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