Elisha Cook Jr.

Known for

Acting

Born

December 26, 1903

Birthplace

San Francisco, California, USA

Died

May 18, 1995 (aged 91)

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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Best known work

Rosemary's Baby

1968

The Maltese Falcon

1941

The Killing

1956

Star Trek

1966

ALF

1986

The Big Sleep

1946

The A-Team

1983

1941

1979

Shane

1953

House on Haunted Hill

1959

Filmography

2022
They Came from the Attic
as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
1987
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
as Pappy Glue
1986
ALFTV
as Uncle Albert (1 episode)
1985
The Twilight ZoneTV
as (segment "Welcome to Winfield") (1 episode)
1984
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
as Mr. Bibbs
1984
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
as Novatney
1984
Night CourtTV
as Wilbur Posten (1 episode)
1984
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
as Mr. Maps
1983
The A-TeamTV
as Jim Beam (1 episode)
1983
This Girl for Hire
as Eddie
1982
Terror at Alcatraz
as Hotel Desk Clerk
1982
Hammett
as Eli the Taxi Driver
1982
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Mousy ("Municipalians")
1981
Simon & SimonTV
1981
Leave 'Em Laughing
as Jetter
1981
Harry's War
as Sgt. Billy
1980
Magnum, P.I.TV
as Harold W. Farber (4 episodes), as Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler (9 episodes), as Wilmer (1 episode)
1980
Carny
as On-Your-Mark
1980
Tom Horn
as Stable Hand
1979
1941
as The Patron (Dexter)
1979
Salem's LotTV
as Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips (2 episodes)
1979
The Champ
as Georgie
1977
Mad Bull
as Sweeper
1977
Dead of Night
as Karel
1976
Quincy, M.E.TV
as Mr. Charles Trout Sr. (2 episodes)