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Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

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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Born

Dec 26, 1903

San Francisco, California, USA

Died

May 18, 1995

Known For

Acting

Movies

125 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.3

Known For

Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby
1968 • as Mr. Nicklas
★ 7.8
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon
1941 • as Wilmer Cook
★ 7.7
House on Haunted Hill
House on Haunted Hill
1959 • as Watson Pritchard
★ 6.7
The Killing
The Killing
1956 • as George Peatty
★ 7.6
Shane
Shane
1953 • as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
★ 7.3
1941
1941
1979 • as The Patron (Dexter)
★ 5.8
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep
1946 • as Harry Jones
★ 7.6
The Night Stalker
The Night Stalker
1972 • as Mickey Crawford
★ 6.9
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
★ 7.2
One-Eyed Jacks
One-Eyed Jacks
1961 • as Carvey
★ 6.7
Emperor of the North
Emperor of the North
1973 • as Gray Cat
★ 6.9
Sergeant York
Sergeant York
1941 • as Piano Player (uncredited)
★ 7.2
Blacula
Blacula
1972 • as Sam
★ 5.5
The Champ
The Champ
1979 • as Georgie
★ 7.0
Johnny Cool
Johnny Cool
1963 • as Underworld Leader
★ 5.4
Day of the Outlaw
Day of the Outlaw
1959 • as Larry Teter, Town Barber
★ 6.8
Don't Bother to Knock
Don't Bother to Knock
1952 • as Eddie Forbes
★ 6.6
Electra Glide in Blue
Electra Glide in Blue
1973 • as Willie
★ 6.9
The Outfit
The Outfit
1973 • as Carl
★ 6.7
Ball of Fire
Ball of Fire
1941 • as Waiter
★ 7.4
The Haunted Palace
The Haunted Palace
1963 • as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
★ 6.7
Thunder Over the Plains
Thunder Over the Plains
1953 • as Joseph Standish
★ 5.6
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy
1968 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.8
I Wake Up Screaming
I Wake Up Screaming
1941 • as Harry Williams
★ 6.9
Hellzapoppin'
Hellzapoppin'
1941 • as Harry Selby
★ 7.3
The Indian Fighter
The Indian Fighter
1955 • as Briggs
★ 6.3
Stranger on the Third Floor
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940 • as Joe Briggs
★ 6.5
The Great Bank Robbery
The Great Bank Robbery
1969 • as Jeb
★ 6.6
Drum Beat
Drum Beat
1954 • as Blaine Crackel
★ 6.1
Messiah of Evil
Messiah of Evil
1975 • as Charlie
★ 6.2
Welcome to Hard Times
Welcome to Hard Times
1967 • as Hanson
★ 5.3
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 • as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.2
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984 • as Mr. Bibbs
★ 5.9
This Girl for Hire
This Girl for Hire
1983 • as Eddie
★ 5.0
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972 • as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
★ 5.7
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982 • as Mousy ("Municipalians")
★ 3.5
Tom Horn
Tom Horn
1980 • as Stable Hand
★ 6.4
El Condor
El Condor
1970 • as Old Convict
★ 5.4
The Lonely Man
The Lonely Man
1957 • as Willie
★ 6.1
Papa's Delicate Condition
Papa's Delicate Condition
1963 • as Mr. Keith
★ 5.5
Phantom Lady
Phantom Lady
1944 • as Cliff Milburn
★ 6.9
I, the Jury
★ 5.9
I, the Jury
I, the Jury
1953 • as Bobo
★ 5.9
Love Crazy
Love Crazy
1941 • as Joe (elevator operator)
★ 6.8
Plunder Road
Plunder Road
1957 • as Skeets Jonas
★ 6.9
Hammett
Hammett
1982 • as Eli the Taxi Driver
★ 6.2
St. Ives
St. Ives
1976 • as Eddie
★ 5.7
Trial
Trial
1955 • as Finn
★ 6.9
The Spy in the Green Hat
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967 • as Arnold
★ 6.5
The Long Night
The Long Night
1947 • as Frank Dunlap
★ 5.8
Baby Face Nelson
Baby Face Nelson
1957 • as Homer van Meter
★ 5.6
He Married His Wife
He Married His Wife
1940 • as Dicky Brown
★ 5.6
Born to Kill
Born to Kill
1947 • as Marty
★ 6.7
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937 • as Glen Wylie
★ 7.0
Dark Waters
Dark Waters
1944 • as Cleeve
★ 6.0
A-Haunting We Will Go
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942 • as Frank Lucas
★ 6.2
Two in a Crowd
Two in a Crowd
1936 • as Skeeter
★ 8.0
Night Slaves
★ 5.9
Dillinger
Dillinger
1945 • as Kirk Otto
★ 5.9
Public Deb No. 1
Public Deb No. 1
