Elisha Cook Jr.
ActorElisha 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
FILMOGRAPHY
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They Came from the Attic
2022
Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987
Pappy Glue
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
1984
Mr. Maps
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
1984
Novatney
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
Mr. Bibbs
This Girl for Hire
1983
Eddie
Hammett
1982
Eli the Taxi Driver
Terror at Alcatraz
1982
Hotel Desk Clerk
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
Dead of Night
1977
Karel
Mad Bull
1977
Sweeper
St. Ives
1976
Eddie
Messiah of Evil
1975
Charlie
The Black Bird
1975
Wilmer Cook
Winterhawk
1975
Finley
Senior Power
1975
Mr. Boyle
The Phantom of Hollywood
1974
Studio Engineer (uncredited)
Electra Glide in Blue
1973
Willie
The Outfit
1973
Carl
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
Cody
Emperor of the North
1973
Gray Cat
Blacula
1972
Sam
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972
Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
The Night Stalker
1972
Mickey Crawford
Scarecrow
1972
Micah
El Condor
1970
Old Convict
Night Slaves
1970
The Movie Murderer
1970
Willie Peanuts
Night Chase
1970
Proprietor
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
The Glass Cage
1964
Ellen's father
Blood on the Arrow
1964
Tex
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Haunted Palace
1963
Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
Black Zoo
1963
Joe
Johnny Cool
1963
Underworld Leader
Papa's Delicate Condition
1963
Mr. Keith
One-Eyed Jacks
1961
Carvey
College Confidential
1960
Ted Blake
Platinum High School
1960
Harry Nesbit
The Fatal Impulse
1960
Harry Elser
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
The Lonely Man
1957
Willie
Voodoo Island
1957
Martin Schuyler
Chicago Confidential
1957
Candymouth Duggan
The Killing
1956
George Peatty
Accused of Murder
1956
'Whitey' Pollock
The Indian Fighter
1955
Briggs
Timberjack
1955
Punky (as Elisha Cook)
Trial
1955
Finn
Drum Beat
1954
Blaine Crackel
The Outlaw's Daughter
1954
Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
Superman's Peril
1954
Homer Garrity
I, the Jury
1953
Bobo
Shane
1953
Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
Thunder Over the Plains
1953
Joseph Standish
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
Eddie Forbes
Behave Yourself!
1951
Albert Jonas
Flaxy Martin
1949
Roper
The Great Gatsby
1949
Klipspringer
The Gangster
1947
Oval
Born to Kill
1947
Marty
Fall Guy
1947
Joe
The Long Night
1947
Frank Dunlap
The Big Sleep
1946
Harry Jones
Blonde Alibi
1946
Sam Collins
The Falcon's Alibi
1946
Nick
Two Smart People
1946
Fly Feletti
Cinderella Jones
1946
Oliver S. Patch
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946
Eugene
Dillinger
1945
Kirk Otto
Why Girls Leave Home
1945
Jimmy Lobo
Dark Waters
1944
Cleeve
Phantom Lady
1944
Cliff Milburn
Dark Mountain
1944
Whitey
Up in Arms
1944
Info Jones
- Kill or Be Killed
Kill or Be Killed
1943
Baptism of Fire
1943
Bill (uncredited)
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
Frank Lucas
Wildcat
1942
Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
A Gentleman at Heart
1942
Genius
Manila Calling
1942
Gillman
Sleepytime Gal
1942
Ernie
The Maltese Falcon
1941
Wilmer Cook
Love Crazy
1941
Joe (elevator operator)
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
Harry Williams
Ball of Fire
1941
Waiter
Man at Large
1941
Hotel Clerk
Sergeant York
1941
Piano Player (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin'
1941
Harry Selby
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940
Joe Briggs
He Married His Wife
1940
Dicky Brown
Public Deb No. 1
1940
Communist
Tin Pan Alley
1940
Joe Codd
Grand Jury Secrets
1939
Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt
Submarine Patrol
1938
Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
Newsboys' Home
1938
Danny
My Lucky Star
1938
Waldo
Three Blind Mice
1938
Boy on Bench (uncredited)
They Won't Forget
1937
Joe Turner
Danger – Love at Work
1937
McBain, the chemist
The Devil Is Driving
1937
Tony Stevens
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
Glen Wylie
Life Begins in College
1937
Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
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
