Elisha Cook Jr.

Acting

December 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995 (died at 91)

San Francisco, California, USA

Male

125 Movies

69 TV Shows

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

Rosemary's Baby

1968 7.8

as Mr. Nicklas

Age 64 (now 91)

The Killing

1956 7.6

as George Peatty

Age 52 (now 91)

House on Haunted Hill

1959 6.8

as Watson Pritchard

Age 55 (now 91)

The Maltese Falcon

1941 7.7

as Wilmer Cook

Age 37 (now 91)

The Big Sleep

1946 7.6

as Harry Jones

Age 42 (now 91)

Shane

1953 7.3

as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey

Age 49 (now 91)

Electra Glide in Blue

1973 6.9

as Willie

Age 69 (now 91)

The Haunted Palace

1963 6.7

as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith

Age 59 (now 91)

Magnum, P.I.

1980 7.3

as Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler

Age 76 (now 91) 9 eps

9 eps

Messiah of Evil

1975 6.2

as Charlie

Age 71 (now 91)

Stranger on the Third Floor

1940 6.5

as Joe Briggs

Age 36 (now 91)

Don't Bother to Knock

1952 6.6

as Eddie Forbes

Age 48 (now 91)

Phantom Lady

1944 7.0

as Cliff Milburn

Age 40 (now 91)

Born to Kill

1947 6.7

as Marty

Age 43 (now 91)

The Champ

1979 7.0

as Georgie

Age 75 (now 91)

Tom Horn

1980 6.4

as Stable Hand

Age 76 (now 91)

They Came from the Attic

2022 9.0

as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)

Age 118 (now 91)

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

1987 6.7

as Pappy Glue

Age 83 (now 91)

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

1984 5.9

as Mr. Bibbs

Age 80 (now 91)

The Pigs vs. The Freaks

1984 4.5

as Novatney

Age 80 (now 91)

Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse

1984 6.5

as Mr. Maps

Age 80 (now 91)

This Girl for Hire

1983 5.0

as Eddie

Age 79 (now 91)

Terror at Alcatraz

1982 10.0

as Hotel Desk Clerk

Age 78 (now 91)

Hammett

1982 6.3

as Eli the Taxi Driver

Age 78 (now 91)

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

1982 3.4

as Mousy ("Municipalians")

Age 78 (now 91)

Leave 'Em Laughing

1981 8.0

as Jetter

Age 77 (now 91)

Harry's War

1981 6.2

as Sgt. Billy

Age 77 (now 91)

Carny

1980 6.2

as On-Your-Mark

Age 76 (now 91)

Tom Horn

1980 6.4

as Stable Hand

Age 76 (now 91)

1941

1979 5.8

as The Patron (Dexter)

Age 75 (now 91)

The Champ

1979 7.0

as Georgie

Age 75 (now 91)

Mad Bull

1977 8.0

as Sweeper

Age 73 (now 91)

Dead of Night

1977 6.1

as Karel

Age 73 (now 91)

St. Ives

1976 5.7

as Eddie

Age 72 (now 91)

The Black Bird

1975 5.0

as Wilmer Cook

Age 71 (now 91)

Winterhawk

1975 6.6

as Finley

Age 71 (now 91)

Messiah of Evil

1975 6.2

as Charlie

Age 71 (now 91)

Senior Power

1975

as Mr. Boyle

Age 71 (now 91)

The Phantom of Hollywood

1974 5.5

as Studio Engineer (uncredited)

Age 70 (now 91)

The Outfit

1973 6.8

as Carl

Age 69 (now 91)

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973 7.2

as Cody

Age 69 (now 91)

Emperor of the North

1973 6.8

as Gray Cat

Age 69 (now 91)

Electra Glide in Blue

1973 6.9

as Willie

Age 69 (now 91)

Blacula

1972 5.5

as Sam

Age 68 (now 91)

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

1972 5.6

as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)

Age 68 (now 91)

The Night Stalker

1972 6.9

as Mickey Crawford

Age 68 (now 91)

Scarecrow

1972 8.0

as Micah

Age 68 (now 91)

