Elisha Cook Jr.
Acting1903San Francisco, California, USA
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2022
They Came from the Attic
as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
1988
ALF
TVas Uncle Albert (archive footage) / Uncle Albert• 1 eps
1987
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
as Pappy Glue
1986
Magnum, P.I.
TVas Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler / Harold W. Farber / Wilmer• 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
TVas (segment "Welcome to Winfield")• 1 eps
1985
Night Court
TVas Wilbur Posten• 1 eps
The A-Team
TVas Jim Beam• 1 eps
1984
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
as Novatney
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
as Mr. Bibbs
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
as Mr. Maps
1983
This Girl for Hire
as Eddie
1982
Terror at Alcatraz
as Hotel Desk Clerk
Hammett
as Eli the Taxi Driver
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Mousy ("Municipalians")
1981
Harry's War
as Sgt. Billy
Leave 'Em Laughing
as Jetter
1979
1977
Dead of Night
as Karel
Mad Bull
as Sweeper
Switch
TVas Henley• 1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
TVas Mr. Charles Trout Sr.• 2 eps
1976
St. Ives
as Eddie
1975
1974
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Cody
Emperor of the North
as Gray Cat
Electra Glide in Blue
as Willie
The Outfit
as Carl
1972
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
Blacula
as Sam
The Night Stalker
as Mickey Crawford
Scarecrow
as Micah
1971
1970
1969
1968
Rosemary's Baby
as Mr. Nicklas
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1967
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Arnold
Welcome to Hard Times
as Hanson
Batman
TVas Professor Isaacson• 2 eps
Star Trek
TVas Samuel Cogley• 1 eps
1966
A Man Called Shenandoah
TVas Judd• 1 eps
Bonanza
TVas John Walker• 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TVas Arnold• 1 eps
1965
Burke's Law
TVas Wyatt• 1 eps
1964
The Glass Cage
as Ellen's father
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blood on the Arrow
as Tex
Gunsmoke
TVas George• 1 eps
Rawhide
TVas Jim Gribble• 1 eps
Perry Mason
TVas Art Crowley / Reelin' Pete• 1 eps
1963
Johnny Cool
as Underworld Leader
Black Zoo
as Joe
Papa's Delicate Condition
as Mr. Keith
The Haunted Palace
as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
The Fugitive
TVas Sailor• 1 eps
1961
1960
College Confidential
as Ted Blake
Platinum High School
as Harry Nesbit
The Fatal Impulse
as Harry Elser
Thriller
TVas Harry Elser• 1 eps
The Rebel
TVas Jeremy Hake• 1 eps
The Islanders
TVas Tomas
1959
Day of the Outlaw
as Larry Teter, Town Barber
House on Haunted Hill
as Watson Pritchard
Johnny Ringo
TVas Maxie Dolan• 1 eps
Bat Masterson
TVas Pete Sheeley / Thorn Loomis• 1 eps
1958
1957
Voodoo Island
as Martin Schuyler
Chicago Confidential
as Candymouth Duggan
Baby Face Nelson
as Homer van Meter
Plunder Road
as Skeets Jonas
The Lonely Man
as Willie
The O. Henry Playhouse
TVas Fred
The Millionaire
TVas Ed Nevins• 1 eps
1956
1955
Trial
as Finn
The Indian Fighter
as Briggs
Timberjack
as Punky (as Elisha Cook)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Shorty• 1 eps
1954
Drum Beat
as Blaine Crackel
The Outlaw's Daughter
as Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
Superman's Peril
as Homer Garrity
1953
Thunder Over the Plains
as Joseph Standish
Shane
as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
I, the Jury
as Bobo
General Electric Theater
TVas Jed / Lloyd Harwell / Willy Zucks
1952
Don't Bother to Knock
as Eddie Forbes
1951
Behave Yourself!
as Albert Jonas
1949
The Great Gatsby
as Klipspringer
Flaxy Martin
as Roper
1947
1946
The Big Sleep
as Harry Jones
The Falcon's Alibi
as Nick
Joe Palooka, Champ
as Eugene
Cinderella Jones
as Oliver S. Patch
Two Smart People
as Fly Feletti
Blonde Alibi
as Sam Collins
1945
Dillinger
as Kirk Otto
Why Girls Leave Home
as Jimmy Lobo
1944
1943
Baptism of Fire
as Bill (uncredited)
1942
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Frank Lucas
Wildcat
as Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
A Gentleman at Heart
as Genius
Manila Calling
as Gillman
Sleepytime Gal
as Ernie
1941
The Maltese Falcon
as Wilmer Cook
Hellzapoppin'
as Harry Selby
Love Crazy
as Joe (elevator operator)
I Wake Up Screaming
as Harry Williams
Man at Large
as Hotel Clerk
Sergeant York
as Piano Player (uncredited)
Ball of Fire
as Waiter
1940
Stranger on the Third Floor
as Joe Briggs
Tin Pan Alley
as Joe Codd
He Married His Wife
as Dicky Brown
Public Deb No. 1
as Communist
1939
Grand Jury Secrets
as Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt
1938
Three Blind Mice
as Boy on Bench (uncredited)
Submarine Patrol
as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
Newsboys' Home
as Danny
My Lucky Star
as Waldo
1937
Love Is News
as Egbert Eggleston
They Won't Forget
as Joe Turner
Danger – Love at Work
as McBain, the chemist
Life Begins in College
as Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
The Devil Is Driving
as Tony Stevens
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Glen Wylie
1936
Pigskin Parade
as Herbert Van Dyke
Two in a Crowd
as Skeeter
1931
Honor Among Lovers
as Office Boy (uncredited)
1930
Chills and Fever
as Member of the Glee Club
Her Unborn Child
as Stewart Kennedy