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
Movie | The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains | Pappy Glue | 1987-10-31 |
Movie | Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Self (from Don't Bother to Knock [1952]) (archive footage) | 1986-04-19 |
Series | ALF | Unknown | 1986-09-22 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1985-09-27 |
Movie | Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse | Mr. Maps | 1984-01-02 |
Movie | The Pigs vs. The Freaks | Novatney | 1984-07-06 |
Series | The A-Team | Jim Beam | 1983-01-23 |
Movie | This Girl For Hire | Eddie | 1983-01-11 |
Movie | Hammett | Eli the Taxi Driver | 1982-06-09 |
Movie | National Lampoon's Movie Madness | Mousy ("Municipalians") | 1982-04-23 |
Movie | Terror at Alcatraz | Hotel Desk Clerk | 1982-07-04 |
Movie | Harry's War | Sgt. Billy | 1981-03-06 |
Movie | Leave 'Em Laughing | Jetter | 1981-04-29 |
Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
Movie | Tom Horn | Stable Hand | 1980-03-28 |
Movie | Carny | On-Your-Mark | 1980-05-23 |
Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
Movie | The Champ | Georgie | 1979-07-07 |
Series | Salem's Lot | Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips | 1979-11-17 |
Movie | 1941 | The Patron (Dexter) | 1979-12-14 |
Movie | Dead of Night | Karel | 1977-03-29 |
Movie | Mad Bull | Sweeper | 1977-12-21 |
Series | Quincy, M.E. | Unknown | 1976-10-03 |
Series | The Bionic Woman | Unknown | 1976-01-14 |
Movie | St. Ives | Eddie | 1976-02-24 |
Series | S.W.A.T. | Unknown | 1975-02-24 |
Movie | Senior Power | Mr. Boyle | 1975-01-01 |
Series | The Blue Knight | Unknown | 1975-05-09 |
Series | Baretta | Unknown | 1975-01-17 |
Series | Switch | Unknown | 1975-09-09 |
Movie | Winterhawk | Finley | 1975-11-05 |
Movie | The Black Bird | Wilmer Cook | 1975-12-25 |
Series | Starsky & Hutch | Unknown | 1975-09-10 |
Movie | The Phantom of Hollywood | Studio Engineer (uncredited) | 1974-02-12 |
Movie | Messiah of Evil | Charlie | 1974-12-11 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | Electra Glide in Blue | Willie | 1973-05-17 |
Movie | The Outfit | Carl | 1973-10-19 |
Movie | Emperor of the North | Gray Cat | 1973-05-23 |
Movie | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Cody | 1973-05-23 |
Movie | Scarecrow | Micah | 1972-01-10 |
Movie | The Night Stalker | Mickey Crawford | 1972-01-11 |
Movie | The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Bunker (as Elisha Cook) | 1972-05-12 |
Movie | Blacula | Sam | 1972-08-25 |
Series | McCloud | Unknown | 1970-02-17 |
Movie | The Movie Murderer | Willie Peanuts | 1970-02-02 |
Movie | El Condor | Old Convict | 1970-06-19 |
Series | The Odd Couple | Unknown | 1970-09-24 |
Movie | Night Chase | Proprietor | 1970-11-20 |
Movie | Night Slaves | 1970-09-29 | |
Movie | The Great Bank Robbery | Jeb | 1969-06-24 |
Movie | Cry for Poor Wally | 1969-07-24 | |
Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | Rosemary's Baby | Mr. Nicklas | 1968-06-12 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Movie | Welcome to Hard Times | Hanson | 1967-04-30 |
Movie | The Spy in the Green Hat | Arnold | 1967-02-03 |
Series | Cimarron Strip | Unknown | 1967-09-07 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Series | Batman | Unknown | 1966-01-12 |
Series | The Monroes | Unknown | 1966-09-07 |
Series | Star Trek | Samuel Cogley | 1966-09-08 |
Series | The Wild Wild West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
Movie | The Glass Cage | Ellen's father | 1964-02-06 |
Movie | Blood on the Arrow | Tex | 1964-10-11 |
Movie | The Big Parade of Comedy | Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1964-09-02 |
Movie | Papa's Delicate Condition | Mr. Keith | 1963-03-06 |
Series | The Dakotas | Unknown | 1963-01-07 |
Movie | The Haunted Palace | Gideon Smith / Micah Smith | 1963-08-28 |
Movie | Black Zoo | Joe | 1963-05-15 |
Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Movie | Johnny Cool | Underworld Leader | 1963-10-02 |
Movie | One-Eyed Jacks | Carvey | 1961-03-30 |
Movie | College Confidential | Ted Blake | 1960-08-26 |
Movie | Platinum High School | Harry Nesbit | 1960-05-13 |
Series | Thriller | Unknown | 1960-09-13 |
Series | Surfside 6 | Unknown | 1960-10-06 |
Series | Outlaws | Unknown | 1960-09-26 |
Series | The Islanders | Unknown | 1960-10-02 |
Series | Tightrope | Unknown | 1959-09-08 |
Movie | Day of the Outlaw | Larry Teter, Town Barber | 1959-07-01 |
Movie | House on Haunted Hill | Watson Pritchard | 1959-01-01 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Series | Johnny Staccato | Unknown | 1959-09-10 |
