Acting · San Francisco, California, USA · Born December 26, 1903
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
MovieThey Came from the Attic
2022
as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
MovieThe Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987
as Pappy Glue
TVALF
1986
as Uncle Albert
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
MovieIt Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
as Mr. Bibbs
MovieThe Pigs vs. The Freaks
1984
as Novatney
TVNight Court
1984
as Wilbur Posten
MovieTreasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
1984
as Mr. Maps
TVThe A-Team
1983
as Jim Beam
MovieThis Girl for Hire
1983
as Eddie
MovieTerror at Alcatraz
1982
as Hotel Desk Clerk
MovieHammett
1982
as Eli the Taxi Driver
MovieNational Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
as Mousy ("Municipalians")
TVSimon & Simon
1981
MovieLeave 'Em Laughing
1981
as Jetter
MovieHarry's War
1981
as Sgt. Billy
TVMagnum, P.I.
1980
as Harold W. Farber
MovieCarny
1980
as On-Your-Mark
MovieTom Horn
1980
as Stable Hand
Movie1941
1979
as The Patron (Dexter)
TVSalem's Lot
1979
as Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
MovieThe Champ
1979
as Georgie
MovieMad Bull
1977
as Sweeper
MovieDead of Night
1977
as Karel
TVQuincy, M.E.
1976
as Mr. Charles Trout Sr.
MovieSt. Ives
1976
as Eddie
TVThe Bionic Woman
1976
MovieThe Black Bird
1975
as Wilmer Cook
MovieWinterhawk
1975
as Finley
TVStarsky & Hutch
1975
TVSwitch
1975
as Henley
TVThe Blue Knight
1975
MovieMessiah of Evil
1975
as Charlie
TVS.W.A.T.
1975
TVBaretta
1975
MovieSenior Power
1975
as Mr. Boyle
MovieThe Phantom of Hollywood
1974
as Studio Engineer (uncredited)
MovieThe Outfit
1973
as Carl
MoviePat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Cody
MovieEmperor of the North
1973
as Gray Cat
MovieElectra Glide in Blue
1973
as Willie
TVPolice Story
1973
MovieBlacula
1972
as Sam
MovieThe Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972
as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
MovieThe Night Stalker
1972
as Mickey Crawford
MovieScarecrow
1972
as Micah
MovieNight Chase
1970
as Proprietor
MovieNight Slaves
1970
TVThe Odd Couple
1970
as Heel
MovieEl Condor
1970
as Old Convict
TVMcCloud
1970
MovieThe Movie Murderer
1970
as Willie Peanuts
MovieCry for Poor Wally
1969
MovieThe Great Bank Robbery
1969
as Jeb
MovieRosemary's Baby
1968
as Mr. Nicklas
MovieThe Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
TVMannix
1967
TVCimarron Strip
1967
MovieWelcome to Hard Times
1967
as Hanson
TVIronside
1967
MovieThe Spy in the Green Hat
1967
as Arnold
TVStar Trek
1966
as Samuel Cogley
TVThe Monroes
1966
TVBatman
1966
as Professor Isaacson
TVThe Wild Wild West
1965
TVA Man Called Shenandoah
1965
as Judd
MovieBlood on the Arrow
1964
as Tex
TVThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Arnold
MovieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Glass Cage
1964
as Ellen's father
MovieJohnny Cool
1963
as Underworld Leader
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Wyatt
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Sailor
MovieThe Haunted Palace
1963
as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
MovieBlack Zoo
1963
as Joe
MoviePapa's Delicate Condition
1963
as Mr. Keith
TVThe Dakotas
1963
MovieOne-Eyed Jacks
1961
as Carvey
MovieThe Fatal Impulse
1960
as Harry Elser
TVSurfside 6
1960
TVThe Islanders
1960
as Tomas
TVOutlaws
1960
TVThriller
1960
as Harry Elser
MovieCollege Confidential
1960
as Ted Blake
MoviePlatinum High School
1960
as Harry Nesbit
TVStartime
1959
as Trick
TVThe Rebel
1959
as Jeremy Hake
TVJohnny Ringo
1959
as Maxie Dolan
TVThe Third Man
1959
TVBonanza
1959
as John Walker
TVThe Deputy
1959
as Miller
TVJohnny Staccato
1959
TVTightrope
1959
MovieDay of the Outlaw
1959
as Larry Teter, Town Barber
TVRawhide
1959
as Bain
MovieHouse on Haunted Hill
1959
as Watson Pritchard
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
TVBat Masterson
1958
as Pete Sheeley
TVPeter Gunn
1958
MovieBaby Face Nelson
1957
as Homer van Meter
MoviePlunder Road
1957
as Skeets Jonas
TVTrackdown
1957
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Art Crowley
MovieChicago Confidential
1957
as Candymouth Duggan
MovieThe Lonely Man
1957
as Willie
TVPanic!
