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Elisha Cook Jr.

Born: 1903-12-26

From: San Francisco, California, USA

About: 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


Film credits:

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