Elisha Cook Jr.

Personal Info

Birthday

December 26, 1903

Day of Death

1995-05-18

(91 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Elisha Cook

Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr.

Элиша Кук

Еліша Кук

الیشا کوک جونیور

Elisha Cook Jr.

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Elisha Vanslyck Cook, Jr 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

Star Trek

Perry Mason

Bonanza

Batman

The Fugitive

The A-Team

Magnum, P.I.

Quincy, M.E.

Filmography

2022
They Came from the Attic
as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
1987
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
as Pappy Glue
1986
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as Self (from Don't Bother to Knock [1952]) (archive footage)
1984
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
as Mr. Bibbs
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
as Novatney
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
as Mr. Maps
1983
This Girl for Hire
as Eddie
1982
Terror at Alcatraz
as Hotel Desk Clerk
Hammett
as Eli the Taxi Driver
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Mousy ("Municipalians")
1981
Leave 'Em Laughing
as Jetter
Harry's War
as Sgt. Billy
1980
Carny
as On-Your-Mark
Tom Horn
as Stable Hand
1979
1941
as The Patron (Dexter)
The Champ
as Georgie
1977
Mad Bull
as Sweeper
Dead of Night
as Karel
1976
St. Ives
as Eddie
1975
The Black Bird
as Wilmer Cook
Winterhawk
as Finley
Messiah of Evil
as Charlie
Senior Power
as Mr. Boyle
1974
The Phantom of Hollywood
as Studio Engineer (uncredited)
1973
The Outfit
as Carl
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Cody
Emperor of the North
as Gray Cat
Electra Glide in Blue
as Willie
1972
Blacula
as Sam
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
The Night Stalker
as Mickey Crawford
Scarecrow
as Micah
1970
Night Chase
as Proprietor
El Condor
as Old Convict
The Movie Murderer
as Willie Peanuts
1969
The Great Bank Robbery
as Jeb
1968
Rosemary's Baby
as Mr. Nicklas
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1967
Welcome to Hard Times
as Hanson
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Arnold
1964
Blood on the Arrow
as Tex
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Glass Cage
as Ellen's father
1963
Johnny Cool
as Underworld Leader
The Haunted Palace
as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
Black Zoo
as Joe
Papa's Delicate Condition
as Mr. Keith
1961
One-Eyed Jacks
as Carvey
1960
The Fatal Impulse
as Harry Elser
College Confidential
as Ted Blake
Platinum High School
as Harry Nesbit
1959
Day of the Outlaw
as Larry Teter, Town Barber
House on Haunted Hill
as Watson Pritchard
1957
Baby Face Nelson
as Homer van Meter
Plunder Road
as Skeets Jonas
Chicago Confidential
as Candymouth Duggan
The Lonely Man
as Willie
Voodoo Island
as Martin Schuyler
1956
Accused of Murder
as 'Whitey' Pollock
The Killing
as George Peatty
1955
The Indian Fighter
as Briggs (as Elisha Cook)
Trial
as Finn
Timberjack
as Punky (as Elisha Cook)
1954
Drum Beat
as Blaine Crackel
The Outlaw's Daughter
as Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
1953
Thunder Over the Plains
as Joseph Standish
I, the Jury
as Bobo
Shane
as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
1952
Don't Bother to Knock
as Eddie Forbes
1951
Behave Yourself!
as Albert Jonas
1949
The Great Gatsby
as Klipspringer
Flaxy Martin
as Roper
1947
The Gangster
as Oval
The Long Night
as Frank Dunlap
Born to Kill
as Marty
Fall Guy
as Joe
1946
The Big Sleep
as Harry Jones
Two Smart People
as Fly Feletti
Joe Palooka, Champ
as Eugene
The Falcon's Alibi
as Nick
Cinderella Jones
as Oliver S. Patch
Blonde Alibi
as Sam Collins
1945
Why Girls Leave Home
as Jimmy Lobo
Dillinger
as Kirk Otto
1944
Dark Waters
as Cleeve
Dark Mountain
as Whitey
Up in Arms
as Info Jones
Phantom Lady
as Cliff Milburn
1943
Baptism of Fire
as Bill (uncredited)
1942
Manila Calling
as Gillman
Wildcat
as Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Frank Lucas
Sleepytime Gal
as Ernie
A Gentleman at Heart
as Genius
1941
Hellzapoppin'
as Harry Selby
Ball of Fire
as Waiter
I Wake Up Screaming
as Harry Williams
The Maltese Falcon
as Wilmer Cook
Sergeant York
as Piano Player (uncredited)
Man at Large
as Hotel Clerk
Love Crazy
as Joe (elevator operator)
1940
Tin Pan Alley
as Joe Codd
Public Deb No. 1
as Communist
Stranger on the Third Floor
as Joe Briggs
He Married His Wife
as Dicky Brown
1939
Grand Jury Secrets
as Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt
1938
Newsboys' Home
as Danny
Submarine Patrol
as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
My Lucky Star
as Waldo
Three Blind Mice
as Boy on Bench (uncredited)
1937
Life Begins in College
as Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
Danger – Love at Work
as McBain, the chemist
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Glen Wylie
They Won't Forget
as Joe Turner
The Devil Is Driving
as Tony Stevens
Love Is News
as Egbert Eggleston
1936
Pigskin Parade
as Herbert Van Dyke
Two in a Crowd
as Skeeter
1931
Honor Among Lovers
as Office Boy (uncredited)
1930
Chills and Fever
as Member of the Glee Club