1957
MovieVoodoo Island
1957
as Martin Schuyler
TVThe O. Henry Playhouse
1957
as Fred
MovieAccused of Murder
1956
as 'Whitey' Pollock
MovieThe Killing
1956
as George Peatty
MovieThe Indian Fighter
1955
as Briggs
MovieTrial
1955
as Finn
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Shorty
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Huggins
TVThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
MovieTimberjack
1955
as Punky (as Elisha Cook)
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Ed Nevins
MovieDrum Beat
1954
as Blaine Crackel
MovieThe Outlaw's Daughter
1954
as Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
MovieSuperman's Peril
1954
as Homer Garrity
TVClimax!
1954
as Pop
MovieThunder Over the Plains
1953
as Joseph Standish
MovieI, the Jury
1953
MovieShane
1953
as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Jed
TVAdventures of Superman
1952
MovieDon't Bother to Knock
1952
as Eddie Forbes
MovieBehave Yourself!
1951
as Albert Jonas
TVThe Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
MovieThe Great Gatsby
1949
as Klipspringer
MovieFlaxy Martin
1949
as Roper
MovieThe Gangster
1947
as Oval
MovieThe Long Night
1947
as Frank Dunlap
MovieBorn to Kill
1947
as Marty
MovieFall Guy
1947
as Joe
MovieThe Big Sleep
1946
as Harry Jones
MovieTwo Smart People
1946
as Fly Feletti
MovieJoe Palooka, Champ
1946
as Eugene
MovieThe Falcon's Alibi
1946
as Nick
MovieCinderella Jones
1946
as Oliver S. Patch
MovieBlonde Alibi
1946
as Sam Collins
MovieWhy Girls Leave Home
1945
as Jimmy Lobo
MovieDillinger
1945
as Kirk Otto
MovieDark Waters
1944
as Cleeve
MovieDark Mountain
1944
as Whitey
MovieUp in Arms
1944
as Info Jones
MoviePhantom Lady
1944
as Cliff Milburn
MovieBaptism of Fire
1943
as Bill (uncredited)
Kill or Be Killed
1943
MovieManila Calling
1942
as Gillman
MovieWildcat
1942
as Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
MovieA-Haunting We Will Go
1942
as Frank Lucas
MovieSleepytime Gal
1942
as Ernie
MovieA Gentleman at Heart
1942
as Genius
MovieHellzapoppin'
1941
as Harry Selby
MovieBall of Fire
1941
as Waiter
MovieI Wake Up Screaming
1941
as Harry Williams
MovieThe Maltese Falcon
1941
as Wilmer Cook
MovieSergeant York
1941
as Piano Player (uncredited)
MovieMan at Large
1941
as Hotel Clerk
MovieLove Crazy
1941
as Joe (elevator operator)
MovieTin Pan Alley
1940
as Joe Codd
MoviePublic Deb No. 1
1940
as Communist
MovieStranger on the Third Floor
1940
as Joe Briggs
MovieHe Married His Wife
1940
as Dicky Brown
MovieGrand Jury Secrets
1939
as Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt
MovieNewsboys' Home
1938
as Danny
MovieSubmarine Patrol
1938
as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
MovieMy Lucky Star
1938
as Waldo
MovieThree Blind Mice
1938
as Boy on Bench (uncredited)
MovieLife Begins in College
1937
as Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
MovieDanger – Love at Work
1937
as McBain, the chemist
MovieWife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
as Glen Wylie
MovieThey Won't Forget
1937
as Joe Turner
MovieThe Devil Is Driving
1937
as Tony Stevens
MovieLove Is News
1937
as Egbert Eggleston
MoviePigskin Parade
1936
as Herbert Van Dyke
MovieTwo in a Crowd
1936
as Skeeter
MovieHonor Among Lovers
1931
as Office Boy (uncredited)
Chills and Fever
1930
as Member of the Glee Club
MovieHer Unborn Child
1930
as Stewart Kennedy