Series | Johnny Ringo | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
Series | The Rebel | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
Series | The Third Man | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
Series | Peter Gunn | Unknown | 1958-09-22 |
Series | Bat Masterson | Unknown | 1958-10-08 |
Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
Movie | The Lonely Man | Willie | 1957-06-21 |
Series | Panic! | Unknown | 1957-03-05 |
Movie | Voodoo Island | Martin Schuyler | 1957-02-01 |
Movie | Chicago Confidential | Candymouth Duggan | 1957-08-30 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Movie | Baby Face Nelson | Homer van Meter | 1957-12-11 |
Movie | Plunder Road | Skeets Jonas | 1957-12-05 |
Series | Trackdown | Unknown | 1957-10-04 |
Movie | The Killing | George Peatty | 1956-06-06 |
Movie | Accused of Murder | 'Whitey' Pollock | 1956-12-21 |
Series | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Unknown | 1955-09-06 |
Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | Timberjack | Punky (as Elisha Cook) | 1955-02-18 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
Movie | Trial | Finn | 1955-10-07 |
Movie | The Indian Fighter | Briggs (as Elisha Cook) | 1955-12-21 |
Series | The Lone Wolf | Unknown | 1954-04-09 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
Movie | Drum Beat | Blaine Crackel | 1954-11-10 |
Movie | The Outlaw's Daughter | Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook | 1954-11-01 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | Shane | Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey | 1953-04-23 |
Movie | I, the Jury | 1953-08-14 | |
Movie | Thunder Over the Plains | Joseph Standish | 1953-10-27 |
Movie | Don't Bother to Knock | Eddie Forbes | 1952-07-18 |
Series | Adventures of Superman | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
Movie | Behave Yourself! | Albert Jonas | 1951-09-22 |
Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
Movie | Flaxy Martin | Roper | 1949-02-15 |
Movie | The Great Gatsby | Klipspringer | 1949-07-13 |
Movie | Born to Kill | Marty | 1947-04-30 |
Movie | Fall Guy | Joe | 1947-03-15 |
Movie | The Long Night | Frank Dunlap | 1947-05-28 |
Movie | The Gangster | Oval | 1947-11-25 |
Movie | Cinderella Jones | Oliver S. Patch | 1946-03-09 |
Movie | The Falcon's Alibi | Nick | 1946-04-12 |
Movie | Blonde Alibi | Sam Collins | 1946-03-01 |
Movie | The Big Sleep | Harry Jones | 1946-08-23 |
Movie | Joe Palooka, Champ | Eugene | 1946-05-26 |
Movie | Two Smart People | Fly Feletti | 1946-06-04 |
Movie | Dillinger | Kirk Otto | 1945-04-25 |
Movie | Why Girls Leave Home | Jimmy Lobo | 1945-10-09 |
Movie | Up in Arms | Info Jones | 1944-02-17 |
Movie | Phantom Lady | Cliff Milburn | 1944-01-28 |
Movie | Dark Mountain | Whitey | 1944-09-01 |
Movie | Dark Waters | Cleeve | 1944-11-21 |
Movie | Sleepytime Gal | Ernie | 1942-03-05 |
Movie | A Gentleman at Heart | Genius | 1942-01-16 |
Movie | A-Haunting We Will Go | Frank Lucas | 1942-08-07 |
Movie | Wildcat | Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins | 1942-09-03 |
Movie | Manila Calling | Gillman | 1942-10-16 |
Movie | Sergeant York | Piano Player (uncredited) | 1941-09-27 |
Movie | Love Crazy | Joe (elevator operator) | 1941-05-23 |
Movie | The Maltese Falcon | Wilmer Cook | 1941-10-18 |
Movie | Man at Large | Hotel Clerk | 1941-09-26 |
Movie | I Wake Up Screaming | Harry Williams | 1941-10-31 |
Movie | Hellzapoppin' | Harry Selby | 1941-12-25 |
Movie | Ball of Fire | Waiter | 1941-12-02 |
Movie | He Married His Wife | Dicky Brown | 1940-01-19 |
Movie | Stranger on the Third Floor | Joe Briggs | 1940-08-16 |
Movie | Tin Pan Alley | Joe Codd | 1940-11-29 |
Movie | Public Deb No. 1 | Communist | 1940-09-13 |
Movie | My Lucky Star | Waldo | 1938-09-09 |
Movie | Three Blind Mice | Boy on Bench (uncredited) | 1938-06-18 |
Movie | Submarine Patrol | Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor' | 1938-11-25 |
Movie | Newsboys' Home | Danny | 1938-12-24 |
Movie | The Devil Is Driving | Tony Stevens | 1937-06-25 |
Movie | Love Is News | Egbert Eggleston | 1937-02-26 |
Movie | They Won't Forget | Joe Turner | 1937-07-14 |
Movie | Wife, Doctor and Nurse | Glen Wylie | 1937-09-17 |
Movie | Life Begins in College | Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr. | 1937-10-01 |
Movie | Danger – Love at Work | McBain, the chemist | 1937-09-30 |
Movie | Two in a Crowd | Skeeter | 1936-10-03 |
Movie | Pigskin Parade | Herbert Van Dyke | 1936-10-23 |
Movie | Honor Among Lovers | Office Boy (uncredited) | 1931-02-28 |
Movie | Chills and Fever | Member of the Glee Club | 1930-04-26 |