Actor
Elisha Cook Jr.
December 26, 1903 · San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Notable work
7.8Rosemary's Baby (1968)
as Mr. Nicklas
7.7The Maltese Falcon (1941)
as Wilmer Cook
7.6The Killing (1956)
as George Peatty
8Star Trek (1966)
as Samuel Cogley
7.6ALF (1986)
as Uncle Albert
7.6The Big Sleep (1946)
as Harry Jones
7.5The A-Team (1983)
as Jim Beam
5.81941 (1979)
as The Patron (Dexter)
7.3Shane (1953)
as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
6.8House on Haunted Hill (1959)
as Watson Pritchard
7.3Batman (1966)
as Professor Isaacson
6.8Salem's Lot (1979)
as Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
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