Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

1903-12-26 – 1995-05-18 (age 91) San Francisco, California, USA
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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.

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Known For

Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary's Baby

1968

as Mr. Nicklas

One-Eyed Jacks
One-Eyed Jacks

1961

as Carvey

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
House on Haunted Hill
House on Haunted Hill

1959

as Watson Pritchard

The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon

1941

as Wilmer Cook

Shane
Shane

1953

as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey

The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep

1946

as Harry Jones

1941
1941

1979

as The Patron (Dexter)

The Killing
The Killing

1956

as George Peatty

The Outfit
The Outfit

1973

as Carl

The Night Stalker
The Night Stalker

1972

as Mickey Crawford

The Indian Fighter
The Indian Fighter

1955

as Briggs

The Champ
The Champ

1979

as Georgie

The Haunted Palace
The Haunted Palace

1963

as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith

Don't Bother to Knock
Don't Bother to Knock

1952

as Eddie Forbes

Sergeant York
Sergeant York

1941

as Piano Player (uncredited)

The Lonely Man
The Lonely Man

1957

as Willie

Day of the Outlaw
Day of the Outlaw

1959

as Larry Teter, Town Barber

Welcome to Hard Times
Dark Waters
Dark Waters

1944

as Cleeve