Elisha Cook Jr.
- Acting
- December 26, 1903 · San Francisco, California, USA
- May 18, 1995
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
Filmography
- They Came from the Attic · Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
- The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains · Pappy Glue
- ALF · Uncle Albert
- The Twilight Zone · (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
- It Came Upon the Midnight Clear · Mr. Bibbs
- The Pigs vs. The Freaks · Novatney
- Night Court · Wilbur Posten
- Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse · Mr. Maps
- The A-Team · Jim Beam
- This Girl for Hire · Eddie
- Terror at Alcatraz · Hotel Desk Clerk
- Hammett · Eli the Taxi Driver
- National Lampoon's Movie Madness · Mousy ("Municipalians")
- Simon & Simon
- Leave 'Em Laughing · Jetter
- Harry's War · Sgt. Billy
- Magnum, P.I. · Harold W. Farber, Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler
- Carny · On-Your-Mark
- Tom Horn · Stable Hand
- 1941 · The Patron (Dexter)
- Salem's Lot · Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
- The Champ · Georgie
- Mad Bull · Sweeper
- Dead of Night · Karel
- Quincy, M.E. · Mr. Charles Trout Sr.
- St. Ives · Eddie
- The Bionic Woman
- The Black Bird · Wilmer Cook
- Winterhawk · Finley
- Starsky & Hutch
- Switch · Henley
- The Blue Knight
- Messiah of Evil · Charlie
- S.W.A.T.
- Baretta
- Senior Power · Mr. Boyle
- The Phantom of Hollywood · Studio Engineer (uncredited)
- The Outfit · Carl
- Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid · Cody
- Emperor of the North · Gray Cat
- Electra Glide in Blue · Willie
- Police Story
- Blacula · Sam
- The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid · Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
- The Night Stalker · Mickey Crawford
- Scarecrow · Micah
- Night Chase · Proprietor
- Night Slaves
- The Odd Couple · Heel
- El Condor · Old Convict
- McCloud
- The Movie Murderer · Willie Peanuts
- Cry for Poor Wally
- The Great Bank Robbery · Jeb
- Rosemary's Baby · Mr. Nicklas
- The Movie Orgy · Self
- Mannix
- Cimarron Strip
- Welcome to Hard Times · Hanson
- Ironside
- The Spy in the Green Hat · Arnold
- Star Trek · Samuel Cogley
- The Monroes
- Batman · Professor Isaacson
- The Wild Wild West
- A Man Called Shenandoah · Judd
- Blood on the Arrow · Tex
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. · Arnold
- The Big Parade of Comedy · Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Glass Cage · Ellen's father
- Johnny Cool · Underworld Leader
- Burke's Law · Wyatt
- The Fugitive · Sailor
- The Haunted Palace · Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
- Black Zoo · Joe
- Papa's Delicate Condition · Mr. Keith
- The Dakotas
- One-Eyed Jacks · Carvey
- The Fatal Impulse · Harry Elser
- Surfside 6