Elisha Cook Jr.

Known For: Acting
Born: December 26, 1903
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Died: May 18, 1995

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elisha Cook, Jr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

They Came from the Attic

2022 · Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

1987 · Pappy Glue

ALF

1986 · Uncle Albert

The Twilight Zone

1985 · (segment "Welcome to Winfield")

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

1984 · Mr. Bibbs

The Pigs vs. The Freaks

1984 · Novatney

Night Court

1984 · Wilbur Posten

Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse

1984 · Mr. Maps

The A-Team

1983 · Jim Beam

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")

Simon & Simon

1981

Leave 'Em Laughing

1981 · Jetter

Harry's War

1981 · Sgt. Billy

Magnum, P.I.

1980 · Harold W. Farber, Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler, Wilmer

Carny

1980 · On-Your-Mark

Tom Horn

1980 · Stable Hand

1941

1979 · The Patron (Dexter)

Salem's Lot

1979 · Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips

The Champ

1979 · Georgie

Mad Bull

1977 · Sweeper

Dead of Night

1977 · Karel

Quincy, M.E.

1976 · Mr. Charles Trout Sr.

St. Ives

1976 · Eddie

The Bionic Woman

1976

The Black Bird

1975 · Wilmer Cook

Winterhawk

1975 · Finley

Starsky & Hutch

1975

Switch

1975 · Henley

The Blue Knight

1975

Messiah of Evil

1975 · Charlie

S.W.A.T.

1975

Baretta

1975

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

Police Story

1973

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

The Odd Couple

1970 · Heel

El Condor

1970 · Old Convict

McCloud

1970

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)

Mannix

1967

Cimarron Strip

1967

Welcome to Hard Times

1967 · Hanson

Ironside

1967

The Spy in the Green Hat

1967 · Arnold

Star Trek

1966 · Samuel Cogley

The Monroes

1966

Batman

1966 · Professor Isaacson

The Wild Wild West

1965

A Man Called Shenandoah

1965 · Judd

Blood on the Arrow

1964 · Tex

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964 · Arnold

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

Burke's Law

1963 · Wyatt

The Fugitive

1963 · Sailor

The Haunted Palace

1963 · Gideon Smith / Micah Smith

Black Zoo

1963 · Joe

Papa's Delicate Condition

1963 · Mr. Keith

The Dakotas

1963

One-Eyed Jacks

1961 · Carvey

The Fatal Impulse

1960 · Harry Elser

Surfside 6

1960

The Islanders

1960 · Tomas

Outlaws

1960

Thriller

1960 · Harry Elser

College Confidential

1960 · Ted Blake

Platinum High School

1960 · Harry Nesbit

Startime

1959 · Trick

The Rebel

1959 · Jeremy Hake

Johnny Ringo

1959 · Maxie Dolan

The Third Man

1959

Bonanza

1959 · John Walker

The Deputy

1959 · Miller

Johnny Staccato

1959

Tightrope

1959

Day of the Outlaw

1959 · Larry Teter, Town Barber

Rawhide

1959 · Bain, Joel Turner, Jim Gribble

House on Haunted Hill

1959 · Watson Pritchard

77 Sunset Strip

1958

Bat Masterson

1958 · Pete Sheeley, Thorn Loomis

Peter Gunn

1958

Baby Face Nelson

1957 · Homer van Meter

Plunder Road

1957 · Skeets Jonas

Trackdown

1957

Perry Mason

1957 · Art Crowley, Reelin' Pete

Chicago Confidential

1957 · Candymouth Duggan

The Lonely Man

1957 · Willie

Panic!

1957

Voodoo Island

1957 · Martin Schuyler

The O. Henry Playhouse

1957 · Fred

Accused of Murder

1956 · 'Whitey' Pollock

The Killing

1956 · George Peatty

The Indian Fighter

1955 · Briggs

Trial

1955 · Finn

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Shorty

Gunsmoke

1955 · Huggins, Cyrus Tucker, George, Jocko Beal

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

Timberjack

1955 · Punky (as Elisha Cook)

The Millionaire

1955 · Ed Nevins

Drum Beat

1954 · Blaine Crackel

The Outlaw's Daughter

1954 · Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook

Superman's Peril

1954 · Homer Garrity

Climax!

1954 · Pop

Thunder Over the Plains

1953 · Joseph Standish

I, the Jury

1953 · , Bobo

Shane

1953 · Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey

General Electric Theater

1953 · Jed, Willy Zucks, Lloyd Harwell

Adventures of Superman

1952

Don't Bother to Knock

1952 · Eddie Forbes

Behave Yourself!

1951 · Albert Jonas

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951

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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