Elisha Cook Jr.
Acting

Elisha Cook Jr.

Born 26 December 1903 · San Francisco, California, USA · Died 18 May 1995

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

Rosemary's Baby
The Maltese Falcon
The Killing
Star Trek
ALF
The Big Sleep
The A-Team
1941
Shane
House on Haunted Hill
Batman
Salem's Lot
They Came from the Attic
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
This Girl for Hire
Hammett
Terror at Alcatraz
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Leave 'Em Laughing
Harry's War
Carny
Tom Horn
1941
The Champ
Dead of Night
Mad Bull
St. Ives
Messiah of Evil
The Black Bird
Winterhawk
Senior Power
Electra Glide in Blue
The Outfit
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Emperor of the North
Blacula
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
The Night Stalker
Scarecrow
El Condor
Night Slaves
The Movie Murderer
Night Chase
Cry for Poor Wally
The Great Bank Robbery
Rosemary's Baby
Welcome to Hard Times
The Spy in the Green Hat
The Glass Cage
Blood on the Arrow
The Haunted Palace
Black Zoo
Johnny Cool
Papa's Delicate Condition
One-Eyed Jacks
College Confidential
Platinum High School
The Fatal Impulse
Day of the Outlaw
House on Haunted Hill
Baby Face Nelson
Plunder Road
The Lonely Man
Voodoo Island
Chicago Confidential
The Killing
Accused of Murder
The Indian Fighter
Timberjack
Trial
Drum Beat
The Outlaw's Daughter
Superman's Peril
I, the Jury
Shane
Thunder Over the Plains
Don't Bother to Knock
Behave Yourself!
Flaxy Martin
The Great Gatsby
The Gangster
Born to Kill
Fall Guy
The Long Night
The Big Sleep
Blonde Alibi
The Falcon's Alibi
Two Smart People
Cinderella Jones
Joe Palooka, Champ
Dillinger
Why Girls Leave Home
Dark Waters
Phantom Lady
Dark Mountain
Up in Arms
A-Haunting We Will Go
Wildcat
A Gentleman at Heart
Manila Calling
Sleepytime Gal
The Maltese Falcon
Love Crazy
I Wake Up Screaming
Ball of Fire
Man at Large
Hellzapoppin'
Stranger on the Third Floor
He Married His Wife
Public Deb No. 1
Tin Pan Alley
Grand Jury Secrets
Submarine Patrol
Newsboys' Home
My Lucky Star
They Won't Forget
Danger – Love at Work
The Devil Is Driving
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Life Begins in College
Love Is News
Pigskin Parade
Two in a Crowd
Her Unborn Child
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