1940 • as Communist
★ 4.9
Behave Yourself!
Behave Yourself!
1951 • as Albert Jonas
★ 6.2
Dead of Night
Dead of Night
1977 • as Karel
★ 6.0
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987 • as Pappy Glue
★ 6.7
Chicago Confidential
Chicago Confidential
1957 • as Candymouth Duggan
★ 5.0
The Gangster
The Gangster
1947 • as Oval
★ 5.2
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
1949 • as Klipspringer
★ 5.4
Love Is News
Love Is News
1937 • as Egbert Eggleston
★ 6.3
They Won't Forget
They Won't Forget
1937 • as Joe Turner
★ 5.9
Blonde Alibi
Blonde Alibi
1946 • as Sam Collins
★ 4.8
Tin Pan Alley
Tin Pan Alley
1940 • as Joe Codd
★ 5.5
Carny
Carny
1980 • as On-Your-Mark
★ 6.2
Winterhawk
Winterhawk
1975 • as Finley
★ 6.6
The Glass Cage
The Glass Cage
1964 • as Ellen's father
★ 5.8
Danger – Love at Work
Danger – Love at Work
1937 • as McBain, the chemist
★ 7.0
Up in Arms
Up in Arms
1944 • as Info Jones
★ 5.8
The Falcon's Alibi
The Falcon's Alibi
1946 • as Nick
★ 5.4
The Phantom of Hollywood
The Phantom of Hollywood
1974 • as Studio Engineer (uncredited)
★ 5.5
A Gentleman at Heart
A Gentleman at Heart
1942 • as Genius
★ 7.5
Two Smart People
Two Smart People
1946 • as Fly Feletti
★ 6.6
The Movie Murderer
The Movie Murderer
1970 • as Willie Peanuts
★ 6.9
The Devil Is Driving
The Devil Is Driving
1937 • as Tony Stevens
★ 6.5
Black Zoo
Black Zoo
1963 • as Joe
★ 5.7
The Fatal Impulse
The Fatal Impulse
1960 • as Harry Elser
★ 1.0
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
1984 • as Novatney
★ 4.5
They Came from the Attic
They Came from the Attic
2022 • as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
★ 9.0
Honor Among Lovers
Honor Among Lovers
1931 • as Office Boy (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Terror at Alcatraz
Terror at Alcatraz
1982 • as Hotel Desk Clerk
★ 10.0
Submarine Patrol
Submarine Patrol
1938 • as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
★ 6.7
The Outlaw's Daughter
The Outlaw's Daughter
1954 • as Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
★ 8.0
Mad Bull
Mad Bull
1977 • as Sweeper
★ 8.0
College Confidential
College Confidential
1960 • as Ted Blake
★ 6.5
Wildcat
Wildcat
1942 • as Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
★ 5.7
Accused of Murder
Accused of Murder
1956 • as 'Whitey' Pollock
★ 4.8
Blood on the Arrow
Blood on the Arrow
1964 • as Tex
★ 4.4
Manila Calling
Manila Calling
1942 • as Gillman
★ 8.0
Three Blind Mice
Three Blind Mice
1938 • as Boy on Bench (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Timberjack
Timberjack
1955 • as Punky
★ 4.2
Why Girls Leave Home
Why Girls Leave Home
1945 • as Jimmy Lobo
★ 5.7
Harry's War
Harry's War
1981 • as Sgt. Billy
★ 6.2
Platinum High School
Platinum High School
1960 • as Harry Nesbit
★ 6.5
Dark Mountain
Dark Mountain
1944 • as Whitey
★ 5.3
Pigskin Parade
Pigskin Parade
1936 • as Herbert Van Dyke
★ 6.0
Flaxy Martin
Flaxy Martin
1949 • as Roper
★ 5.7
Leave 'Em Laughing
Leave 'Em Laughing
1981 • as Jetter
★ 8.0
The Black Bird
The Black Bird
1975 • as Wilmer Cook
★ 5.2
Voodoo Island
Voodoo Island
1957 • as Martin Schuyler
★ 4.5
Life Begins in College
Life Begins in College
1937 • as Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
★ 8.0
My Lucky Star
My Lucky Star
1938 • as Waldo
★ 5.9
Fall Guy
Fall Guy
1947 • as Joe
★ 5.2
Night Chase
Night Chase
1970 • as Proprietor
★ 5.9
Newsboys' Home
Newsboys' Home
1938 • as Danny
★ 8.0
Joe Palooka, Champ
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946 • as Eugene
★ 8.0
Scarecrow
Scarecrow
1972 • as Micah
★ 8.0
Superman's Peril
Superman's Peril
1954 • as Homer Garrity
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
★ 6.5
Cinderella Jones
Cinderella Jones
1946 • as Oliver S. Patch
★ 3.8
Sleepytime Gal
Sleepytime Gal
1942 • as Ernie
★ 9.0
Senior Power
Senior Power
1975 • as Mr. Boyle
Baptism of Fire
Baptism of Fire
1943 • as Bill (uncredited)
★ 5.7
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Chills and Fever
1930 • as Member of the Glee Club
★ 9.0
movie
★ 9.0
Grand Jury Secrets
Grand Jury Secrets
1939 • as Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt
★ 7.0
Her Unborn Child
Her Unborn Child
1930 • as Stewart Kennedy
★ 7.0
Man at Large
Man at Large
1941 • as Hotel Clerk
★ 6.5