Elisha Cook Jr.
Known for: Acting
Born: December 26, 1903
Died: May 18, 1995
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
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
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Filmography
124 movies · 57 TV shows, newest first
9.0
They Came from the Attic
2022
6.7
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987
7.7
ALF
1986
7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
5.9
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
4.5
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
1984
7.3
Night Court
1984
6.5
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
1984
7.5
The A-Team
1983
5.0
This Girl for Hire
1983
10.0
Terror at Alcatraz
1982
6.2
Hammett
1982
3.4
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
8.0
Leave 'Em Laughing
1981
6.2
Harry's War
1981
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
1980
6.2
Carny
1980
6.4
Tom Horn
1980
5.8
1941
1979
6.8
Salem's Lot
1979
7.0
The Champ
1979
8.0
Mad Bull
1977
6.2
Dead of Night
1977
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976
5.8
St. Ives
1976
7.0
The Bionic Woman
1976
5.0
The Black Bird
1975
6.6
Winterhawk
1975
7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1975
6.6
Switch
1975
5.0
The Blue Knight
1975
6.3
Messiah of Evil
1975
7.1
S.W.A.T.
1975
6.5
Baretta
1975
NR
Senior Power
1975
5.5
The Phantom of Hollywood
1974
6.7
The Outfit
1973
7.2
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
6.8
Emperor of the North
1973
6.9
Electra Glide in Blue
1973
7.0
Police Story
1973
5.5
Blacula
1972
5.7
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972
6.9
The Night Stalker
1972
8.0
Scarecrow
1972
5.9
Night Chase
1970
5.9
Night Slaves
1970
7.8
The Odd Couple
1970
5.4
El Condor
1970
7.2
McCloud
1970
6.9
The Movie Murderer
1970
NR
Cry for Poor Wally
1969
6.6
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
7.8
Rosemary's Baby
1968
6.8
The Movie Orgy
1968
6.8
Mannix
1967
5.7
Cimarron Strip
1967
5.3
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
6.8
Ironside
1967
6.6
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967
8.0
Star Trek
1966
6.8
The Monroes
1966
7.3
Batman
1966
7.5
The Wild Wild West
1965
6.9
A Man Called Shenandoah
1965
4.4
Blood on the Arrow
1964
7.2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
7.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
5.8
The Glass Cage
1964
5.3
Johnny Cool
1963
6.3
Burke's Law
1963
7.3
The Fugitive
1963
6.7
The Haunted Palace
1963
5.7
Black Zoo
1963
5.5
Papa's Delicate Condition
1963
6.5
The Dakotas
1963
6.8
One-Eyed Jacks
1961
1.0
The Fatal Impulse
1960
6.3
Surfside 6
1960
8.0
The Islanders
1960
6.7
Outlaws
1960
6.7
Thriller
1960
6.5
College Confidential
1960
6.5
Platinum High School
1960
6.8
Startime
1959
5.1
The Rebel
1959
5.9
Johnny Ringo
1959
7.2
The Third Man
1959
7.5
Bonanza
1959
6.5
The Deputy
1959
5.2
Johnny Staccato
1959
6.3
Tightrope
1959
6.8
Day of the Outlaw
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
6.8
House on Haunted Hill
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.4
Bat Masterson
1958
6.6
Peter Gunn
1958
5.6
Baby Face Nelson
1957
7.0
Plunder Road
1957
6.9
Trackdown
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
5.0
Chicago Confidential
1957
6.1
The Lonely Man
1957
8.0
Panic!
1957
4.6
Voodoo Island
1957
NR
The O. Henry Playhouse
1957
4.8
Accused of Murder
1956
7.6
The Killing
1956
6.3
The Indian Fighter
1955
6.9
Trial
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
4.2
Timberjack
1955
5.8
The Millionaire
1955
6.1
Drum Beat
1954
8.0
The Outlaw's Daughter
1954
NR
Superman's Peril
1954
3.8
Climax!
1954
5.6
Thunder Over the Plains
1953
5.9
I, the Jury
1953
7.3
Shane
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
6.7
Adventures of Superman
1952
6.6
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
6.2
Behave Yourself!
1951
5.3
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
5.4
The Great Gatsby
1949
5.6
Flaxy Martin
1949
5.2
The Gangster
1947
5.8
The Long Night
1947
6.7
Born to Kill
1947
5.2
Fall Guy
1947
7.6
The Big Sleep
1946
6.6
Two Smart People
1946
8.0
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946
5.3
The Falcon's Alibi
1946
3.8
Cinderella Jones
1946
4.8
Blonde Alibi
1946
5.7
Why Girls Leave Home
1945
5.9
Dillinger
1945
6.0
Dark Waters
1944
5.3
Dark Mountain
1944
5.7
Up in Arms
1944
7.0
Phantom Lady
1944
5.7
Baptism of Fire
19439.0
Kill or Be Killed
1943
8.0
Manila Calling
1942
5.7
Wildcat
1942
6.2
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
9.0
Sleepytime Gal
1942
7.5
A Gentleman at Heart
1942
7.2
Hellzapoppin'
1941
7.4
Ball of Fire
1941
6.9
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
7.7
The Maltese Falcon
1941
7.2
Sergeant York
1941
6.5
Man at Large
1941
6.8
Love Crazy
1941
5.4
Tin Pan Alley
1940
4.9
Public Deb No. 1
1940
6.5
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940
5.6
He Married His Wife
1940
7.0
Grand Jury Secrets
1939
8.0
Newsboys' Home
1938
6.7
Submarine Patrol
1938
5.9
My Lucky Star
1938
6.1
Three Blind Mice
1938
8.0
Life Begins in College
1937
7.0
Danger – Love at Work
1937
7.0
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
5.9
They Won't Forget
1937
6.5
The Devil Is Driving
1937
6.3
Love Is News
1937
6.1
Pigskin Parade
1936
8.0
Two in a Crowd
1936
5.9
Honor Among Lovers
19319.0
Chills and Fever
1930
7.0
Her Unborn Child
1930