Night Chase

1970 5.9

as Proprietor

Age 66 (now 91)

Night Slaves

1970 5.9

Age 66 (now 91)

El Condor

1970 5.5

as Old Convict

Age 66 (now 91)

The Movie Murderer

1970 6.9

as Willie Peanuts

Age 66 (now 91)

Cry for Poor Wally

1969

Age 65 (now 91)

The Great Bank Robbery

1969 6.6

as Jeb

Age 65 (now 91)

Rosemary's Baby

1968 7.8

as Mr. Nicklas

Age 64 (now 91)

The Movie Orgy

1968 6.6

as Self (archive footage)

Age 64 (now 91)

Welcome to Hard Times

1967 5.3

as Hanson

Age 63 (now 91)

The Spy in the Green Hat

1967 6.6

as Arnold

Age 63 (now 91)

Blood on the Arrow

1964 4.4

as Tex

Age 60 (now 91)

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964 7.2

as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Age 60 (now 91)

The Glass Cage

1964 5.8

as Ellen's father

Age 60 (now 91)

Johnny Cool

1963 5.3

as Underworld Leader

Age 59 (now 91)

The Haunted Palace

1963 6.7

as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith

Age 59 (now 91)

Black Zoo

1963 5.7

as Joe

Age 59 (now 91)

Papa's Delicate Condition

1963 5.6

as Mr. Keith

Age 59 (now 91)

One-Eyed Jacks

1961 6.8

as Carvey

Age 57 (now 91)

The Fatal Impulse

1960 1.0

as Harry Elser

Age 56 (now 91)

College Confidential

1960 6.5

as Ted Blake

Age 56 (now 91)

Platinum High School

1960 6.5

as Harry Nesbit

Age 56 (now 91)

Day of the Outlaw

1959 6.9

as Larry Teter, Town Barber

Age 55 (now 91)

House on Haunted Hill

1959 6.8

as Watson Pritchard

Age 55 (now 91)

Baby Face Nelson

1957 5.6

as Homer van Meter

Age 53 (now 91)

Plunder Road

1957 7.0

as Skeets Jonas

Age 53 (now 91)

Chicago Confidential

1957 5.0

as Candymouth Duggan

Age 53 (now 91)

The Lonely Man

1957 6.1

as Willie

Age 53 (now 91)

Voodoo Island

1957 4.6

as Martin Schuyler

Age 53 (now 91)

Accused of Murder

1956 4.8

as 'Whitey' Pollock

Age 52 (now 91)

The Killing

1956 7.6

as George Peatty

Age 52 (now 91)

The Indian Fighter

1955 6.4

as Briggs

Age 51 (now 91)

Trial

1955 6.9

as Finn

Age 51 (now 91)

Timberjack

1955 4.2

as Punky (as Elisha Cook)

Age 51 (now 91)

Drum Beat

1954 6.1

as Blaine Crackel

Age 50 (now 91)

Superman's Peril

1954

as Homer Garrity

Age 50 (now 91)

The Outlaw's Daughter

1954 8.0

as Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook

Age 50 (now 91)

Thunder Over the Plains

1953 5.6

as Joseph Standish

Age 49 (now 91)

I, the Jury

1953 5.9

Age 49 (now 91)

I, the Jury

1953 5.9

as Bobo

Age 49 (now 91)

Shane

1953 7.3

as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey

Age 49 (now 91)

Don't Bother to Knock

1952 6.6

as Eddie Forbes

Age 48 (now 91)

Behave Yourself!

