Elisha Cook Jr.
Acting
Born: 1903-12-26 · San Francisco, California, USA
Died: 1995-05-18
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
🎬 Movies (20)
They Came from the Attic
2022
Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987
Pappy Glue
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
Mr. Bibbs
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
1984
Novatney
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
1984
Mr. Maps
This Girl for Hire
1983
Eddie
Terror at Alcatraz
1982
Hotel Desk Clerk
Hammett
1982
Eli the Taxi Driver
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
Mousy ("Municipalians")
Leave 'Em Laughing
1981
Jetter
Harry's War
1981
Sgt. Billy
Carny
1980
On-Your-Mark
Tom Horn
1980
Stable Hand
1941
1979
The Patron (Dexter)
The Champ
1979
Georgie
Mad Bull
1977
Sweeper
Dead of Night
1977
Karel
St. Ives
1976
Eddie
The Black Bird
1975
Wilmer Cook
Winterhawk
1975
Finley
📺 TV Shows (20)
ALF
1986
Uncle Albert
The Twilight Zone
1985
(segment "Welcome to Winfield")
Night Court
1984
Wilbur Posten
The A-Team
1983
Jim Beam
Simon & Simon
1981
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Harold W. Farber
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Wilmer
Salem's Lot
1979
Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Mr. Charles Trout Sr.
The Bionic Woman
1976
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Switch
1975
Henley
The Blue Knight
1975
S.W.A.T.
1975
Baretta
1975
Police Story
1973
The Odd Couple
1970
Heel
McCloud
1970
Mannix
1967