Elisha Cook Jr.
Acting
Born: December 26, 1903 · San Francisco, California, USA
Died: May 18, 1995 (aged 91)
Highest Rated
Biography
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
1968
The Maltese Falcon
1941
The Killing
1956
Star Trek
1966
ALF
1986
The Big Sleep
1946
The A-Team
1983
1941
1979
Shane
1953
House on Haunted Hill
1959
Batman
1966
Salem's Lot
1979
Photos (3)
Movies (122)
Rosemary's Baby
Mr. Nicklas
1941
The Patron (Dexter)
The Maltese Falcon
Wilmer Cook
House on Haunted Hill
Watson Pritchard
Shane
Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
The Big Sleep
Harry Jones
The Killing
George Peatty
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Cody
The Haunted Palace
Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
The Outfit
Carl
One-Eyed Jacks
Carvey
The Night Stalker
Mickey Crawford
Sergeant York
Piano Player (uncredited)
Emperor of the North
Gray Cat
The Champ
Georgie
Plunder Road
Skeets Jonas
Johnny Cool
Underworld Leader
The Indian Fighter
Briggs
Don't Bother to Knock
Eddie Forbes
Ball of Fire
Waiter
Electra Glide in Blue
Willie
Tom Horn
Stable Hand
Blacula
Sam
The Long Night
Frank Dunlap
Day of the Outlaw
Larry Teter, Town Barber
St. Ives
Eddie
Messiah of Evil
Charlie
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Mousy ("Municipalians")
Love Is News
Egbert Eggleston
Flaxy Martin
Roper
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
The Lonely Man
Willie
The Great Gatsby
Klipspringer
A-Haunting We Will Go
Frank Lucas
Born to Kill
Marty
Welcome to Hard Times
Hanson
El Condor
Old Convict
I Wake Up Screaming
Harry Williams
Drum Beat
Blaine Crackel
Hammett
Eli the Taxi Driver
Baby Face Nelson
Homer van Meter
Submarine Patrol
Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
Love Crazy
Joe (elevator operator)
Thunder Over the Plains
Joseph Standish
Phantom Lady
Cliff Milburn
The Phantom of Hollywood
Studio Engineer (uncredited)
Trial
Finn
Blonde Alibi
Sam Collins
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Mr. Bibbs
Carny
On-Your-Mark
Stranger on the Third Floor
Joe Briggs
The Big Parade of Comedy
Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
Novatney
The Great Bank Robbery
Jeb
Voodoo Island
Martin Schuyler
Two in a Crowd
Skeeter
I, the Jury
1953
I, the Jury
Bobo
This Girl for Hire
Eddie
Hellzapoppin'
Harry Selby
Wildcat
Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
Dead of Night
Karel
Up in Arms
Info Jones
The Movie Murderer
Willie Peanuts
Blood on the Arrow
Tex
Accused of Murder
'Whitey' Pollock
Papa's Delicate Condition
Mr. Keith
The Gangster
Oval
The Spy in the Green Hat
Arnold
Mad Bull
Sweeper
Public Deb No. 1
Communist
Danger – Love at Work
McBain, the chemist
Dillinger
Kirk Otto
Dark Waters
Cleeve
Black Zoo
Joe
The Black Bird
Wilmer Cook
Tin Pan Alley
Joe Codd
Dark Mountain
Whitey
Pigskin Parade
Herbert Van Dyke
Winterhawk
Finley
A Gentleman at Heart
Genius
Terror at Alcatraz
Hotel Desk Clerk
Leave 'Em Laughing
Jetter
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
Pappy Glue
Chicago Confidential
Candymouth Duggan
Night Slaves
1970
Night Chase
Proprietor
Harry's War
Sgt. Billy
The Glass Cage
Ellen's father
They Won't Forget
Joe Turner
Grand Jury Secrets
Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt
He Married His Wife
Dicky Brown
College Confidential
Ted Blake
Sleepytime Gal
Ernie
Life Begins in College
Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
Cry for Poor Wally
1969
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
Mr. Maps
Cinderella Jones
Oliver S. Patch
The Falcon's Alibi
Nick
Behave Yourself!
Albert Jonas
Joe Palooka, Champ
Eugene
My Lucky Star
Waldo
Honor Among Lovers
Office Boy (uncredited)
Platinum High School
Harry Nesbit
Fall Guy
Joe
Timberjack
Punky (as Elisha Cook)
Manila Calling
Gillman
Why Girls Leave Home
Jimmy Lobo
The Fatal Impulse
Harry Elser
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Glen Wylie
They Came from the Attic
Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
Two Smart People
Fly Feletti
Man at Large
Hotel Clerk
Her Unborn Child
Stewart Kennedy
Three Blind Mice
Boy on Bench (uncredited)
Superman's Peril
Homer Garrity
Newsboys' Home
Danny
Scarecrow
Micah
Senior Power
Mr. Boyle
Baptism of Fire
Bill (uncredited)
The Devil Is Driving
Tony Stevens
The Outlaw's Daughter
Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
TV Shows (68)
Perry Mason
Art Crowley · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Reelin' Pete · 1 eps
Star Trek
Samuel Cogley · 1 eps
The A-Team
Jim Beam · 1 eps
Ironside
1 eps
Bonanza
John Walker · 1 eps
Magnum, P.I.
Harold W. Farber · 4 eps
Magnum, P.I.
Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler · 9 eps
Magnum, P.I.
Wilmer · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Sailor · 1 eps
Simon & Simon
2 eps
Mannix
1 eps
Peter Gunn
1 eps
The Wild Wild West
2 eps
Batman
Professor Isaacson · 2 eps
Night Court
Wilbur Posten · 1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
Mr. Charles Trout Sr. · 2 eps
Climax!
Pop · 1 eps
Rawhide
Bain · 1 eps
Rawhide
Joel Turner · 1 eps
Rawhide
Jim Gribble · 1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
1 eps
ALF
Uncle Albert · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Welcome to Winfield") · 1 eps
Thriller
Harry Elser · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Huggins · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Cyrus Tucker · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
George · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Jocko Beal · 1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1 eps
Burke's Law
Wyatt · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Shorty · 1 eps
Surfside 6
1 eps
Bat Masterson
Pete Sheeley · 1 eps
Bat Masterson
Thorn Loomis · 1 eps
The Bionic Woman
1 eps
Baretta
3 eps
The Millionaire
Ed Nevins · 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Arnold · 1 eps
The Odd Couple
Heel · 1 eps
Adventures of Superman
1 eps
The Rebel
Jeremy Hake · 1 eps
McCloud
1 eps
Police Story
1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
1 eps
Switch
Henley · 1 eps
The Deputy
Miller · 1 eps
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1 eps
Trackdown
1 eps
Startime
Trick · 1 eps
Cimarron Strip
1 eps
Johnny Ringo
Maxie Dolan · 1 eps
Outlaws
1 eps
Salem's Lot
Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips · 2 eps
The Third Man
1 eps
S.W.A.T.
1 eps
Panic!
1 eps
Tightrope
1 eps
The Monroes
1 eps
The Islanders
Tomas · 1 eps
Johnny Staccato
2 eps
The Dakotas
1 eps
General Electric Theater
Jed · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Willy Zucks · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Lloyd Harwell · 1 eps
A Man Called Shenandoah
Judd · 1 eps
The O. Henry Playhouse
Fred · 1 eps
The Blue Knight
1 eps
