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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-12-26 (121 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Elisha Cook Jr.

Biography:

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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

Acting

2022

They Came from the Attic as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)

1987

1986

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend as Self (from Don't Bother to Knock [1952]) (archive footage)
ALF as Uncle Albert
ALF as Uncle Albert (archive footage)

1985

The Twilight Zone as (segment "Welcome to Winfield")

1984

Night Court as Wilbur Posten

1983

The A-Team as Jim Beam

1982

Hammett as Eli the Taxi Driver
Terror at Alcatraz as Hotel Desk Clerk
National Lampoon's Movie Madness as Mousy ("Municipalians")

1981

Harry's War as Sgt. Billy

1980

Carny as On-Your-Mark
Tom Horn as Stable Hand
Magnum, P.I. as Harold W. Farber
Magnum, P.I. as Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler

1979

1941 as The Patron (Dexter)
The Champ as Georgie
Salem's Lot as Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips

1977

Dead of Night as Karel
Mad Bull as Sweeper

1976

St. Ives as Eddie
Quincy, M.E. as Mr. Charles Trout Sr.

1975

The Black Bird as Wilmer Cook
Winterhawk as Finley
Senior Power as Mr. Boyle
Switch as Henley

1974

The Phantom of Hollywood as Studio Engineer (uncredited)

1973

Messiah of Evil as Charlie
The Outfit as Carl

1972

Blacula as Sam
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
The Night Stalker as Mickey Crawford
Scarecrow as Micah

1970

El Condor as Old Convict
The Movie Murderer as Willie Peanuts
Night Chase as Proprietor

1969

1968

Rosemary's Baby as Mr. Nicklas
The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)

1967

1966

Star Trek as Samuel Cogley
Batman as Professor Isaacson

1965

1964

The Glass Cage as Ellen's father
The Big Parade of Comedy as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1963

The Haunted Palace as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
Black Zoo as Joe
Johnny Cool as Underworld Leader
Burke's Law as Wyatt
The Fugitive as Sailor

1961

One-Eyed Jacks as Carvey

1960

Platinum High School as Harry Nesbit
The Fatal Impulse as Harry Elser
The Islanders as Tomas
Thriller as Harry Elser

1959

Day of the Outlaw as Larry Teter, Town Barber
House on Haunted Hill as Watson Pritchard
Rawhide as Bain
The Rebel as Jeremy Hake
Johnny Ringo as Maxie Dolan
Rawhide as Joel Turner
Rawhide as Jim Gribble
Bonanza as John Walker
The Deputy as Miller

1958

Bat Masterson as Pete Sheeley
Bat Masterson as Thorn Loomis

1957

Baby Face Nelson as Homer van Meter
Plunder Road as Skeets Jonas
The Lonely Man as Willie
Voodoo Island as Martin Schuyler
Chicago Confidential as Candymouth Duggan
Perry Mason as Art Crowley
Perry Mason as Reelin' Pete

1956

The Killing as George Peatty
Accused of Murder as 'Whitey' Pollock

1955

The Indian Fighter as Briggs (as Elisha Cook)
Timberjack as Punky (as Elisha Cook)
Trial as Finn
Gunsmoke as Huggins
The Millionaire as Ed Nevins
Gunsmoke as Cyrus Tucker
Gunsmoke as George
Gunsmoke as Jocko Beal

1954

Drum Beat as Blaine Crackel
The Outlaw's Daughter as Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
Climax! as Pop

1953

Shane as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
Thunder Over the Plains as Joseph Standish
I, the Jury as Bobo
General Electric Theater as Lloyd Harwell

1952

Don't Bother to Knock as Eddie Forbes

1951

Behave Yourself! as Albert Jonas

1949

Flaxy Martin as Roper
The Great Gatsby as Klipspringer

1947

The Gangster as Oval
Born to Kill as Marty
Fall Guy as Joe
The Long Night as Frank Dunlap

1946

The Big Sleep as Harry Jones
Blonde Alibi as Sam Collins
Two Smart People as Fly Feletti
Cinderella Jones as Oliver S. Patch

1945

Dillinger as Kirk Otto
Why Girls Leave Home as Jimmy Lobo

1944

Dark Waters as Cleeve
Phantom Lady as Cliff Milburn
Dark Mountain as Whitey
Up in Arms as Info Jones

1943

Baptism of Fire as Bill (uncredited)

1942

A-Haunting We Will Go as Frank Lucas
Wildcat as Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
Manila Calling as Gillman

1941

The Maltese Falcon as Wilmer Cook
Love Crazy as Joe (elevator operator)
I Wake Up Screaming as Harry Williams
Ball of Fire as Waiter
Man at Large as Hotel Clerk
Sergeant York as Piano Player (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin' as Harry Selby

1940

He Married His Wife as Dicky Brown
Public Deb No. 1 as Communist
Tin Pan Alley as Joe Codd

1939

Grand Jury Secrets as Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt

1938

Submarine Patrol as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
My Lucky Star as Waldo
Three Blind Mice as Boy on Bench (uncredited)

1937

They Won't Forget as Joe Turner
Danger – Love at Work as McBain, the chemist
The Devil Is Driving as Tony Stevens
Life Begins in College as Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
Love Is News as Egbert Eggleston

1936

Pigskin Parade as Herbert Van Dyke
Two in a Crowd as Skeeter

1931

Honor Among Lovers as Office Boy (uncredited)

1930

Chills and Fever as Member of the Glee Club