Elisha Cook Jr.

Born: 1903-12-26 in San Francisco, California, USA

Died: 1995-05-18

Known For: 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

Filmography

2022

They Came from the Attic as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)

1987

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains as Pappy Glue

1986

ALF as Uncle Albert

1985

The Twilight Zone as (segment "Welcome to Winfield")

1984

Night Court as Wilbur Posten
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear as Mr. Bibbs
The Pigs vs. The Freaks as Novatney
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse as Mr. Maps

1983

The A-Team as Jim Beam
This Girl for Hire as Eddie

1982

National Lampoon's Movie Madness as Mousy ("Municipalians")
Hammett as Eli the Taxi Driver
Terror at Alcatraz as Hotel Desk Clerk

1981

Simon & Simon
Leave 'Em Laughing as Jetter
Harry's War as Sgt. Billy

1980

Magnum, P.I. as Harold W. Farber
Tom Horn as Stable Hand
Carny as On-Your-Mark

1979

Salem's Lot as Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
1941 as The Patron (Dexter)
The Champ as Georgie

1977

Dead of Night as Karel
Mad Bull as Sweeper

1976

Quincy, M.E. as Mr. Charles Trout Sr.
The Bionic Woman
St. Ives as Eddie

1975

Starsky & Hutch
Switch as Henley
Baretta
S.W.A.T.
The Blue Knight
Messiah of Evil as Charlie
Winterhawk as Finley
The Black Bird as Wilmer Cook
Senior Power as Mr. Boyle

1974

The Phantom of Hollywood as Studio Engineer (uncredited)

1973

1972

The Night Stalker as Mickey Crawford
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
Blacula as Sam
Scarecrow as Micah

1970

The Odd Couple as Heel
McCloud
El Condor as Old Convict
The Movie Murderer as Willie Peanuts
Night Slaves
Night Chase as Proprietor

1969

The Great Bank Robbery as Jeb
Cry for Poor Wally

1968

Rosemary's Baby as Mr. Nicklas
The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)

1967

1966

Star Trek as Samuel Cogley
Batman as Professor Isaacson
The Monroes

1965

The Wild Wild West
A Man Called Shenandoah as Judd

1964

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Arnold
The Big Parade of Comedy as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blood on the Arrow as Tex
The Glass Cage as Ellen's father

1963

The Fugitive as Sailor
Burke's Law as Wyatt
The Dakotas
The Haunted Palace as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
Johnny Cool as Underworld Leader
Papa's Delicate Condition as Mr. Keith
Black Zoo as Joe

1961

One-Eyed Jacks as Carvey

1960

Thriller as Harry Elser
Surfside 6
Outlaws
The Islanders as Tomas
The Fatal Impulse as Harry Elser
College Confidential as Ted Blake
Platinum High School as Harry Nesbit

1959

Bonanza as John Walker
Rawhide as Bain
The Rebel as Jeremy Hake
The Deputy as Miller
Startime as Trick
The Third Man
Johnny Ringo as Maxie Dolan
Tightrope
Johnny Staccato
House on Haunted Hill as Watson Pritchard
Day of the Outlaw as Larry Teter, Town Barber

1958

1957

Perry Mason as Art Crowley
Trackdown
Panic!
The O. Henry Playhouse as Fred
Plunder Road as Skeets Jonas
Baby Face Nelson as Homer van Meter
The Lonely Man as Willie
Voodoo Island as Martin Schuyler
Chicago Confidential as Candymouth Duggan

1956

The Killing as George Peatty
Accused of Murder as 'Whitey' Pollock

1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Gunsmoke as Huggins
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Shorty
The Millionaire as Ed Nevins
The Indian Fighter as Briggs
Trial as Finn
Timberjack as Punky (as Elisha Cook)

1954

Climax! as Pop
Drum Beat as Blaine Crackel
The Outlaw's Daughter as Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
Superman's Peril as Homer Garrity

1953

Shane as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
General Electric Theater as Jed
Thunder Over the Plains as Joseph Standish
I, the Jury

1952

Adventures of Superman
Don't Bother to Knock as Eddie Forbes

1951

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Behave Yourself! as Albert Jonas

1949

The Great Gatsby as Klipspringer
Flaxy Martin as Roper

1947

The Long Night as Frank Dunlap
Born to Kill as Marty
The Gangster as Oval
Fall Guy as Joe

1946

The Big Sleep as Harry Jones
The Falcon's Alibi as Nick
Blonde Alibi as Sam Collins
Cinderella Jones as Oliver S. Patch
Two Smart People as Fly Feletti
Joe Palooka, Champ as Eugene

1945

Why Girls Leave Home as Jimmy Lobo
Dillinger as Kirk Otto

1944

Phantom Lady as Cliff Milburn
Up in Arms as Info Jones
Dark Waters as Cleeve
Dark Mountain as Whitey

1943

Baptism of Fire as Bill (uncredited)
Kill or Be Killed

1942

A-Haunting We Will Go as Frank Lucas
A Gentleman at Heart as Genius
Wildcat as Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
Manila Calling as Gillman
Sleepytime Gal as Ernie

1941

The Maltese Falcon as Wilmer Cook
Sergeant York as Piano Player (uncredited)
Ball of Fire as Waiter
I Wake Up Screaming as Harry Williams
Hellzapoppin' as Harry Selby
Love Crazy as Joe (elevator operator)
Man at Large as Hotel Clerk

1940

Stranger on the Third Floor as Joe Briggs
He Married His Wife as Dicky Brown
Public Deb No. 1 as Communist
Tin Pan Alley as Joe Codd

1939

Grand Jury Secrets as Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt

1938

Submarine Patrol as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
Newsboys' Home as Danny
My Lucky Star as Waldo
Three Blind Mice as Boy on Bench (uncredited)

1937

They Won't Forget as Joe Turner
Danger – Love at Work as McBain, the chemist
Love Is News as Egbert Eggleston
The Devil Is Driving as Tony Stevens
Wife, Doctor and Nurse as Glen Wylie
Life Begins in College as Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.

1936

Two in a Crowd as Skeeter
Pigskin Parade as Herbert Van Dyke

1931

Honor Among Lovers as Office Boy (uncredited)

1930

Chills and Fever as Member of the Glee Club
Her Unborn Child as Stewart Kennedy