Person Details

Birthday: 1903-12-26 12:19:10

Death: 1995-05-18 12:19:10

Aliases: Elisha Cook , Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr. , Элиша Кук , Еліша Кук

Gender: Male

Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 85

TV Involvements: 25


Most Famous Work

Biography

​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

Most Famous Work

Climax!
Average
3

Climax!

(1954) Pop
The Fugitive
Average
7

The Fugitive

(1963) Sailor
Perry Mason
Average
8

Perry Mason

(1957) Reelin' Pete
The A-Team
Average
7

The A-Team

(1983) Jim Beam
Thriller
Average
6

Thriller

(1960) Harry Elser
Rawhide
Average
7

Rawhide

(1959) Jim Gribble
Bonanza
Average
8

Bonanza

(1959) John Walker
Star Trek
Average
8

Star Trek

(1966) Samuel Cogley

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
1987 Self (from Don't Bother to Knock [1952]) (archive footage)
Pappy Glue
1986 Uncle Albert (archive footage)
Uncle Albert
1985 N/A
1984 Novatney
Wilbur Posten
Mr. Maps
1983 Jim Beam
Eddie
1982 Hotel Desk Clerk
Eli the Taxi Driver
Mousy ("Municipalians")
1981 N/A
Jetter
Sgt. Billy
1980 N/A
On-Your-Mark
Stable Hand
1979 The Patron (Dexter)
Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
Georgie
1977 Sweeper
Karel
1976 N/A
Eddie
N/A
1975 Wilmer Cook
Finley
N/A
Henley
N/A
N/A
N/A
Mr. Boyle
1974 Studio Engineer (uncredited)
1973 Carl
Cody
Gray Cat
Willie
Charlie
N/A
1972 Sam
Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
Mickey Crawford
Micah
1970 Proprietor
N/A
Heel
Old Convict
N/A
Willie Peanuts
1969 N/A
Jeb
1968 Mr. Nicklas
Self (archive footage)
1967 N/A
N/A
Hanson
N/A
Arnold
1966 Samuel Cogley
N/A
Professor Isaacson
1965 N/A
1964 Tex
(archive footage)
Ellen's father
1963 Underworld Leader
Wyatt
Sailor
Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
Joe
Mr. Keith
N/A
1961 Carvey
1960 N/A
Tomas
N/A
Harry Elser
Ted Blake
Harry Nesbit
1959 Jeremy Hake
N/A
N/A
John Walker
N/A
N/A
Larry Teter, Town Barber
Watson Pritchard
Bain
Jim Gribble
Joel Turner
1958 N/A
Thorn Loomis
Pete Sheeley
N/A
1957 Homer van Meter
Skeets Jonas
N/A
Art Crowley
Reelin' Pete
Candymouth Duggan
Willie
N/A
Martin Schuyler
Fred
1956 'Whitey' Pollock
George Peatty
1955 Briggs (as Elisha Cook)
Finn
Shorty
Huggins
Jocko Beal
Cyrus Tucker
George
N/A
Punky (as Elisha Cook)
Ed Nevins
1954 Blaine Crackel
Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
Pop
N/A
1953 Joseph Standish
Bobo
N/A
Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
Jed
Lloyd Harwell
Willy Zucks
1952 N/A
Eddie Forbes
1951 Albert Jonas
N/A
1949 Klipspringer
Roper
1947 Oval
Frank Dunlap
Marty
Joe
1946 Harry Jones
Fly Feletti
Eugene
Nick
Oliver S. Patch
Sam Collins
1945 Jimmy Lobo
Kirk Otto
1944 Cleeve
Whitey
Info Jones
Cliff Milburn
1943 Bill (uncredited)
N/A
1942 Gillman
Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
Frank Lucas
Ernie
Genius
1941 Harry Selby
Waiter
Harry Williams
Wilmer Cook
Piano Player (uncredited)
Hotel Clerk
Joe (elevator operator)
1940 Joe Codd
Communist
Joe Briggs
Dicky Brown
1939 Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt
1938 Danny
Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
Waldo
Boy on Bench (uncredited)
1937 Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
McBain, the chemist
Glen Wylie
Joe Turner
Tony Stevens
Egbert Eggleston
1936 Herbert Van Dyke
Skeeter
1931 Office Boy (uncredited)
1930 Member of the Glee Club
Year Character Movie/Tv

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