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