Elisha Cook Jr.

from San Francisco, California, USA

Artwork for 1941Image of Elisha Cook Jr.

Biography

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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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Timeline

2022Aged 119

  • Poster for They Came from the Attic

    Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)

1987Aged 84

  • Poster for The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

    Pappy Glue

1984Aged 81

  • Poster for Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse

    Mr. Maps

  • Poster for The Pigs vs. The Freaks

    Novatney

  • Poster for It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

    Mr. Bibbs

1983Aged 80

  • Poster for This Girl for Hire

    Eddie

1982Aged 79

  • Poster for National Lampoon's Movie Madness

    Mousy ("Municipalians")

  • Poster for Hammett

    Eli the Taxi Driver

  • Poster for Terror at Alcatraz

    Hotel Desk Clerk

1981Aged 78

  • Poster for Harry's War

    Sgt. Billy

  • Poster for Leave 'Em Laughing

    Jetter

1980Aged 77

  • Poster for Tom Horn

    Stable Hand

  • Poster for Carny

    On-Your-Mark

1979Aged 76

  • Poster for The Champ

    Georgie

  • Poster for 1941

    The Patron (Dexter)

1977Aged 74

  • Poster for Dead of Night

    Karel

  • Poster for Mad Bull

    Sweeper

1976Aged 73

  • Poster for St. Ives

    Eddie

1975Aged 72

  • Poster for Senior Power

    Mr. Boyle

  • Poster for Messiah of Evil

    Charlie

  • Poster for Winterhawk

    Finley

  • Poster for The Black Bird

    Wilmer Cook

1974Aged 71

  • Poster for The Phantom of Hollywood

    Studio Engineer (uncredited)

1973Aged 70

  • Poster for Electra Glide in Blue

    Willie

  • Poster for Emperor of the North

    Gray Cat

  • Poster for Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    Cody

  • Poster for The Outfit

    Carl

1972Aged 69

  • Poster for Scarecrow

    Micah

  • Poster for The Night Stalker

    Mickey Crawford

  • Poster for The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

    Bunker (as Elisha Cook)

  • Poster for Blacula

    Sam

1970Aged 67

  • Poster for The Movie Murderer

    Willie Peanuts

  • Poster for El Condor

    Old Convict

  • Poster for Night Slaves

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Night Chase

    Proprietor

1969Aged 66

  • Poster for The Great Bank Robbery

    Jeb

  • Poster for Cry for Poor Wally

    (Unknown)

1968Aged 65

  • Poster for The Movie Orgy

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Rosemary's Baby

    Mr. Nicklas

1967Aged 64

  • Poster for The Spy in the Green Hat

    Arnold

  • Poster for Welcome to Hard Times

    Hanson

1964Aged 61

  • Poster for The Glass Cage

    Ellen's father

  • Poster for The Big Parade of Comedy

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

  • Poster for Blood on the Arrow

    Tex

1963Aged 60

  • Poster for Papa's Delicate Condition

    Mr. Keith

  • Poster for Black Zoo

    Joe

  • Poster for The Haunted Palace

    Gideon Smith / Micah Smith

  • Poster for Johnny Cool

    Underworld Leader

1961Aged 58

  • Poster for One-Eyed Jacks

    Carvey

1960Aged 57

  • Poster for Platinum High School

    Harry Nesbit

  • Poster for College Confidential

    Ted Blake

  • Poster for The Fatal Impulse

    Harry Elser

1959Aged 56

  • Poster for House on Haunted Hill

    Watson Pritchard

  • Poster for Day of the Outlaw

    Larry Teter, Town Barber

1957Aged 54

  • Poster for Voodoo Island

    Martin Schuyler

  • Poster for The Lonely Man

    Willie

  • Poster for Chicago Confidential

    Candymouth Duggan

  • Poster for Plunder Road

    Skeets Jonas

  • Poster for Baby Face Nelson

    Homer van Meter

1956Aged 53

  • Poster for The Killing

    George Peatty

  • Poster for Accused of Murder

    'Whitey' Pollock

1955Aged 52

  • Poster for Timberjack

    Punky (as Elisha Cook)

