Elisha Cook Jr.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 26, 1903, San Francisco, California, USA
- Died
- May 18, 1995
- Movies
- 124
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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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2022 | They Came from the Attic | Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival) |
| 1987 | The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains | Pappy Glue |
| 1984 | It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | Mr. Bibbs |
| 1984 | The Pigs vs. The Freaks | Novatney |
| 1984 | Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse | Mr. Maps |
| 1983 | This Girl for Hire | Eddie |
| 1982 | Terror at Alcatraz | Hotel Desk Clerk |
| 1982 | Hammett | Eli the Taxi Driver |
| 1982 | National Lampoon's Movie Madness | Mousy ("Municipalians") |
| 1981 | Leave 'Em Laughing | Jetter |
| 1981 | Harry's War | Sgt. Billy |
| 1980 | Carny | On-Your-Mark |
| 1980 | Tom Horn | Stable Hand |
| 1979 | 1941 | The Patron (Dexter) |
| 1979 | The Champ | Georgie |
| 1977 | Mad Bull | Sweeper |
| 1977 | Dead of Night | Karel |
| 1976 | St. Ives | Eddie |
| 1975 | The Black Bird | Wilmer Cook |
| 1975 | Winterhawk | Finley |
| 1975 | Messiah of Evil | Charlie |
| 1975 | Senior Power | Mr. Boyle |
| 1974 | The Phantom of Hollywood | Studio Engineer (uncredited) |
| 1973 | The Outfit | Carl |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Cody |
| 1973 | Emperor of the North | Gray Cat |
| 1973 | Electra Glide in Blue | Willie |
| 1972 | Blacula | Sam |
| 1972 | The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Bunker (as Elisha Cook) |
| 1972 | The Night Stalker | Mickey Crawford |
| 1972 | Scarecrow | Micah |
| 1970 | Night Chase | Proprietor |
| 1970 | Night Slaves | |
| 1970 | El Condor | Old Convict |
| 1970 | The Movie Murderer | Willie Peanuts |
| 1969 | Cry for Poor Wally | |
| 1969 | The Great Bank Robbery | Jeb |
| 1968 | Rosemary's Baby | Mr. Nicklas |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) |
| 1967 | Welcome to Hard Times | Hanson |
| 1967 | The Spy in the Green Hat | Arnold |
| 1964 | Blood on the Arrow | Tex |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1964 | The Glass Cage | Ellen's father |
| 1963 | Johnny Cool | Underworld Leader |
| 1963 | The Haunted Palace | Gideon Smith / Micah Smith |
| 1963 | Black Zoo | Joe |
| 1963 | Papa's Delicate Condition | Mr. Keith |
| 1961 | One-Eyed Jacks | Carvey |
| 1960 | The Fatal Impulse | Harry Elser |
| 1960 | College Confidential | Ted Blake |
| 1960 | Platinum High School | Harry Nesbit |
| 1959 | Day of the Outlaw | Larry Teter, Town Barber |
| 1959 | House on Haunted Hill | Watson Pritchard |
| 1957 | Baby Face Nelson | Homer van Meter |
| 1957 | Plunder Road | Skeets Jonas |
| 1957 | Chicago Confidential | Candymouth Duggan |
| 1957 | The Lonely Man | Willie |
| 1957 | Voodoo Island | Martin Schuyler |
| 1956 | Accused of Murder | 'Whitey' Pollock |
| 1956 | The Killing | George Peatty |
| 1955 | The Indian Fighter | Briggs |
| 1955 | Trial | Finn |
| 1955 | Timberjack | Punky |
| 1954 | Drum Beat | Blaine Crackel |
| 1954 | The Outlaw's Daughter | Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook |
| 1954 | Superman's Peril | Homer Garrity |
| 1953 | Thunder Over the Plains | Joseph Standish |
| 1953 | I, the Jury | Bobo |
| 1953 | Shane | Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey |
| 1952 | Don't Bother to Knock | Eddie Forbes |
| 1951 | Behave Yourself! | Albert Jonas |
| 1949 | The Great Gatsby | Klipspringer |
| 1949 | Flaxy Martin | Roper |
| 1947 | The Gangster | Oval |
| 1947 | The Long Night | Frank Dunlap |
| 1947 | Born to Kill | Marty |
| 1947 | Fall Guy | Joe |
| 1946 | The Big Sleep | Harry Jones |
| 1946 | Two Smart People | Fly Feletti |
| 1946 | Joe Palooka, Champ | Eugene |
| 1946 | The Falcon's Alibi | Nick |
| 1946 | Cinderella Jones | Oliver S. Patch |
| 1946 | Blonde Alibi | Sam Collins |
| 1945 | Why Girls Leave Home | Jimmy Lobo |
| 1945 | Dillinger | Kirk Otto |
| 1944 | Dark Waters | Cleeve |
| 1944 | Dark Mountain | Whitey |
| 1944 | Up in Arms | Info Jones |
| 1944 | Phantom Lady | Cliff Milburn |
| 1943 | Baptism of Fire | Bill (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Kill or Be Killed | |
| 1942 | Manila Calling | Gillman |
| 1942 | Wildcat | Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins |
| 1942 | A-Haunting We Will Go | Frank Lucas |
| 1942 | Sleepytime Gal | Ernie |
| 1942 | A Gentleman at Heart | Genius |
| 1941 | Hellzapoppin' | Harry Selby |
| 1941 | Ball of Fire | Waiter |
| 1941 | I Wake Up Screaming | Harry Williams |
| 1941 | The Maltese Falcon | Wilmer Cook |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Piano Player (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Man at Large | Hotel Clerk |
| 1941 | Love Crazy | Joe (elevator operator) |
| 1940 | Tin Pan Alley | Joe Codd |
| 1940 | Public Deb No. 1 | Communist |
| 1940 | Stranger on the Third Floor | Joe Briggs |
| 1940 | He Married His Wife | Dicky Brown |
| 1939 | Grand Jury Secrets | Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt |
| 1938 | Newsboys' Home | Danny |
| 1938 | Submarine Patrol | Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor' |
| 1938 | My Lucky Star | Waldo |
| 1938 | Three Blind Mice | Boy on Bench (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Life Begins in College | Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr. |
| 1937 | Danger – Love at Work | McBain, the chemist |
| 1937 | Wife, Doctor and Nurse | Glen Wylie |
| 1937 | They Won't Forget | Joe Turner |
| 1937 | The Devil Is Driving | Tony Stevens |
| 1937 | Love Is News | Egbert Eggleston |
| 1936 | Pigskin Parade | Herbert Van Dyke |
| 1936 | Two in a Crowd | Skeeter |
| 1931 | Honor Among Lovers | Office Boy (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Chills and Fever | Member of the Glee Club |
| 1930 | Her Unborn Child | Stewart Kennedy |
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