Elisha Cook Jr.

Acting · Born 1903-12-26 in San Francisco, California, USA

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

Filmography

• The Killing as George Peatty
• The Big Sleep as Harry Jones
• The Maltese Falcon as Wilmer Cook
• Rosemary's Baby as Mr. Nicklas
• Shane as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
• Ball of Fire as Waiter
• The Champ as Georgie
• Sergeant York as Piano Player (uncredited)
• Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Cody
• I, the Jury

TV

• Star Trek as Samuel Cogley
• The Twilight Zone as (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
• Perry Mason as Art Crowley
• ALF as Uncle Albert
• ALF as Uncle Albert (archive footage)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Shorty
• Perry Mason as Reelin' Pete
• Magnum, P.I. as Harold W. Farber
• 77 Sunset Strip
• Burke's Law as Wyatt