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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 26, 1903
Died
May 18, 1995
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
- Elisha Cook
- Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr.
- Элиша Кук
- Еліша Кук
- الیشا کوک جونیور
Elisha Cook Jr.
1.2 Popularity
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
Known For
9.0
Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
They Came from the Attic
2022
6.6
Pappy Glue
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987
7.7
Uncle Albert
ALF
1986
7.7
Uncle Albert (archive footage)
ALF
1986
7.8
(segment "Welcome to Winfield")
The Twilight Zone
1985
5.6
Mr. Bibbs
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
1.0
Novatney
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
1984
7.3
Wilbur Posten
Night Court
1984
5.0
Mr. Maps
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
1984
7.5
Jim Beam
The A-Team
1983
Credits
They Came from the Attic
as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
2022
9.0
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
as Pappy Glue
1987
6.6
ALF
as Uncle Albert
1986
7.7
ALF
as Uncle Albert (archive footage)
1986
7.7
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
1985
7.8
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
as Mr. Bibbs
1984
5.6
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
as Novatney
1984
1.0
Night Court
as Wilbur Posten
1984
7.3
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
as Mr. Maps
1984
5.0
The A-Team
as Jim Beam
1983
7.5
This Girl for Hire
as Eddie
1983
3.6
Terror at Alcatraz
as Hotel Desk Clerk
1982
0.0
Hammett
as Eli the Taxi Driver
1982
6.2
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Mousy ("Municipalians")
1982
3.1
Simon & Simon
1981
6.7
Leave 'Em Laughing
as Jetter
1981
8.0
Harry's War
as Sgt. Billy
1981
5.2
Magnum, P.I.
as Harold W. Farber
1980
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
as Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler
1980
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
as Wilmer
1980
7.3
Carny
as On-Your-Mark
1980
6.2
Tom Horn
as Stable Hand
1980
6.3
1941
as The Patron (Dexter)
1979
5.8
Salem's Lot
as Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
1979
6.8
The Champ
as Georgie
1979
7.0
Mad Bull
as Sweeper
1977
0.0
Dead of Night
as Karel
1977
6.1
Quincy, M.E.
as Mr. Charles Trout Sr.
1976
7.5
St. Ives
as Eddie
1976
5.6
The Bionic Woman
1976
6.9
The Black Bird
as Wilmer Cook
1975
4.6
Winterhawk
as Finley
1975
6.5
Starsky & Hutch
1975
7.3
Switch
as Henley
1975
6.7
The Blue Knight
1975
2.0
Messiah of Evil
as Charlie
1975
6.2
S.W.A.T.
1975
7.0
Baretta
1975
6.4
Senior Power
as Mr. Boyle
1975
0.0
The Phantom of Hollywood
as Studio Engineer (uncredited)
1974
5.1
The Outfit
as Carl
1973
6.8
Emperor of the North
as Gray Cat
1973
6.7
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Cody
1973
7.2
Electra Glide in Blue
as Willie
1973
6.9
Police Story
1973
6.9
Blacula
as Sam
1972
5.4
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
1972
5.5
The Night Stalker
as Mickey Crawford
1972
6.9
Scarecrow
as Micah
1972
8.0
Night Chase
as Proprietor
1970
5.5
Night Slaves
1970
5.8
The Odd Couple
as Heel
1970
7.8
El Condor
as Old Convict
1970
5.5
McCloud
1970
7.1
The Movie Murderer
as Willie Peanuts
1970
6.5
Cry for Poor Wally
1969
0.0
The Great Bank Robbery
as Jeb
1969
6.3
Rosemary's Baby
as Mr. Nicklas
1968
7.8
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
6.3
Mannix
1967
6.7
Cimarron Strip
1967
5.5
Welcome to Hard Times
as Hanson
1967
5.1
Ironside
1967
6.8
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Arnold
1967
6.6
Star Trek
as Samuel Cogley
1966
8.0
The Monroes
1966
5.7
Batman
as Professor Isaacson
1966
7.3
The Wild Wild West
1965
7.6
A Man Called Shenandoah
as Judd
1965
6.4
Blood on the Arrow
as Tex
1964
3.5
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Arnold
1964
7.1
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
6.3
The Glass Cage
as Ellen's father
1964
5.3
Johnny Cool
as Underworld Leader
1963
5.1
Burke's Law
as Wyatt
1963
6.0
The Fugitive
as Sailor
1963
7.2
The Haunted Palace
as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
1963
6.7
Black Zoo
as Joe
1963
5.6
Papa's Delicate Condition
as Mr. Keith
1963
5.4
The Dakotas
1963
5.7
One-Eyed Jacks
as Carvey
1961
6.7
The Fatal Impulse
as Harry Elser
1960
1.0
Surfside 6
1960
5.0
The Islanders
as Tomas
1960
8.0
Outlaws
1960
6.2
Thriller
as Harry Elser
1960
6.6
College Confidential
as Ted Blake
1960
5.8
Platinum High School
as Harry Nesbit
1960
6.0
The Rebel
as Jeremy Hake
1959
4.7
The Third Man
1959
7.1
Johnny Ringo
as Maxie Dolan
1959
5.7
Bonanza
as John Walker
1959
7.5
The Deputy
as Miller
1959
6.2
Johnny Staccato
1959
5.0
Tightrope
1959
5.5
Day of the Outlaw
as Larry Teter, Town Barber
1959
6.8
Rawhide
as Bain
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Joel Turner
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Jim Gribble
1959
7.2
House on Haunted Hill
as Watson Pritchard
1959
6.8
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
Bat Masterson
as Pete Sheeley
1958
6.1
Bat Masterson
as Thorn Loomis
1958
6.1
Peter Gunn
1958
6.4
Baby Face Nelson
as Homer van Meter
1957
5.6
Plunder Road
as Skeets Jonas
1957
6.9
Trackdown
1957
6.4
Perry Mason
as Art Crowley
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Reelin' Pete
1957
7.7
Chicago Confidential
as Candymouth Duggan
1957
4.8
The Lonely Man
as Willie
1957
5.9
Panic!
