Elisha Cook Jr.

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

The Fugitive

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

The A-Team

Bonanza

Star Trek

Ironside

Mannix

All Movies (125)

• They Came from the Attic2022 · as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
• The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains1987 · as Pappy Glue
• It Came Upon the Midnight Clear1984 · as Mr. Bibbs
• The Pigs vs. The Freaks1984 · as Novatney
• Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse1984 · as Mr. Maps
• This Girl for Hire1983 · as Eddie
• Terror at Alcatraz1982 · as Hotel Desk Clerk
• Hammett1982 · as Eli the Taxi Driver
• National Lampoon's Movie Madness1982 · as Mousy ("Municipalians")
• Leave 'Em Laughing1981 · as Jetter
• Harry's War1981 · as Sgt. Billy
• Carny1980 · as On-Your-Mark
• Tom Horn1980 · as Stable Hand
• 19411979 · as The Patron (Dexter)
• The Champ1979 · as Georgie
• Mad Bull1977 · as Sweeper
• Dead of Night1977 · as Karel
• St. Ives1976 · as Eddie
• The Black Bird1975 · as Wilmer Cook
• Winterhawk1975 · as Finley
• Messiah of Evil1975 · as Charlie
• Senior Power1975 · as Mr. Boyle
• The Phantom of Hollywood1974 · as Studio Engineer (uncredited)
• The Outfit1973 · as Carl
• Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1973 · as Cody
• Emperor of the North1973 · as Gray Cat
• Electra Glide in Blue1973 · as Willie
• Blacula1972 · as Sam
• The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid1972 · as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
• The Night Stalker1972 · as Mickey Crawford
• Scarecrow1972 · as Micah
• Night Chase1970 · as Proprietor
• Night Slaves1970
• El Condor1970 · as Old Convict
• The Movie Murderer1970 · as Willie Peanuts
• Cry for Poor Wally1969
• The Great Bank Robbery1969 · as Jeb
• Rosemary's Baby1968 · as Mr. Nicklas
• The Movie Orgy1968 · as Self (archive footage)
• Welcome to Hard Times1967 · as Hanson
• The Spy in the Green Hat1967 · as Arnold
• Blood on the Arrow1964 · as Tex
• The Big Parade of Comedy1964 · as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Glass Cage1964 · as Ellen's father
• Johnny Cool1963 · as Underworld Leader
• The Haunted Palace1963 · as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
• Black Zoo1963 · as Joe
• Papa's Delicate Condition1963 · as Mr. Keith
• One-Eyed Jacks1961 · as Carvey
• The Fatal Impulse1960 · as Harry Elser
• College Confidential1960 · as Ted Blake
• Platinum High School1960 · as Harry Nesbit
• Day of the Outlaw1959 · as Larry Teter, Town Barber
• House on Haunted Hill1959 · as Watson Pritchard
• Baby Face Nelson1957 · as Homer van Meter
• Plunder Road1957 · as Skeets Jonas
• Chicago Confidential1957 · as Candymouth Duggan
• The Lonely Man1957 · as Willie
• Voodoo Island1957 · as Martin Schuyler
• Accused of Murder1956 · as 'Whitey' Pollock
• The Killing1956 · as George Peatty
• The Indian Fighter1955 · as Briggs
• Trial1955 · as Finn
• Timberjack1955 · as Punky (as Elisha Cook)
• Drum Beat1954 · as Blaine Crackel
• The Outlaw's Daughter1954 · as Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
• Superman's Peril1954 · as Homer Garrity
• Thunder Over the Plains1953 · as Joseph Standish
• I, the Jury1953
• I, the Jury1953 · as Bobo
• Shane1953 · as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
• Don't Bother to Knock1952 · as Eddie Forbes
• Behave Yourself!1951 · as Albert Jonas
• The Great Gatsby1949 · as Klipspringer
• Flaxy Martin1949 · as Roper
• The Gangster1947 · as Oval
• The Long Night1947 · as Frank Dunlap
• Born to Kill1947 · as Marty
• Fall Guy1947 · as Joe
• The Big Sleep1946 · as Harry Jones
• Two Smart People1946 · as Fly Feletti
• Joe Palooka, Champ1946 · as Eugene
• The Falcon's Alibi1946 · as Nick
• Cinderella Jones1946 · as Oliver S. Patch
• Blonde Alibi1946 · as Sam Collins
• Why Girls Leave Home1945 · as Jimmy Lobo
• Dillinger1945 · as Kirk Otto
• Dark Waters1944 · as Cleeve
• Dark Mountain1944 · as Whitey
• Up in Arms1944 · as Info Jones
• Phantom Lady1944 · as Cliff Milburn
• Baptism of Fire1943 · as Bill (uncredited)
• Kill or Be Killed1943
• Manila Calling1942 · as Gillman
• Wildcat1942 · as Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
• A-Haunting We Will Go1942 · as Frank Lucas
• Sleepytime Gal1942 · as Ernie
• A Gentleman at Heart1942 · as Genius
• Hellzapoppin'1941 · as Harry Selby
• Ball of Fire1941 · as Waiter
• I Wake Up Screaming1941 · as Harry Williams
• The Maltese Falcon1941 · as Wilmer Cook
• Sergeant York1941 · as Piano Player (uncredited)
• Man at Large1941 · as Hotel Clerk
• Love Crazy1941 · as Joe (elevator operator)
• Tin Pan Alley1940 · as Joe Codd
• Public Deb No. 11940 · as Communist
• Stranger on the Third Floor1940 · as Joe Briggs
• He Married His Wife1940 · as Dicky Brown
• Grand Jury Secrets1939 · as Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt
• Newsboys' Home1938 · as Danny
• Submarine Patrol1938 · as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
• My Lucky Star1938 · as Waldo
• Three Blind Mice1938 · as Boy on Bench (uncredited)
• Life Begins in College1937 · as Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
• Danger – Love at Work1937 · as McBain, the chemist
• Wife, Doctor and Nurse1937 · as Glen Wylie
• They Won't Forget1937 · as Joe Turner
• The Devil Is Driving1937 · as Tony Stevens
• Love Is News1937 · as Egbert Eggleston
• Pigskin Parade1936 · as Herbert Van Dyke
• Two in a Crowd1936 · as Skeeter
• Honor Among Lovers1931 · as Office Boy (uncredited)
• Chills and Fever1930 · as Member of the Glee Club
• Her Unborn Child1930 · as Stewart Kennedy

