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
Homepage:
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!
(1954) PopThe Fugitive
(1963) SailorPerry Mason
(1957) Reelin' PeteThe A-Team
(1983) Jim BeamThriller
(1960) Harry ElserRawhide
(1959) Jim GribbleBonanza
(1959) John WalkerStar Trek
(1966) Samuel CogleyActing
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 |