
Elisha Cook Jr.
Born December 26, 1903 · San Francisco, California, USA
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
Notable Appearances
Movies

Rosemary's Baby

House on Haunted Hill

Shane

The Maltese Falcon

1941

The Killing

The Night Stalker

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

The Big Sleep

Emperor of the North

Blacula

Johnny Cool

One-Eyed Jacks

Sergeant York

Thunder Over the Plains

The Outfit

The Champ

Electra Glide in Blue

Don't Bother to Knock

Day of the Outlaw

The Haunted Palace

The Movie Orgy

Hellzapoppin'

Papa's Delicate Condition

Plunder Road

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

He Married His Wife

Phantom Lady

I Wake Up Screaming

Ball of Fire

The Indian Fighter

Trial

The Great Bank Robbery

Stranger on the Third Floor

Messiah of Evil

St. Ives

The Spy in the Green Hat

Tom Horn

The Big Parade of Comedy

El Condor

I, the Jury

The Long Night

Welcome to Hard Times

Love Crazy

This Girl for Hire

Dark Waters

Two in a Crowd

Night Slaves

Baby Face Nelson

Blonde Alibi

A-Haunting We Will Go

Hammett
TV Shows

Ironside

The Fugitive

Night Court

Batman

Mannix

Quincy, M.E.

The A-Team

Climax!

The Wild Wild West

Simon & Simon

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Twilight Zone

Starsky & Hutch

ALF

Rawhide

Burke's Law

The Odd Couple

Gunsmoke

Peter Gunn

Baretta

Bat Masterson

77 Sunset Strip

McCloud

Thriller

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Switch

The Bionic Woman

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Police Story

Trackdown

The Rebel

Surfside 6

The Millionaire

Adventures of Superman

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Deputy

The Third Man

Outlaws

Cimarron Strip

Startime

Johnny Ringo

Tightrope

Salem's Lot

S.W.A.T.

Johnny Staccato

The Dakotas

The Monroes

Panic!

The Islanders

A Man Called Shenandoah

General Electric Theater

The Blue Knight

The O. Henry Playhouse
More Movies

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

The Lonely Man

Behave Yourself!

Drum Beat

The Great Gatsby

Dillinger

Carny

Dead of Night

Two Smart People

Born to Kill

Winterhawk

The Gangster

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

They Won't Forget

Up in Arms

The Movie Murderer

The Glass Cage

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

The Falcon's Alibi

Danger – Love at Work

Love Is News

Fall Guy

The Phantom of Hollywood

Mad Bull

Three Blind Mice

Chicago Confidential

Public Deb No. 1

Submarine Patrol

The Pigs vs. The Freaks

Terror at Alcatraz

Blood on the Arrow

They Came from the Attic

Life Begins in College

A Gentleman at Heart

Tin Pan Alley

Cry for Poor Wally

The Fatal Impulse

The Devil Is Driving

Black Zoo

Flaxy Martin

The Outlaw's Daughter

Why Girls Leave Home

College Confidential

Timberjack

Pigskin Parade

My Lucky Star

Newsboys' Home

Baptism of Fire

Wildcat

Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse

Cinderella Jones

Honor Among Lovers

Harry's War

Sleepytime Gal

Senior Power

Joe Palooka, Champ

Dark Mountain

Leave 'Em Laughing

The Black Bird

Her Unborn Child

Accused of Murder

Platinum High School

Voodoo Island

Night Chase

Superman's Peril

Scarecrow

Manila Calling

Grand Jury Secrets




