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
Known For
They Came from the Attic
A teenage boy is home alone for the weekend but when nocturnal creatures living in his attic escape, he must survive.
Star Trek
Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen led by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Leave 'Em Laughing
Real-life clown Jack Thum, along with his devoted wife, Shirlee, cared for dozens of homeless children — 37 of them over the years — in the Chicago area, all of whom come back to visit when they discover he's terminally ill.
Scarecrow
Just before the Salem Witch Trials, an embittered old woman, who has learned witchcraft, teams up with the Devil, and brings a scarecrow to life as part of her diabolical revenge on the judge who was once her lover.
The Islanders
The Islanders is an American adventure television series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961, starring William Reynolds, James Philbrook, and Diane Brewster. At the beginning of the series, Sandy Wade and Zack Malloy, co-owners of a Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft, start their one-plane airline in the Moluccas or Spice Islands of the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Throughout the series they experience a variety of adventures where seemingly harmless charter flights put them into danger. They are frequently aided in their endeavours by the unusually-named Wilhelmina ”Steamboat Willy” Vanderveer and Shipwreck Callighan. The Islanders, primarily sponsored by Liggett & Myers' Chesterfield cigarettes, aired at 9:30 Eastern time on Sunday evenings opposite The Jack Benny Program and Candid Camera on CBS and the second half of The Dinah Shore Show and the last season of The Loretta Young Show on NBC. William Reynolds stated in an interview, "The series went from being sort of like a Terry and the Pirates or a Maverick type of concept to becoming just a bunch of people skulking around. It wasn't very good." After The Islanders, Philbrook co-starred in the 1962-1963 season as a magazine publisher and the love interest of Loretta Young in her short-lived The New Loretta Young Show, which aired Mondays on CBS. Reynolds went on to star in two other ABC series,The Gallant Men, a World War II series, and The FBI with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr..
Rosemary's Baby
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
The Odd Couple
Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual. They share a Manhattan apartment, and their different lifestyles inevitably lead to conflicts.
The Twilight Zone
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Filmography
as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
as Pappy Glue
as Uncle Albert
as Uncle Albert (archive footage)
as (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
as Mr. Bibbs
as Novatney
as Wilbur Posten
as Mr. Maps
as Jim Beam
as Eddie
as Hotel Desk Clerk
as Eli the Taxi Driver
as Mousy ("Municipalians")
as Jetter
as Sgt. Billy
as Harold W. Farber
as Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler
as Wilmer
as On-Your-Mark
as Stable Hand
as The Patron (Dexter)
as Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
as Georgie
as Sweeper
as Karel
as Mr. Charles Trout Sr.
as Eddie
as Wilmer Cook
as Finley
as Henley
as Charlie
as Mr. Boyle
as Studio Engineer (uncredited)
as Carl
as Cody
as Gray Cat
as Willie
as Sam
as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
as Mickey Crawford
as Micah
as Proprietor
as Heel
as Old Convict
as Willie Peanuts
as Jeb
as Mr. Nicklas
as Self (archive footage)
as Hanson
as Arnold
as Samuel Cogley
as Professor Isaacson
as Judd
as Tex
as Arnold
as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Ellen's father
as Underworld Leader
as Wyatt
as Sailor
as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
as Joe
as Mr. Keith
as Carvey
as Harry Elser
as Tomas
as Harry Elser
as Ted Blake
as Harry Nesbit
as Jeremy Hake
as Maxie Dolan
as John Walker
as Miller
as Larry Teter, Town Barber
as Bain
as Joel Turner
as Jim Gribble
as Watson Pritchard
as Pete Sheeley
as Thorn Loomis
as Homer van Meter
as Skeets Jonas
as Art Crowley
as Reelin' Pete
as Candymouth Duggan
as Willie
as Martin Schuyler
as Fred
as 'Whitey' Pollock
as George Peatty
as Briggs
as Finn
as Shorty
as Huggins
as Cyrus Tucker
as George
as Jocko Beal
as Punky (as Elisha Cook)
as Ed Nevins
as Blaine Crackel
as Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
as Homer Garrity
as Pop
as Joseph Standish
as Bobo
as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
as Jed
as Willy Zucks
as Lloyd Harwell
as Eddie Forbes
as Albert Jonas
as Klipspringer
as Roper
as Oval
as Frank Dunlap
as Marty
as Joe
as Harry Jones
as Fly Feletti
as Eugene
as Nick
as Oliver S. Patch
as Sam Collins
as Jimmy Lobo
as Kirk Otto
as Cleeve
as Whitey
as Info Jones
as Cliff Milburn
as Bill (uncredited)
as Gillman
as Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
as Frank Lucas
as Ernie
as Genius
as Harry Selby
as Waiter
as Harry Williams
as Wilmer Cook
as Piano Player (uncredited)
as Hotel Clerk
as Joe (elevator operator)
as Joe Codd
as Communist
as Joe Briggs
as Dicky Brown
as Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt
as Danny
as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
as Waldo
as Boy on Bench (uncredited)
as Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
as McBain, the chemist
as Glen Wylie
as Joe Turner
as Tony Stevens
as Egbert Eggleston
as Herbert Van Dyke
as Skeeter
as Office Boy (uncredited)
as Stewart Kennedy