Elisha Cook Jr.
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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 Killing (1956)
as George Peatty
The Big Sleep (1946)
as Harry Jones
1941 (1979)
as The Patron (Dexter)
Shane (1953)
as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
as Cody
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
as Watson Pritchard
The Night Stalker (1972)
as Mickey Crawford
Sergeant York (1941)
as Piano Player (uncredited)
The Champ (1979)
as Georgie
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
as Carvey
Johnny Cool (1963)
as Underworld Leader
Tom Horn (1980)
as Stable Hand
The Haunted Palace (1963)
as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
The Outfit (1973)
as Carl
Emperor of the North (1973)
as Gray Cat
El Condor (1970)
as Old Convict
St. Ives (1976)
as Eddie
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
as Eddie Forbes
The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Self (archive footage)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
as Harry Selby
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
as Joe Briggs
Drum Beat (1954)
as Blaine Crackel
Ball of Fire (1941)
as Waiter
Dead of Night (1977)
as Karel
Messiah of Evil (1975)
as Charlie
Born to Kill (1947)
as Marty
The Indian Fighter (1955)
as Briggs
Day of the Outlaw (1959)
as Larry Teter, Town Barber
Blacula (1972)
as Sam
Hammett (1982)
as Eli the Taxi Driver
Black Zoo (1963)
as Joe
Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
as Hanson
The Great Gatsby (1949)
as Klipspringer
Trial (1955)
as Finn
The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
as Jeb
The Lonely Man (1957)
as Willie
The Gangster (1947)
as Oval
I, the Jury (1953)
Actor
Thunder Over the Plains (1953)
as Joseph Standish
National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982)
as Mousy ("Municipalians")
Winterhawk (1975)
as Finley
Blonde Alibi (1946)
as Sam Collins
Phantom Lady (1944)
as Cliff Milburn
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)
as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
Voodoo Island (1957)
as Martin Schuyler
Love Crazy (1941)
as Joe (elevator operator)
The Black Bird (1975)
as Wilmer Cook
Up in Arms (1944)
as Info Jones
Carny (1980)
as On-Your-Mark
Dark Waters (1944)
as Cleeve
The Long Night (1947)
as Frank Dunlap
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984)
as Mr. Bibbs
Dillinger (1945)
as Kirk Otto
Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
as Willie
Plunder Road (1957)
as Skeets Jonas
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
as Harry Williams
Mad Bull (1977)
as Sweeper
Harry's War (1981)
as Sgt. Billy
Night Chase (1970)
as Proprietor
The Pigs vs. The Freaks (1984)
as Novatney
Baby Face Nelson (1957)
as Homer van Meter
Danger – Love at Work (1937)
as McBain, the chemist
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987)
as Pappy Glue
The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)
as Arnold
The Phantom of Hollywood (1974)
as Studio Engineer (uncredited)
Tin Pan Alley (1940)
as Joe Codd
My Lucky Star (1938)
as Waldo
Blood on the Arrow (1964)
as Tex
The Fatal Impulse (1960)
as Harry Elser
Flaxy Martin (1949)
as Roper
Wildcat (1942)
as Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
Chicago Confidential (1957)
as Candymouth Duggan
He Married His Wife (1940)
as Dicky Brown
Love Is News (1937)
as Egbert Eggleston
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fall Guy (1947)
as Joe
A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
as Frank Lucas
Submarine Patrol (1938)
as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
Night Slaves (1970)
Actor
Two in a Crowd (1936)
as Skeeter
Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
as Mr. Keith
The Movie Murderer (1970)
as Willie Peanuts
Leave 'Em Laughing (1981)
as Jetter
Timberjack (1955)
as Punky (as Elisha Cook)
Behave Yourself! (1951)
as Albert Jonas
Scarecrow (1972)
as Micah
Terror at Alcatraz (1982)
as Hotel Desk Clerk
They Won't Forget (1937)
as Joe Turner
College Confidential (1960)
as Ted Blake
Accused of Murder (1956)
as 'Whitey' Pollock
Two Smart People (1946)
as Fly Feletti
This Girl for Hire (1983)
as Eddie
Pigskin Parade (1936)
as Herbert Van Dyke
The Devil Is Driving (1937)
as Tony Stevens
Public Deb No. 1 (1940)
as Communist
Three Blind Mice (1938)
as Boy on Bench (uncredited)
A Gentleman at Heart (1942)
as Genius
Superman's Peril (1954)
as Homer Garrity
Why Girls Leave Home (1945)
as Jimmy Lobo
Man at Large (1941)
as Hotel Clerk
Honor Among Lovers (1931)
as Office Boy (uncredited)
Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)
as Eugene
Dark Mountain (1944)
as Whitey
The Falcon's Alibi (1946)
as Nick
Life Begins in College (1937)
as Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
Platinum High School (1960)
as Harry Nesbit
The Glass Cage (1964)
as Ellen's father
Manila Calling (1942)
as Gillman
Sleepytime Gal (1942)
as Ernie
Her Unborn Child (1930)
as Stewart Kennedy
Cinderella Jones (1946)
as Oliver S. Patch
Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937)
as Glen Wylie
The Outlaw's Daughter (1954)
as Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
Baptism of Fire (1943)
as Bill (uncredited)
Senior Power (1975)
as Mr. Boyle
Newsboys' Home (1938)
as Danny
Grand Jury Secrets (1939)
as Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt
They Came from the Attic (2022)
as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse (1984)
as Mr. Maps
Chills and Fever (1930)
as Member of the Glee Club
Kill or Be Killed (1943)
Actor
Cry for Poor Wally (1969)
Actor