1951 6.2

as Albert Jonas

Age 47 (now 91)

The Great Gatsby

1949 5.4

as Klipspringer

Age 45 (now 91)

Flaxy Martin

1949 5.6

as Roper

Age 45 (now 91)

The Gangster

1947 5.2

as Oval

Age 43 (now 91)

The Long Night

1947 5.8

as Frank Dunlap

Age 43 (now 91)

Born to Kill

1947 6.7

as Marty

Age 43 (now 91)

Fall Guy

1947 5.2

as Joe

Age 43 (now 91)

The Big Sleep

1946 7.6

as Harry Jones

Age 42 (now 91)

Two Smart People

1946 6.6

as Fly Feletti

Age 42 (now 91)

Joe Palooka, Champ

1946 8.0

as Eugene

Age 42 (now 91)

The Falcon's Alibi

1946 5.3

as Nick

Age 42 (now 91)

Cinderella Jones

1946 3.8

as Oliver S. Patch

Age 42 (now 91)

Blonde Alibi

1946 4.8

as Sam Collins

Age 42 (now 91)

Why Girls Leave Home

1945 5.7

as Jimmy Lobo

Age 41 (now 91)

Dillinger

1945 5.9

as Kirk Otto

Age 41 (now 91)

Dark Waters

1944 6.0

as Cleeve

Age 40 (now 91)

Dark Mountain

1944 5.3

as Whitey

Age 40 (now 91)

Up in Arms

1944 5.7

as Info Jones

Age 40 (now 91)

Phantom Lady

1944 7.0

as Cliff Milburn

Age 40 (now 91)

Baptism of Fire

1943 5.7

as Bill (uncredited)

Age 39 (now 91)

Kill or Be Killed

1943 9.0

Age 39 (now 91)

Manila Calling

1942 8.0

as Gillman

Age 38 (now 91)

Wildcat

1942 5.7

as Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins

Age 38 (now 91)

A-Haunting We Will Go

1942 6.1

as Frank Lucas

Age 38 (now 91)

Sleepytime Gal

1942 9.0

as Ernie

Age 38 (now 91)

A Gentleman at Heart

1942 7.5

as Genius

Age 38 (now 91)

Hellzapoppin'

1941 7.2

as Harry Selby

Age 37 (now 91)

Ball of Fire

1941 7.4

as Waiter

Age 37 (now 91)

I Wake Up Screaming

1941 6.9

as Harry Williams

Age 37 (now 91)

The Maltese Falcon

1941 7.7

as Wilmer Cook

Age 37 (now 91)

Sergeant York

1941 7.2

as Piano Player (uncredited)

Age 37 (now 91)

Man at Large

1941 6.5

as Hotel Clerk

Age 37 (now 91)

Love Crazy

1941 6.8

as Joe (elevator operator)

Age 37 (now 91)

Tin Pan Alley

1940 5.4

as Joe Codd

Age 36 (now 91)

Public Deb No. 1

1940 4.9

as Communist

Age 36 (now 91)

Stranger on the Third Floor

1940 6.5

as Joe Briggs

Age 36 (now 91)

He Married His Wife

1940 5.6

as Dicky Brown

Age 36 (now 91)

Grand Jury Secrets

1939 7.0

as Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt

Age 35 (now 91)

Newsboys' Home

1938 8.0

as Danny

Age 34 (now 91)

Submarine Patrol

1938 6.7

as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'

Age 34 (now 91)

My Lucky Star

1938 5.9

as Waldo

Age 34 (now 91)

Three Blind Mice

1938 6.1

as Boy on Bench (uncredited)

Age 34 (now 91)

Life Begins in College

1937 8.0

as Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.

Age 33 (now 91)

Danger – Love at Work

1937 7.0

as McBain, the chemist

Age 33 (now 91)

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

1937 7.0

as Glen Wylie

Age 33 (now 91)

They Won't Forget

1937 5.9

as Joe Turner

Age 33 (now 91)

The Devil Is Driving

1937 6.5

as Tony Stevens

Age 33 (now 91)

Love Is News

1937 6.3

as Egbert Eggleston

Age 33 (now 91)

Pigskin Parade

1936 6.2

as Herbert Van Dyke

Age 32 (now 91)

Two in a Crowd

1936 8.0

as Skeeter

Age 32 (now 91)

Honor Among Lovers

1931 5.9

as Office Boy (uncredited)

Age 27 (now 91)

Chills and Fever

1930 9.0

as Member of the Glee Club

Age 26 (now 91)

Her Unborn Child

1930 7.0

as Stewart Kennedy

Age 26 (now 91)