From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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
Known For
Movies
- The Killing
1956
- The Big Sleep
1946
- The Maltese Falcon
1941
- I, the Jury
1953
- Rosemary's Baby
1968
- Shane
1953
- The Movie Orgy
1968
- The Haunted Palace
1963
- Love Crazy
1941
- 1941
1979
- I Wake Up Screaming
1941
- Blacula
1972
- Don't Bother to Knock
1952
- Black Zoo
1963
- Messiah of Evil
1973
- Carny
1980
- Electra Glide in Blue
1973
- The Gangster
1947
- The Outfit
1973
- Born to Kill
1947
- The Great Northfield Mi...
1972
- Dillinger
1945
- Hammett
1982
- Baby Face Nelson
1957
- Plunder Road
1957
- Dark Waters
1944
- Stranger on the Third F...
1940
- Ball of Fire
1941
- The Lonely Man
1957
- Accused of Murder
1956
- Day of the Outlaw
1959
- The Night Stalker
1972
- House on Haunted Hill
1959
- Phantom Lady
1944
- A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
- Blonde Alibi
1946
- St. Ives
1976
- Fall Guy
1947
- The Long Night
1947
- Voodoo Island
1957
- Chicago Confidential
1957
- The Falcon's Alibi
1946
- Flaxy Martin
1949
- One-Eyed Jacks
1961
- They Won't Forget
1937
- The Great Gatsby
1949
- Johnny Cool
1963
- College Confidential
1960
- Pigskin Parade
1936
- The Black Bird
1975
- Dead of Night
1977
- The Indian Fighter
1955
- El Condor
1970
- Two Smart People
1946
- Dark Mountain
1944
- Mad Bull
1977
- Drum Beat
1954
- Winterhawk
1975
- Danger – Love at Work
1937
- Platinum High School
1960
- Behave Yourself!
1951
- He Married His Wife
1940
- They Came from the Attic
2022
- Marilyn Monroe: Beyond ...
1986
- Why Girls Leave Home
1945
- The Glass Cage
1964
- Leave 'Em Laughing
1981
- Submarine Patrol
1938
- Treasure: In Search of ...
1984
- Thunder Over the Plains
1953
- Newsboys' Home
1938
- Night Slaves
1970
- Wildcat
1942
- My Lucky Star
1938
- Timberjack
1955
- The Devil Is Driving
1937
- I, the Jury
1953
- Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
- Two in a Crowd
1936
- Public Deb No. 1
1940
- Papa's Delicate Conditi...
1963
- Terror at Alcatraz
1982
- Trial
1955
- The Movie Murderer
1970
- Up in Arms
1944
- Cinderella Jones
1946
- Grand Jury Secrets
1939
- The Phantom of Hollywood
1974
- The Outlaw's Daughter
1954
- The Champ
1979
- Scarecrow
1972
- Night Chase
1970
- Life Begins in College
1937
- A Gentleman at Heart
1942
- Tin Pan Alley
1940
- Man at Large
1941
- Chills and Fever
1930
- Manila Calling
1942
- Love Is News
1937
- Blood on the Arrow
1964
- Sergeant York
1941
- The Fatal Impulse
1960
- Welcome to Hard Times
1967
- Tom Horn
1980
- The Man Who Broke 1,000...
1987
- Pat Garrett & Billy the...
1973
- Three Blind Mice
1938
- The Pigs vs. The Freaks
1984
- Hellzapoppin'
1941
- Cry for Poor Wally
1969
- Sleepytime Gal
1942
- Kill or Be Killed
1943
- Honor Among Lovers
1931
- This Girl For Hire
1983
- Joe Palooka, Champ
1946
- The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
- Emperor of the North
1973
- Senior Power
1975
- Harry's War
1981
- National Lampoon's Movi...
1982
- The Great Bank Robbery
1969
- Baptism of Fire
1943
- The Spy in the Green Hat
1967
TV Shows
- Magnum, P.I.
1980
- Star Trek
1966
- 77 Sunset Strip
1958
- Burke's Law
1963
- Trackdown
1957
- Starsky & Hutch
1975
- The Odd Couple
1970
- The Bionic Woman
1976
- Batman
1966
- Simon & Simon
1981
- The Twilight Zone
1985
- Quincy, M.E.
1976
- Baretta
1975
- Mannix
1967
- Surfside 6
1960
- Gunsmoke
1955
- Perry Mason
1957
- General Electric Theater
1953
- The Islanders
1960
- Johnny Staccato
1959
- ALF
1986
- Ironside
1967
- ALF
1986
- Alfred Hitchcock Presen...
1955
- The Monroes
1966
- Outlaws
1960
- The Wild Wild West
1965
- Rawhide
1959
- Cimarron Strip
1967
- The Fugitive
1963
- Police Story
1973
- Switch
1975
- The Millionaire
1955
- S.W.A.T.
1975
- Thriller
1960
- Peter Gunn
1958
- McCloud
1970
- The Life and Legend of ...
1955
- Climax!
1954
- Adventures of Superman
1952
- The Adventures of Wild ...
1951
- The Rebel
1959
- The Dakotas
1963
- Bat Masterson
1958
- Johnny Ringo
1959
- Tightrope
1959
- Panic!
1957
- The Third Man
1959
- The Blue Knight
1975
- The O. Henry Playhouse
1957
- Rawhide
1959
- Rawhide
1959
- Gunsmoke
1955
- Gunsmoke
1955
- Gunsmoke
1955
- Night Court
1984
- General Electric Theater
1953
- General Electric Theater
1953
- Salem's Lot
1979
- Bat Masterson
1958
- Perry Mason
1957
- Bonanza
1959
- The A-Team
1983
- The Deputy
1959
- Magnum, P.I.
1980