Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 26, 1903
Died
May 18, 1995
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Credits
181 titles
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
Filmography
They Came from the Attic
Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
Pappy Glue
ALF
Uncle Albert
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Welcome to Winfield")
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Mr. Bibbs
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
Novatney
Night Court
Wilbur Posten
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
Mr. Maps
The A-Team
Jim Beam
This Girl for Hire
Eddie
Terror at Alcatraz
Hotel Desk Clerk
Hammett
Eli the Taxi Driver
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Mousy ("Municipalians")
Simon & Simon
Leave 'Em Laughing
Jetter
Harry's War
Sgt. Billy
Magnum, P.I.
Harold W. Farber
Carny
On-Your-Mark
Tom Horn
Stable Hand
1941
The Patron (Dexter)
Salem's Lot
Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
The Champ
Georgie
Mad Bull
Sweeper
Dead of Night
Karel
Quincy, M.E.
Mr. Charles Trout Sr.
St. Ives
Eddie
The Bionic Woman
The Black Bird
Wilmer Cook
Winterhawk
Finley
Starsky & Hutch
Switch
Henley
The Blue Knight
Messiah of Evil
Charlie
S.W.A.T.
Baretta
Senior Power
Mr. Boyle
The Phantom of Hollywood
Studio Engineer (uncredited)
The Outfit
Carl
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Cody
Emperor of the North
Gray Cat
Electra Glide in Blue
Willie
Police Story
Blacula
Sam
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
The Night Stalker
Mickey Crawford
Scarecrow
Micah
Night Chase
Proprietor
Night Slaves
The Odd Couple
Heel
El Condor
Old Convict