All TV Shows (68)

• ALF1986 · as Uncle Albert
• The Twilight Zone1985 · as (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
• Night Court1984 · as Wilbur Posten
• The A-Team1983 · as Jim Beam
• Simon & Simon1981
• Magnum, P.I.1980 · as Harold W. Farber
• Magnum, P.I.1980 · as Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler
• Magnum, P.I.1980 · as Wilmer
• Salem's Lot1979 · as Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
• Quincy, M.E.1976 · as Mr. Charles Trout Sr.
• The Bionic Woman1976
• Starsky & Hutch1975
• Switch1975 · as Henley
• The Blue Knight1975
• S.W.A.T.1975
• Baretta1975
• Police Story1973
• The Odd Couple1970 · as Heel
• McCloud1970
• Mannix1967
• Cimarron Strip1967
• Ironside1967
• Star Trek1966 · as Samuel Cogley
• The Monroes1966
• Batman1966 · as Professor Isaacson
• The Wild Wild West1965
• A Man Called Shenandoah1965 · as Judd
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Arnold
• Burke's Law1963 · as Wyatt
• The Fugitive1963 · as Sailor
• The Dakotas1963
• Surfside 61960
• The Islanders1960 · as Tomas
• Outlaws1960
• Thriller1960 · as Harry Elser
• Startime1959 · as Trick
• The Rebel1959 · as Jeremy Hake
• Johnny Ringo1959 · as Maxie Dolan
• The Third Man1959
• Bonanza1959 · as John Walker
• The Deputy1959 · as Miller
• Johnny Staccato1959
• Tightrope1959
• Rawhide1959 · as Bain
• Rawhide1959 · as Joel Turner
• Rawhide1959 · as Jim Gribble
• 77 Sunset Strip1958
• Bat Masterson1958 · as Pete Sheeley
• Bat Masterson1958 · as Thorn Loomis
• Peter Gunn1958
• Trackdown1957
• Perry Mason1957 · as Art Crowley
• Perry Mason1957 · as Reelin' Pete
• Panic!1957
• The O. Henry Playhouse1957 · as Fred
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Shorty
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Huggins
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Cyrus Tucker
• Gunsmoke1955 · as George
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Jocko Beal
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955
• The Millionaire1955 · as Ed Nevins
• Climax!1954 · as Pop
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Jed
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Willy Zucks
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Lloyd Harwell
• Adventures of Superman1952
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1951