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