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Elisha Cook Jr.
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
19
Films
7
Avg Score
Filmography (19)
The Champ
68
as Georgie
1941
58
as The Patron (Dexter)
The Black Bird
53
as Wilmer Cook
Messiah of Evil
63
as Charlie
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
72
as Cody
Emperor of the North
72
as Gray Cat
The Outfit
70
as Carl
Blacula
57
as Sam
The Night Stalker
74
as Mickey Crawford
Rosemary's Baby
80
as Mr. Nicklas
The Haunted Palace
67
as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
House on Haunted Hill
67
as Watson Pritchard
Plunder Road
69
as Skeets Jonas
The Killing
79
as George Peatty
Shane
76
as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
The Big Sleep
79
as Harry Jones
The Maltese Falcon
79
as Wilmer Cook
Sergeant York
77
as Piano Player (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin'
74
as Harry Selby