1957
0.0
Voodoo Island
as Martin Schuyler
1957
4.3
The O. Henry Playhouse
as Fred
1957
0.0
Accused of Murder
as 'Whitey' Pollock
1956
4.5
The Killing
as George Peatty
1956
7.7
The Indian Fighter
as Briggs
1955
6.2
Trial
as Finn
1955
6.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Shorty
1955
7.8
Gunsmoke
as Huggins
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Cyrus Tucker
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as George
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Jocko Beal
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.8
Timberjack
as Punky (as Elisha Cook)
1955
3.2
The Millionaire
as Ed Nevins
1955
5.0
Drum Beat
as Blaine Crackel
1954
6.0
The Outlaw's Daughter
as Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
1954
0.0
Superman's Peril
as Homer Garrity
1954
0.0
Climax!
as Pop
1954
3.3
Thunder Over the Plains
as Joseph Standish
1953
5.4
I, the Jury
1953
5.7
I, the Jury
as Bobo
1953
5.7
Shane
as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
1953
7.4
General Electric Theater
as Jed
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Willy Zucks
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Lloyd Harwell
1953
6.4
Adventures of Superman
1952
6.6
Don't Bother to Knock
as Eddie Forbes
1952
6.6
Behave Yourself!
as Albert Jonas
1951
6.0
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
The Great Gatsby
as Klipspringer
1949
5.4
Flaxy Martin
as Roper
1949
5.5
The Gangster
as Oval
1947
5.1
The Long Night
as Frank Dunlap
1947
5.6
Born to Kill
as Marty
1947
6.7
Fall Guy
as Joe
1947
4.9
The Big Sleep
as Harry Jones
1946
7.6
Two Smart People
as Fly Feletti
1946
6.4
Joe Palooka, Champ
as Eugene
1946
0.0
The Falcon's Alibi
as Nick
1946
4.8
Cinderella Jones
as Oliver S. Patch
1946
2.8
Blonde Alibi
as Sam Collins
1946
3.9
Why Girls Leave Home
as Jimmy Lobo
1945
5.0
Dillinger
as Kirk Otto
1945
5.8
Dark Waters
as Cleeve
1944
5.8
Dark Mountain
as Whitey
1944
4.9
Up in Arms
as Info Jones
1944
5.6
Phantom Lady
as Cliff Milburn
1944
7.0
Baptism of Fire
as Bill (uncredited)
1943
5.0
🎬
Kill or Be Killed
1943
0.0
Manila Calling
as Gillman
1942
7.0
Wildcat
as Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
1942
3.5
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Frank Lucas
1942
6.0
Sleepytime Gal
as Ernie
1942
0.0
A Gentleman at Heart
as Genius
1942
6.0
Hellzapoppin'
as Harry Selby
1941
7.2
Ball of Fire
as Waiter
1941
7.3
I Wake Up Screaming
as Harry Williams
1941
6.9
The Maltese Falcon
as Wilmer Cook
1941
7.7
Sergeant York
as Piano Player (uncredited)
1941
7.2
Man at Large
as Hotel Clerk
1941
6.0
Love Crazy
as Joe (elevator operator)
1941
6.7
Tin Pan Alley
as Joe Codd
1940
5.1
Public Deb No. 1
as Communist
1940
4.4
Stranger on the Third Floor
as Joe Briggs
1940
6.4
He Married His Wife
as Dicky Brown
1940
5.1
Grand Jury Secrets
as Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt
1939
0.0
Newsboys' Home
as Danny
1938
6.0
Submarine Patrol
as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
1938
6.6
My Lucky Star
as Waldo
1938
5.3
Three Blind Mice
as Boy on Bench (uncredited)
1938
6.0
Life Begins in College
as Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
1937
0.0
Danger – Love at Work
as McBain, the chemist
1937
7.3
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Glen Wylie
1937
6.0
They Won't Forget
as Joe Turner
1937
5.6
The Devil Is Driving
as Tony Stevens
1937
5.0
Love Is News
as Egbert Eggleston
1937
6.0
Pigskin Parade
as Herbert Van Dyke
1936
6.1
Two in a Crowd
as Skeeter
1936
0.0
Honor Among Lovers
as Office Boy (uncredited)
1931
5.7
🎬
Chills and Fever
as Member of the Glee Club
1930
0.0
Her Unborn Child
as Stewart Kennedy
1930
0.0