  • Poster for Trial

    Finn

  • Poster for The Indian Fighter

    Briggs

1954Aged 51

  • Poster for The Outlaw's Daughter

    Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook

  • Poster for Superman's Peril

    Homer Garrity

  • Poster for Drum Beat

    Blaine Crackel

1953Aged 50

  • Poster for Shane

    Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey

  • Poster for I, the Jury

    Bobo

  • Poster for Thunder Over the Plains

    Joseph Standish

1952Aged 49

  • Poster for Don't Bother to Knock

    Eddie Forbes

1951Aged 48

  • Poster for Behave Yourself!

    Albert Jonas

1949Aged 46

  • Poster for Flaxy Martin

    Roper

  • Poster for The Great Gatsby

    Klipspringer

1947Aged 44

  • Poster for Fall Guy

    Joe

  • Poster for Born to Kill

    Marty

  • Poster for The Long Night

    Frank Dunlap

  • Poster for The Gangster

    Oval

1946Aged 43

  • Poster for Blonde Alibi

    Sam Collins

  • Poster for Cinderella Jones

    Oliver S. Patch

  • Poster for The Falcon's Alibi

    Nick

  • Poster for Joe Palooka, Champ

    Eugene

  • Poster for Two Smart People

    Fly Feletti

  • Poster for The Big Sleep

    Harry Jones

1945Aged 42

  • Poster for Dillinger

    Kirk Otto

  • Poster for Why Girls Leave Home

    Jimmy Lobo

1944Aged 41

  • Poster for Phantom Lady

    Cliff Milburn

  • Poster for Up in Arms

    Info Jones

  • Poster for Dark Mountain

    Whitey

  • Poster for Dark Waters

    Cleeve

1943Aged 40

1942Aged 39

  • Poster for A Gentleman at Heart

    Genius

  • Poster for Sleepytime Gal

    Ernie

  • Poster for A-Haunting We Will Go

    Frank Lucas

  • Poster for Wildcat

    Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins

  • Poster for Manila Calling

    Gillman

1941Aged 38

  • Poster for Love Crazy

    Joe (elevator operator)

  • Poster for Man at Large

    Hotel Clerk

  • Poster for Sergeant York

    Piano Player (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Maltese Falcon

    Wilmer Cook

  • Poster for I Wake Up Screaming

    Harry Williams

  • Poster for Ball of Fire

    Waiter

  • Poster for Hellzapoppin'

    Harry Selby

1940Aged 37

  • Poster for He Married His Wife

    Dicky Brown

  • Poster for Stranger on the Third Floor

    Joe Briggs

  • Poster for Public Deb No. 1

    Communist

  • Poster for Tin Pan Alley

    Joe Codd

1939Aged 36

  • Poster for Grand Jury Secrets

    Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt

1938Aged 35

  • Poster for Three Blind Mice

    Boy on Bench (uncredited)

  • Poster for My Lucky Star

    Waldo

  • Poster for Submarine Patrol

    Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'

  • Poster for Newsboys' Home

    Danny

1937Aged 34

  • Poster for Love Is News

    Egbert Eggleston

  • Poster for The Devil Is Driving

    Tony Stevens

  • Poster for They Won't Forget

    Joe Turner

  • Poster for Wife, Doctor and Nurse

    Glen Wylie

  • Poster for Danger – Love at Work

    McBain, the chemist

  • Poster for Life Begins in College

    Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.

1936Aged 33

  • Poster for Two in a Crowd

    Skeeter

  • Poster for Pigskin Parade

    Herbert Van Dyke

1931Aged 28

  • Poster for Honor Among Lovers

    Office Boy (uncredited)

1930Aged 27