Acting
Elisha Cook Jr.
EN, IT cinema · 124 credits
Born
26 December 1903
Died
18 May 1995 (aged 91)
Birthplace
San Francisco, California, USA
Also known as Elisha Cook · Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr. · Элиша Кук · Еліша Кук · الیشا کوک جونیور
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
Filmography
They Came from the Attic
as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
as Pappy Glue
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
as Novatney
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
as Mr. Bibbs
This Girl for Hire
as Eddie
Hammett
as Eli the Taxi Driver
Terror at Alcatraz
as Hotel Desk Clerk
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Mousy ("Municipalians")
Leave 'Em Laughing
as Jetter
Harry's War
as Sgt. Billy
Carny
as On-Your-Mark
Tom Horn
as Stable Hand
1941
as The Patron (Dexter)
The Champ
as Georgie
Dead of Night
as Karel
Mad Bull
as Sweeper
St. Ives
as Eddie
Messiah of Evil
as Charlie
The Black Bird
as Wilmer Cook
Winterhawk
as Finley
Senior Power
as Mr. Boyle
The Phantom of Hollywood
as Studio Engineer (uncredited)
Electra Glide in Blue
as Willie
The Outfit
as Carl
Emperor of the North
as Gray Cat
Blacula
as Sam
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
The Night Stalker
as Mickey Crawford
Scarecrow
as Micah
El Condor
as Old Convict
The Movie Murderer
as Willie Peanuts
Night Chase
as Proprietor
Rosemary's Baby
as Mr. Nicklas
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
Welcome to Hard Times
as Hanson
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Arnold
The Glass Cage
as Ellen's father
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Haunted Palace
as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
Black Zoo
as Joe
Johnny Cool
as Underworld Leader
Papa's Delicate Condition
as Mr. Keith
One-Eyed Jacks
as Carvey
College Confidential
as Ted Blake
Platinum High School
as Harry Nesbit
The Fatal Impulse
as Harry Elser
Day of the Outlaw
as Larry Teter, Town Barber
House on Haunted Hill
as Watson Pritchard
Baby Face Nelson
as Homer van Meter
Plunder Road
as Skeets Jonas
The Lonely Man
as Willie
Voodoo Island
as Martin Schuyler
Chicago Confidential
as Candymouth Duggan
The Killing
as George Peatty
Accused of Murder
as 'Whitey' Pollock
The Indian Fighter
as Briggs
Timberjack
as Punky
Trial
as Finn
Drum Beat
as Blaine Crackel
The Outlaw's Daughter
as Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
Superman's Peril
as Homer Garrity
I, the Jury
Actor, as Bobo
Shane
as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
Thunder Over the Plains
as Joseph Standish
Don't Bother to Knock
as Eddie Forbes
Behave Yourself!
as Albert Jonas
Flaxy Martin
as Roper
The Great Gatsby
as Klipspringer
The Gangster
as Oval
Born to Kill
as Marty
Fall Guy
as Joe
The Long Night
as Frank Dunlap
The Big Sleep
as Harry Jones
Blonde Alibi
as Sam Collins
Two Smart People
as Fly Feletti
Cinderella Jones
as Oliver S. Patch
Joe Palooka, Champ
as Eugene
Dillinger
as Kirk Otto
Why Girls Leave Home
as Jimmy Lobo
Dark Waters
as Cleeve
Phantom Lady
as Cliff Milburn
Dark Mountain
as Whitey
Up in Arms
as Info Jones
Baptism of Fire
as Bill (uncredited)
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Frank Lucas
Wildcat
as Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
A Gentleman at Heart
as Genius
Manila Calling
as Gillman
Sleepytime Gal
as Ernie
The Maltese Falcon
as Wilmer Cook
Love Crazy
as Joe (elevator operator)
I Wake Up Screaming
as Harry Williams
Ball of Fire
as Waiter
Man at Large
as Hotel Clerk
Sergeant York
as Piano Player (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin'
as Harry Selby
Stranger on the Third Floor
as Joe Briggs
He Married His Wife
as Dicky Brown
Public Deb No. 1
as Communist
Tin Pan Alley
as Joe Codd
Grand Jury Secrets
as Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt
Submarine Patrol
as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
Newsboys' Home
as Danny
My Lucky Star
as Waldo
Three Blind Mice
as Boy on Bench (uncredited)
They Won't Forget
as Joe Turner
Danger – Love at Work
as McBain, the chemist
The Devil Is Driving
as Tony Stevens
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Glen Wylie
Life Begins in College
as Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
Love Is News
as Egbert Eggleston
Pigskin Parade
as Herbert Van Dyke
Two in a Crowd
as Skeeter
Honor Among Lovers
as Office Boy (uncredited)
Chills and Fever
1930
Chills and Fever
as Member of the Glee Club
Her Unborn Child
as Stewart Kennedy