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