Elisha Cook Jr.
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.
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Acting History
2022
They Came from the Attic as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
1987The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains as Pappy Glue
1986ALF as Uncle Albert
1986ALF as Uncle Albert (archive footage)
1985The Twilight Zone as (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
1984It Came Upon the Midnight Clear as Mr. Bibbs
1984The Pigs vs. The Freaks as Novatney
1984Night Court as Wilbur Posten
1984Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse as Mr. Maps
1983The A-Team as Jim Beam
1983This Girl for Hire as Eddie
1982Terror at Alcatraz as Hotel Desk Clerk
1982Hammett as Eli the Taxi Driver
1982National Lampoon's Movie Madness as Mousy ("Municipalians")
1981Simon & Simon
1981Leave 'Em Laughing as Jetter
1981Harry's War as Sgt. Billy
1980Magnum, P.I. as Harold W. Farber
1980Magnum, P.I. as Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler
1980Magnum, P.I. as Wilmer
1980Carny as On-Your-Mark
1980Tom Horn as Stable Hand
19791941 as The Patron (Dexter)
1979Salem's Lot as Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
1979The Champ as Georgie
1977Mad Bull as Sweeper
1977Dead of Night as Karel
1976Quincy, M.E. as Mr. Charles Trout Sr.
1976St. Ives as Eddie
1976The Bionic Woman
1975The Black Bird as Wilmer Cook
1975Winterhawk as Finley
1975Starsky & Hutch
1975Switch as Henley
1975The Blue Knight
1975Messiah of Evil as Charlie
1975S.W.A.T.
1975Baretta
1975Senior Power as Mr. Boyle
1974The Phantom of Hollywood as Studio Engineer (uncredited)
1973The Outfit as Carl
1973Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Cody
1973Emperor of the North as Gray Cat
1973Electra Glide in Blue as Willie
1973Police Story
1972Blacula as Sam
1972The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
1972The Night Stalker as Mickey Crawford
1972Scarecrow as Micah
1970Night Chase as Proprietor
1970Night Slaves
1970The Odd Couple as Heel
1970El Condor as Old Convict
1970McCloud
1970The Movie Murderer as Willie Peanuts
1969Cry for Poor Wally
1969The Great Bank Robbery as Jeb
1968Rosemary's Baby as Mr. Nicklas
1968The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
1967Mannix
1967Cimarron Strip
1967Welcome to Hard Times as Hanson
1967Ironside
1967The Spy in the Green Hat as Arnold
1966Star Trek as Samuel Cogley
1966The Monroes
1966Batman as Professor Isaacson
1965The Wild Wild West
1965A Man Called Shenandoah as Judd
1964Blood on the Arrow as Tex
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Arnold
1964The Big Parade of Comedy as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964The Glass Cage as Ellen's father
1963Johnny Cool as Underworld Leader
1963Burke's Law as Wyatt
1963The Fugitive as Sailor
1963The Haunted Palace as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
1963Black Zoo as Joe
1963Papa's Delicate Condition as Mr. Keith
1963The Dakotas
1961One-Eyed Jacks as Carvey
1960The Fatal Impulse as Harry Elser
1960Surfside 6
1960The Islanders as Tomas
1960Outlaws
1960Thriller as Harry Elser
1960College Confidential as Ted Blake
1960Platinum High School as Harry Nesbit
1959The Rebel as Jeremy Hake
1959The Third Man
1959Johnny Ringo as Maxie Dolan
1959Bonanza as John Walker
1959The Deputy as Miller
1959Johnny Staccato
1959Tightrope
1959Day of the Outlaw as Larry Teter, Town Barber
1959Rawhide as Bain
1959Rawhide as Joel Turner
1959Rawhide as Jim Gribble
1959House on Haunted Hill as Watson Pritchard
195877 Sunset Strip
1958Bat Masterson as Pete Sheeley
1958Bat Masterson as Thorn Loomis
1958Peter Gunn
1957Baby Face Nelson as Homer van Meter
1957Plunder Road as Skeets Jonas
1957Trackdown
1957Perry Mason as Art Crowley
1957Perry Mason as Reelin' Pete
1957Chicago Confidential as Candymouth Duggan
1957The Lonely Man as Willie
1957Panic!
1957Voodoo Island as Martin Schuyler
1957The O. Henry Playhouse as Fred
1956Accused of Murder as 'Whitey' Pollock
1956The Killing as George Peatty
1955The Indian Fighter as Briggs
1955Trial as Finn
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Shorty
1955Gunsmoke as Huggins
1955Gunsmoke as Cyrus Tucker
1955Gunsmoke as George
1955Gunsmoke as Jocko Beal
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955Timberjack as Punky (as Elisha Cook)
1955The Millionaire as Ed Nevins
1954Drum Beat as Blaine Crackel
1954The Outlaw's Daughter as Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
1954Superman's Peril as Homer Garrity
1954Climax! as Pop
1953Thunder Over the Plains as Joseph Standish
1953I, the Jury
1953I, the Jury as Bobo
1953Shane as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
1953General Electric Theater as Jed
1953General Electric Theater as Willy Zucks
1953General Electric Theater as Lloyd Harwell
1952Adventures of Superman
1952Don't Bother to Knock as Eddie Forbes
1951Behave Yourself! as Albert Jonas
1951The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1949The Great Gatsby as Klipspringer
1949Flaxy Martin as Roper
1947The Gangster as Oval
1947The Long Night as Frank Dunlap
1947Born to Kill as Marty
1947Fall Guy as Joe
1946The Big Sleep as Harry Jones
1946Two Smart People as Fly Feletti
1946Joe Palooka, Champ as Eugene
1946The Falcon's Alibi as Nick
1946Cinderella Jones as Oliver S. Patch
1946Blonde Alibi as Sam Collins
1945Why Girls Leave Home as Jimmy Lobo
1945Dillinger as Kirk Otto
1944Dark Waters as Cleeve
1944Dark Mountain as Whitey
1944Up in Arms as Info Jones
1944Phantom Lady as Cliff Milburn
1943Baptism of Fire as Bill (uncredited)
1943Kill or Be Killed
1942Manila Calling as Gillman
1942Wildcat as Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
1942A-Haunting We Will Go as Frank Lucas
1942Sleepytime Gal as Ernie
1942A Gentleman at Heart as Genius
1941Hellzapoppin' as Harry Selby
1941Ball of Fire as Waiter
1941I Wake Up Screaming as Harry Williams
1941The Maltese Falcon as Wilmer Cook
1941Sergeant York as Piano Player (uncredited)
1941Man at Large as Hotel Clerk
1941Love Crazy as Joe (elevator operator)
1940Tin Pan Alley as Joe Codd
1940Public Deb No. 1 as Communist
1940Stranger on the Third Floor as Joe Briggs
1940He Married His Wife as Dicky Brown
1939Grand Jury Secrets as Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt
1938Newsboys' Home as Danny
1938Submarine Patrol as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
1938My Lucky Star as Waldo
1938Three Blind Mice as Boy on Bench (uncredited)
1937Life Begins in College as Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
1937Danger – Love at Work as McBain, the chemist
1937Wife, Doctor and Nurse as Glen Wylie
1937They Won't Forget as Joe Turner
1937The Devil Is Driving as Tony Stevens
1937Love Is News as Egbert Eggleston
1936Pigskin Parade as Herbert Van Dyke
1936Two in a Crowd as Skeeter
1931Honor Among Lovers as Office Boy (uncredited)
1930Chills and Fever as Member of the Glee Club
1930Her Unborn Child as Stewart Kennedy