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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
They Came from the Attic
as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
as Pappy Glue
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
as Mr. Bibbs
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
as Novatney
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
as Mr. Maps
This Girl for Hire
as Eddie
Terror at Alcatraz
as Hotel Desk Clerk
Hammett
as Eli the Taxi Driver
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Mousy ("Municipalians")
Leave 'Em Laughing
as Jetter
Harry's War
as Sgt. Billy
Carny
as On-Your-Mark
Tom Horn
as Stable Hand
1941
as The Patron (Dexter)
The Champ
as Georgie
Mad Bull
as Sweeper
Dead of Night
as Karel
St. Ives
as Eddie
The Black Bird
as Wilmer Cook
Winterhawk
as Finley
Messiah of Evil
as Charlie
The Phantom of Hollywood
as Studio Engineer (uncredited)
The Outfit
as Carl
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Cody
Emperor of the North
as Gray Cat
Electra Glide in Blue
as Willie
Blacula
as Sam
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
The Night Stalker
as Mickey Crawford
Scarecrow
as Micah