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