Whitey |
| 1944 | Up in Arms | Info Jones |
| 1943 | Kill or Be Killed | |
| 1943 | Baptism of Fire | Bill (uncredited) |
| 1942 | A-Haunting We Will Go | Frank Lucas |
| 1942 | Wildcat | Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins |
| 1942 | A Gentleman at Heart | Genius |
| 1942 | Manila Calling | Gillman |
| 1942 | Sleepytime Gal | Ernie |
| 1941 | The Maltese Falcon | Wilmer Cook |
| 1941 | Love Crazy | Joe (elevator operator) |
| 1941 | I Wake Up Screaming | Harry Williams |
| 1941 | Ball of Fire | Waiter |
| 1941 | Man at Large | Hotel Clerk |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Piano Player (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Hellzapoppin' | Harry Selby |
| 1940 | Stranger on the Third Floor | Joe Briggs |
| 1940 | He Married His Wife | Dicky Brown |
| 1940 | Public Deb No. 1 | Communist |
| 1940 | Tin Pan Alley | Joe Codd |
| 1939 | Grand Jury Secrets | Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt |
| 1938 | Submarine Patrol | Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor' |
| 1938 | Newsboys' Home | Danny |
| 1938 | My Lucky Star | Waldo |
| 1938 | Three Blind Mice | Boy on Bench (uncredited) |
| 1937 | They Won't Forget | Joe Turner |
| 1937 | Danger – Love at Work | McBain, the chemist |
| 1937 | The Devil Is Driving | Tony Stevens |
| 1937 | Wife, Doctor and Nurse | Glen Wylie |
| 1937 | Life Begins in College | Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr. |
| 1937 | Love Is News | Egbert Eggleston |
| 1936 | Pigskin Parade | Herbert Van Dyke |
| 1936 | Two in a Crowd | Skeeter |
| 1931 | Honor Among Lovers | Office Boy (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Chills and Fever | Member of the Glee Club |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | ALF | Uncle Albert |
| 1986 | ALF | Uncle Albert (archive footage) |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | (segment "Welcome to Winfield") |
| 1984 | Night Court | Wilbur Posten |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Jim Beam |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon | |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Harold W. Farber |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler |
| 1979 | Salem's Lot | Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman | |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Mr. Charles Trout Sr. |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | |
| 1975 | Baretta | |
| 1975 | Switch | Henley |
| 1975 | S.W.A.T. | |
| 1975 | The Blue Knight | |
| 1973 | Police Story | |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple | Heel |
| 1970 | McCloud | |
| 1967 | Mannix | |
| 1967 | Ironside | |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip | |
| 1966 | Star Trek | Samuel Cogley |
| 1966 | Batman | Professor Isaacson |
| 1966 | The Monroes | |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West | |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Wyatt |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Sailor |
| 1963 | The Dakotas | |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | |
| 1960 | The Islanders | Tomas |
| 1960 | Outlaws | |
| 1960 | Thriller | Harry Elser |
| 1959 | Johnny Staccato | |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Bain |
| 1959 | The Rebel | Jeremy Hake |
| 1959 | Johnny Ringo | Maxie Dolan |
| 1959 | Tightrope | |
| 1959 | The Third Man | |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Joel Turner |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Jim Gribble |
| 1959 | Bonanza | John Walker |
| 1959 | The Deputy | Miller |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | Pete Sheeley |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | Thorn Loomis |
| 1957 | Trackdown | |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Art Crowley |
| 1957 | Panic! | |
| 1957 | The O. Henry Playhouse | Fred |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Reelin' Pete |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Huggins |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Shorty |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Ed Nevins |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Cyrus Tucker |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | George |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Jocko Beal |
| 1954 | Climax! | Pop |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Jed |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Willy Zucks |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Lloyd Harwell |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok |