Portrait of Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

Acting

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elisha Cook, Jr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Born: December 26, 1903

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA

Filmography

2022
They Came from the Attic

as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)

1986
ALF

as Uncle Albert

1986
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

1983
1982
Terror at Alcatraz

as Hotel Desk Clerk

1982
Hammett

as Eli the Taxi Driver

1982
National Lampoon's Movie Madness

as Mousy ("Municipalians")

1981
1981
Harry's War

as Sgt. Billy

1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Harold W. Farber

1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler

1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Wilmer

1980
Carny

as On-Your-Mark

1980
Tom Horn

as Stable Hand

1979
1941

as The Patron (Dexter)

1979
Salem's Lot

as Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips

1979
The Champ

as Georgie

1977
Mad Bull

as Sweeper

1977
1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Mr. Charles Trout Sr.

1976
St. Ives

as Eddie

1975
The Black Bird

as Wilmer Cook

1975
Winterhawk

as Finley

1975
Switch

as Henley

1975
Messiah of Evil

as Charlie

1975
Senior Power

as Mr. Boyle

1974
The Phantom of Hollywood

as Studio Engineer (uncredited)

1973
The Outfit

as Carl

1973
1972
Blacula

as Sam

1972
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)

1972
The Night Stalker

as Mickey Crawford

1972
Scarecrow

as Micah

1970
Night Chase

as Proprietor

1970
1970
El Condor

as Old Convict

1970
The Movie Murderer

as Willie Peanuts

1968
Rosemary's Baby

as Mr. Nicklas

1968
The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1967
1966
Star Trek

as Samuel Cogley

1966
Batman

as Professor Isaacson

1964
The Big Parade of Comedy

as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1964
The Glass Cage

as Ellen's father

1963
Johnny Cool

as Underworld Leader

1963
Burke's Law

as Wyatt

1963
The Fugitive

as Sailor

1963
The Haunted Palace

as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith

1963
Black Zoo

as Joe

1961
1960
The Fatal Impulse

as Harry Elser

1960
1960
Thriller

as Harry Elser

1960
1960
Platinum High School

as Harry Nesbit

1959
The Rebel

as Jeremy Hake

1959
Johnny Ringo

as Maxie Dolan

1959
Bonanza

as John Walker

1959
The Deputy

as Miller

1959
Day of the Outlaw

as Larry Teter, Town Barber

1959
Rawhide

as Bain

1959
Rawhide

as Joel Turner

1959
Rawhide

as Jim Gribble

1959
House on Haunted Hill

as Watson Pritchard

1958
Bat Masterson

as Pete Sheeley

1958
Bat Masterson

as Thorn Loomis

1957
Baby Face Nelson

as Homer van Meter

1957
Plunder Road

as Skeets Jonas

1957
Perry Mason

as Art Crowley

1957
Perry Mason

as Reelin' Pete

1957
Chicago Confidential

as Candymouth Duggan

1957
1957
1957
Voodoo Island

as Martin Schuyler

1956
Accused of Murder

as 'Whitey' Pollock

1956
The Killing

as George Peatty

1955
1955
Trial

as Finn

1955
Gunsmoke

as Huggins

1955
Gunsmoke

as Cyrus Tucker

1955
Gunsmoke

as George

1955
Gunsmoke

as Jocko Beal

1955
Timberjack

as Punky (as Elisha Cook)

1955
The Millionaire

as Ed Nevins

1954
Drum Beat

as Blaine Crackel

1954
The Outlaw's Daughter

as Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook

1954
Superman's Peril

as Homer Garrity

1954
Climax!

as Pop

1953
Thunder Over the Plains

as Joseph Standish

1953
1953
Shane

as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey

1953
1953
General Electric Theater

as Lloyd Harwell

1952
Don't Bother to Knock

as Eddie Forbes

1951
Behave Yourself!

as Albert Jonas

1949
The Great Gatsby

as Klipspringer

1949
Flaxy Martin

as Roper

1947
1947
The Long Night

as Frank Dunlap

1947
Born to Kill

as Marty

1947
Fall Guy

as Joe

1946
The Big Sleep

as Harry Jones

1946
Two Smart People

as Fly Feletti

1946
1946
Cinderella Jones

as Oliver S. Patch

1946
Blonde Alibi

as Sam Collins

1945
1945
Dillinger

as Kirk Otto

1944
Dark Waters

as Cleeve

1944
Dark Mountain

as Whitey

1944
Up in Arms

as Info Jones

1944
Phantom Lady

as Cliff Milburn

1943
Baptism of Fire

as Bill (uncredited)

1942
Manila Calling

as Gillman

1942
Wildcat

as Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins

1942
A-Haunting We Will Go

as Frank Lucas

1942
1941
Hellzapoppin'

as Harry Selby

1941
Ball of Fire

as Waiter

1941
I Wake Up Screaming

as Harry Williams

1941
The Maltese Falcon

as Wilmer Cook

1941
Sergeant York

as Piano Player (uncredited)

1941
Man at Large

as Hotel Clerk

1941
Love Crazy

as Joe (elevator operator)

1940
Tin Pan Alley

as Joe Codd

1940
Public Deb No. 1

as Communist

1940
He Married His Wife

as Dicky Brown

1939
Grand Jury Secrets

as Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt

1938
1938
Submarine Patrol

as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'

1938
1938
Three Blind Mice

as Boy on Bench (uncredited)

1937
Life Begins in College

as Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.

1937
Danger – Love at Work

as McBain, the chemist

1937
1937
They Won't Forget

as Joe Turner

1937
The Devil Is Driving

as Tony Stevens

1937
Love Is News

as Egbert Eggleston

1936
Pigskin Parade

as Herbert Van Dyke

1936
Two in a Crowd

as Skeeter

1931
Honor Among Lovers

as Office Boy (uncredited)

1930
Her Unborn Child

as Stewart Kennedy