Elisha Cook Jr.
Actor
- Born
- December 26, 1903 · San Francisco, California, USA
- Died
- May 18, 1995 (age 91)
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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Known for
Rosemary's Baby
June 12, 1968
The Maltese Falcon
October 18, 1941
The Killing
June 6, 1956
The Big Sleep
August 22, 1946
1941
December 14, 1979
Shane
April 23, 1953
House on Haunted Hill
January 1, 1959
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
May 23, 1973
One-Eyed Jacks
March 30, 1961
Ball of Fire
December 2, 1941
Sergeant York
September 27, 1941
The Champ
July 7, 1979
Acting124
- 2022They Came from the Attic as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
- 1987The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains as Pappy Glue
- 1984It Came Upon the Midnight Clear as Mr. Bibbs
- 1984The Pigs vs. The Freaks as Novatney
- 1984Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse as Mr. Maps
- 1983This Girl for Hire as Eddie
- 1982Terror at Alcatraz as Hotel Desk Clerk
- 1982Hammett as Eli the Taxi Driver
- 1982National Lampoon's Movie Madness as Mousy ("Municipalians")
- 1981