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