Actor
Elisha Cook Jr.
124 movies as actor
Born Dec 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995 (aged 91)From San Francisco, California, USAAlso known as Elisha Cook, Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr., Элиша Кук
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.
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Known for
Rosemary's Baby
1968 · Drama, Horror
The Maltese Falcon
1941 · Mystery, Crime
The Killing
1956 · Crime, Thriller
The Big Sleep
1946 · Mystery, Crime
1941
1979 · Comedy, War
Shane
1953 · Drama, Western
House on Haunted Hill
1959 · Horror, Mystery
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 · Western, Drama
One-Eyed Jacks
1961 · Western, Drama
Ball of Fire
1941 · Comedy, Romance
Sergeant York
1941 · War, Drama
The Champ
1979 · Drama
Elisha Cook Jr. movies
They Came from the Attic
2022 · Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987 · Pappy Glue
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984 · Mr. Bibbs
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
1984 · Novatney
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
1984 · Mr. Maps
This Girl for Hire
1983 · Eddie
Terror at Alcatraz
1982 · Hotel Desk Clerk
Hammett
1982 · Eli the Taxi Driver
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982 · Mousy ("Municipalians")
Leave 'Em Laughing
1981 · Jetter
Harry's War
1981 · Sgt. Billy
Carny
1980 · On-Your-Mark
Tom Horn
1980 · Stable Hand
1941
1979 · The Patron (Dexter)
The Champ
1979 · Georgie
Mad Bull
1977 · Sweeper
Dead of Night
1977 · Karel
St. Ives
1976 · Eddie
The Black Bird
1975 · Wilmer Cook
Winterhawk
1975 · Finley
Messiah of Evil
1975 · Charlie
Senior Power
1975 · Mr. Boyle
The Phantom of Hollywood
1974 · Studio Engineer (uncredited)
The Outfit
1973 · Carl
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 · Cody
Emperor of the North
1973 · Gray Cat
Electra Glide in Blue
1973 · Willie
Blacula
1972 · Sam
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972 · Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
The Night Stalker
1972 · Mickey Crawford
Scarecrow
1972 · Micah
Night Chase
1970 · Proprietor
Night Slaves
1970
El Condor
1970 · Old Convict
The Movie Murderer
1970 · Willie Peanuts
Cry for Poor Wally
1969
The Great Bank Robbery
1969 · Jeb
Rosemary's Baby
1968 · Mr. Nicklas
The Movie Orgy
1968 · Self (archive footage)
Welcome to Hard Times
1967 · Hanson
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967 · Arnold
Blood on the Arrow
1964 · Tex
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Glass Cage
1964 · Ellen's father
Johnny Cool
1963 · Underworld Leader
The Haunted Palace
1963 · Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
Black Zoo
1963 · Joe
Papa's Delicate Condition
1963 · Mr. Keith
One-Eyed Jacks
1961 · Carvey
The Fatal Impulse
1960 · Harry Elser
College Confidential
1960 · Ted Blake
Platinum High School
1960 · Harry Nesbit
Day of the Outlaw
1959 · Larry Teter, Town Barber
House on Haunted Hill
1959 · Watson Pritchard
Baby Face Nelson
1957 · Homer van Meter
Plunder Road
1957 · Skeets Jonas
Chicago Confidential
1957 · Candymouth Duggan
The Lonely Man
1957 · Willie
Voodoo Island
1957 · Martin Schuyler
Accused of Murder
1956 · 'Whitey' Pollock
The Killing
1956 · George Peatty
The Indian Fighter
1955 · Briggs
Trial
1955 · Finn
Timberjack
1955 · Punky (as Elisha Cook)
Drum Beat
1954 · Blaine Crackel
The Outlaw's Daughter
1954 · Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
Superman's Peril
1954 · Homer Garrity
Thunder Over the Plains
1953 · Joseph Standish
I, the Jury
1953 · , Bobo
Shane
1953 · Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
Don't Bother to Knock
1952 · Eddie Forbes
Behave Yourself!
1951 · Albert Jonas
The Great Gatsby
1949 · Klipspringer
Flaxy Martin
1949 · Roper
The Gangster
1947 · Oval
The Long Night
1947 · Frank Dunlap
Born to Kill
1947 · Marty
Fall Guy
1947 · Joe
The Big Sleep
1946 · Harry Jones
Two Smart People
1946 · Fly Feletti
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946 · Eugene
The Falcon's Alibi
1946 · Nick
Cinderella Jones
1946 · Oliver S. Patch
Blonde Alibi
1946 · Sam Collins
Why Girls Leave Home
1945 · Jimmy Lobo
Dillinger
1945 · Kirk Otto
Dark Waters
1944 · Cleeve
Dark Mountain
1944 · Whitey
Up in Arms
1944 · Info Jones
Phantom Lady
1944 · Cliff Milburn
Baptism of Fire
1943 · Bill (uncredited)
Kill or Be Killed
Kill or Be Killed
1943
Manila Calling
1942 · Gillman
Wildcat
1942 · Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942 · Frank Lucas
Sleepytime Gal
1942 · Ernie
A Gentleman at Heart
1942 · Genius
Hellzapoppin'
1941 · Harry Selby
Ball of Fire
1941 · Waiter
I Wake Up Screaming
1941 · Harry Williams
The Maltese Falcon
1941 · Wilmer Cook
Sergeant York
1941 · Piano Player (uncredited)
Man at Large
1941 · Hotel Clerk
Love Crazy
1941 · Joe (elevator operator)
Tin Pan Alley
1940 · Joe Codd
Public Deb No. 1
1940 · Communist
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940 · Joe Briggs
He Married His Wife
1940 · Dicky Brown
Grand Jury Secrets
1939 · Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt
Newsboys' Home
1938 · Danny
Submarine Patrol
1938 · Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
My Lucky Star
1938 · Waldo
Three Blind Mice
1938 · Boy on Bench (uncredited)
Life Begins in College
1937 · Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
Danger – Love at Work
1937 · McBain, the chemist
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937 · Glen Wylie
They Won't Forget
1937 · Joe Turner
The Devil Is Driving
1937 · Tony Stevens
Love Is News
1937 · Egbert Eggleston
Pigskin Parade
1936 · Herbert Van Dyke
Two in a Crowd
1936 · Skeeter
Honor Among Lovers
1931 · Office Boy (uncredited)
Chills and Fever
Chills and Fever
1930 · Member of the Glee Club
Her Unborn Child
1930 · Stewart Kennedy
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