Elisha Cook Jr.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 26, 1903
- Died
- May 18, 1995
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
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
as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains 1987
as Pappy Glue
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear 1984
as Mr. Bibbs
The Pigs vs. The Freaks 1984
as Novatney
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse 1984
as Mr. Maps
This Girl for Hire 1983
as Eddie
Terror at Alcatraz 1982
as Hotel Desk Clerk
Hammett 1982
as Eli the Taxi Driver
National Lampoon's Movie Madness 1982
as Mousy ("Municipalians")
Leave 'Em Laughing 1981
as Jetter
Harry's War 1981
as Sgt. Billy
Carny 1980
as On-Your-Mark
Tom Horn 1980
as Stable Hand
1941 1979
as The Patron (Dexter)
The Champ 1979
as Georgie
Mad Bull 1977
as Sweeper
Dead of Night 1977
as Karel
St. Ives 1976
as Eddie
The Black Bird 1975
as Wilmer Cook
Winterhawk 1975
as Finley
Messiah of Evil 1975
as Charlie
Senior Power 1975
as Mr. Boyle
The Phantom of Hollywood 1974
as Studio Engineer (uncredited)
The Outfit 1973
as Carl
Emperor of the North 1973
as Gray Cat
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 1973
as Cody
Electra Glide in Blue 1973
as Willie
Blacula 1972
as Sam
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid 1972
as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
The Night Stalker 1972
as Mickey Crawford
Scarecrow 1972
as Micah
Night Chase 1970
as Proprietor
Night Slaves 1970
Actor
El Condor 1970
as Old Convict
The Movie Murderer 1970
as Willie Peanuts
Cry for Poor Wally 1969
Actor
The Great Bank Robbery 1969
as Jeb
Rosemary's Baby 1968
as Mr. Nicklas
The Movie Orgy 1968
as Self (archive footage)
Welcome to Hard Times 1967
as Hanson
The Spy in the Green Hat 1967
as Arnold
Blood on the Arrow 1964
as Tex
The Big Parade of Comedy 1964
as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Glass Cage 1964
as Ellen's father
Johnny Cool 1963
as Underworld Leader
The Haunted Palace 1963
as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
Black Zoo 1963
as Joe
Papa's Delicate Condition 1963
as Mr. Keith
One-Eyed Jacks 1961
as Carvey
The Fatal Impulse 1960
as Harry Elser
College Confidential 1960
as Ted Blake
Platinum High School 1960
as Harry Nesbit
Day of the Outlaw 1959
as Larry Teter, Town Barber
House on Haunted Hill 1959
as Watson Pritchard
Baby Face Nelson 1957
as Homer van Meter
Plunder Road 1957
as Skeets Jonas
Chicago Confidential 1957
as Candymouth Duggan
The Lonely Man 1957
as Willie
Voodoo Island 1957
as Martin Schuyler
Accused of Murder 1956
as 'Whitey' Pollock
The Killing 1956
as George Peatty
The Indian Fighter 1955
as Briggs
Trial 1955
as Finn
Timberjack 1955
as Punky
Drum Beat 1954
as Blaine Crackel
Superman's Peril 1954
as Homer Garrity
The Outlaw's Daughter 1954
as Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
Thunder Over the Plains 1953
as Joseph Standish
I, the Jury 1953
Actor, as Bobo
Shane 1953
as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
Don't Bother to Knock 1952
as Eddie Forbes
Behave Yourself! 1951
as Albert Jonas
The Great Gatsby 1949
as Klipspringer
Flaxy Martin 1949
as Roper
The Gangster 1947
as Oval
The Long Night 1947
as Frank Dunlap
Born to Kill 1947
as Marty
Fall Guy 1947
as Joe
The Big Sleep 1946
as Harry Jones
Two Smart People 1946
as Fly Feletti
Joe Palooka, Champ 1946
as Eugene
The Falcon's Alibi 1946
as Nick
Cinderella Jones 1946
as Oliver S. Patch
Blonde Alibi 1946
as Sam Collins
Why Girls Leave Home 1945
as Jimmy Lobo
Dillinger 1945
as Kirk Otto
Dark Waters 1944
as Cleeve
Dark Mountain 1944
as Whitey
Up in Arms 1944
as Info Jones
Phantom Lady 1944
as Cliff Milburn
Baptism of Fire 1943
as Bill (uncredited)
- Kill or Be Killed
Kill or Be Killed 1943
Actor
Manila Calling 1942
as Gillman
Wildcat 1942
as Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
A-Haunting We Will Go 1942
as Frank Lucas
Sleepytime Gal 1942
as Ernie
A Gentleman at Heart 1942
as Genius
Hellzapoppin' 1941
as Harry Selby
Ball of Fire 1941
as Waiter
I Wake Up Screaming 1941
as Harry Williams
The Maltese Falcon 1941
as Wilmer Cook
Sergeant York 1941
as Piano Player (uncredited)
Man at Large 1941
as Hotel Clerk
Love Crazy 1941
as Joe (elevator operator)
Tin Pan Alley 1940
as Joe Codd
Public Deb No. 1 1940
as Communist
Stranger on the Third Floor 1940
as Joe Briggs
He Married His Wife 1940
as Dicky Brown
Grand Jury Secrets 1939
as Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt
Newsboys' Home 1938
as Danny
Submarine Patrol 1938
as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
My Lucky Star 1938
as Waldo
Three Blind Mice 1938
as Boy on Bench (uncredited)
Life Begins in College 1937
as Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
Danger – Love at Work 1937
as McBain, the chemist
Wife, Doctor and Nurse 1937
as Glen Wylie
They Won't Forget 1937
as Joe Turner
The Devil Is Driving 1937
as Tony Stevens
Love Is News 1937
as Egbert Eggleston
Pigskin Parade 1936
as Herbert Van Dyke
Two in a Crowd 1936
as Skeeter
Honor Among Lovers 1931
as Office Boy (uncredited)
- Chills and Fever
Chills and Fever 1930
as Member of the Glee Club
Her Unborn Child 1930
as Stewart Kennedy
Credits from TMDB.