Elisha Cook Jr.
Actor
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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Filmography
The Maltese Falcon
as Wilmer Cook 1941
The Killing
as George Peatty 1956
The Big Sleep
as Harry Jones 1946
1941
as The Patron (Dexter) 1979
Shane
as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey 1953
House on Haunted Hill
as Watson Pritchard 1959
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Cody 1973
One-Eyed Jacks
as Carvey 1961
Ball of Fire
as Waiter 1941
Sergeant York
as Piano Player (uncredited) 1941
The Champ
as Georgie 1979
The Haunted Palace
as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith 1963
Blacula
as Sam 1972
Messiah of Evil
as Charlie 1975
Don't Bother to Knock
as Eddie Forbes 1952
Emperor of the North
as Gray Cat 1973