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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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Known For
The Big Sleep
(1946)
Harry Jones
The Killing
(1956)
George Peatty
The Maltese Falcon
(1941)
Wilmer Cook
Rosemary's Baby
(1968)
Mr. Nicklas
Shane
(1953)
Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
Electra Glide in Blue
(1973)
Willie
Messiah of Evil
(1973)
Charlie
One-Eyed Jacks
(1961)
Carvey
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
(1973)
Cody
1941
(1979)
The Patron (Dexter)
My Lucky Star
(1938)
Waldo
Phantom Lady
(1944)
Cliff Milburn
Sergeant York
(1941)
Piano Player (uncredited)
House on Haunted Hill
(1959)
Watson Pritchard
Tom Horn
(1980)
Stable Hand
The Champ
(1979)
Georgie
Full Filmography
Acting
Chills and Fever
(1930)
Member of the Glee Club
Honor Among Lovers
(1931)
Office Boy (uncredited)
Pigskin Parade
(1936)
Herbert Van Dyke
Two in a Crowd
(1936)
Skeeter
The Devil Is Driving
(1937)
Tony Stevens
Love Is News
(1937)
Egbert Eggleston
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
(1937)
Glen Wylie
Life Begins in College
(1937)
Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
Danger – Love at Work
(1937)
McBain, the chemist
They Won't Forget
(1937)
Joe Turner
Submarine Patrol
(1938)
Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
Newsboys' Home
(1938)
Danny
Three Blind Mice
(1938)
Boy on Bench (uncredited)
My Lucky Star
(1938)
Waldo
Grand Jury Secrets
(1939)
Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt
He Married His Wife
(1940)
Dicky Brown
Stranger on the Third Floor
(1940)
Joe Briggs
Tin Pan Alley
(1940)
Joe Codd
Public Deb No. 1
(1940)
Communist
I Wake Up Screaming
(1941)
Harry Williams
Love Crazy
(1941)
Joe (elevator operator)
Man at Large
(1941)
Hotel Clerk
The Maltese Falcon
(1941)
Wilmer Cook
Hellzapoppin'
(1941)
Harry Selby
Sergeant York
(1941)
Piano Player (uncredited)
Ball of Fire
(1941)
Waiter
Manila Calling
(1942)
Gillman
A Gentleman at Heart
(1942)
Genius
Wildcat
(1942)
Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
Sleepytime Gal
(1942)
Ernie
A-Haunting We Will Go
(1942)
Frank Lucas
Baptism of Fire
(1943)
Bill (uncredited)
Kill or Be Killed
(1943)
Dark Waters
(1944)
Cleeve
Phantom Lady
(1944)
Cliff Milburn
Up in Arms
(1944)
Info Jones
Dark Mountain
(1944)
Whitey
Dillinger
(1945)
Kirk Otto
Why Girls Leave Home
(1945)
Jimmy Lobo
Cinderella Jones
(1946)
Oliver S. Patch
Blonde Alibi
(1946)
Sam Collins
The Falcon's Alibi
(1946)
Nick
Joe Palooka, Champ
(1946)
Eugene
Two Smart People
(1946)
Fly Feletti
The Big Sleep
(1946)
Harry Jones
The Long Night
(1947)
Frank Dunlap
Fall Guy
(1947)
Joe
Born to Kill
(1947)
Marty
The Gangster
(1947)
Oval
Flaxy Martin
(1949)
Roper
The Great Gatsby
(1949)
Klipspringer
Behave Yourself!
(1951)
Albert Jonas
Don't Bother to Knock
(1952)
Eddie Forbes
I, the Jury
(1953)
Bobo
Shane
(1953)
Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
Thunder Over the Plains
(1953)
Joseph Standish
The Outlaw's Daughter
(1954)
Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
Drum Beat
(1954)
Blaine Crackel
Timberjack
(1955)
Punky (as Elisha Cook)
The Indian Fighter
(1955)
Briggs (as Elisha Cook)
Trial
(1955)
Finn
Accused of Murder
(1956)
'Whitey' Pollock
The Killing
(1956)
George Peatty
Chicago Confidential
(1957)
Candymouth Duggan
Voodoo Island
(1957)
Martin Schuyler
The Lonely Man
(1957)
Willie
Baby Face Nelson
(1957)
Homer van Meter
Plunder Road
(1957)
Skeets Jonas
House on Haunted Hill
(1959)
Watson Pritchard
Day of the Outlaw
(1959)
Larry Teter, Town Barber
Platinum High School
(1960)
Harry Nesbit
College Confidential
(1960)
Ted Blake
One-Eyed Jacks
(1961)
Carvey
Johnny Cool
(1963)
Underworld Leader
Papa's Delicate Condition
(1963)
Mr. Keith
Black Zoo
(1963)
Joe
The Haunted Palace
(1963)
Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
The Glass Cage
(1964)
Ellen's father
The Big Parade of Comedy
(1964)
Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blood on the Arrow
(1964)
Tex
The Spy in the Green Hat
(1967)
Arnold
Welcome to Hard Times
(1967)
Hanson
The Movie Orgy
(1968)
Self (archive footage)
Rosemary's Baby
(1968)
Mr. Nicklas
Cry for Poor Wally
(1969)
The Great Bank Robbery
(1969)
Jeb
Night Slaves
(1970)
El Condor
(1970)
Old Convict
The Movie Murderer
(1970)
Willie Peanuts
Night Chase
(1970)
Proprietor
The Night Stalker
(1972)
Mickey Crawford
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
(1972)
Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
Blacula
(1972)
Sam
Scarecrow
(1972)
Micah
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
(1973)
Cody
Emperor of the North
(1973)
Gray Cat
The Outfit
(1973)
Carl
Electra Glide in Blue
(1973)
Willie
Messiah of Evil
(1973)
Charlie
The Phantom of Hollywood
(1974)
Studio Engineer (uncredited)
The Black Bird
(1975)
Wilmer Cook
Winterhawk
(1975)
Finley
Senior Power
(1975)
Mr. Boyle
St. Ives
(1976)
Eddie
Mad Bull
(1977)
Sweeper
Dead of Night
(1977)
Karel
1941
(1979)
The Patron (Dexter)
The Champ
(1979)
Georgie
Tom Horn
(1980)
Stable Hand
Carny
(1980)
On-Your-Mark
Leave 'Em Laughing
(1981)
Jetter
Harry's War
(1981)
Sgt. Billy
Terror at Alcatraz
(1982)
Hotel Desk Clerk
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
(1982)
Mousy ("Municipalians")
Hammett
(1982)
Eli the Taxi Driver
This Girl For Hire
(1983)
Eddie
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
(1984)
Novatney
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
(1984)
Mr. Maps
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
(1986)
Self (from Don't Bother to Knock [1952]) (archive footage)
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
(1987)
Pappy Glue
They Came from the Attic
(2022)
Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)