Elisha Cook Jr.
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
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Killing
as George Peatty
1956
The Big Sleep
as Harry Jones
1946
The Maltese Falcon
as Wilmer Cook
1941
I, the Jury
1953
Rosemary's Baby
as Mr. Nicklas
1968
Shane
as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
1953
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
The Haunted Palace
as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
1963
Love Crazy
as Joe (elevator operator)
1941
1941
as The Patron (Dexter)
1979
I Wake Up Screaming
as Harry Williams
1941
Blacula
as Sam
1972
Don't Bother to Knock
as Eddie Forbes
1952
Black Zoo
as Joe
1963
Messiah of Evil
as Charlie
1975
Carny
as On-Your-Mark
1980
Electra Glide in Blue
as Willie
1973
The Gangster
as Oval
1947
The Outfit
as Carl
1973
Born to Kill
as Marty
1947
TV Appearances
Magnum, P.I.
as Harold W. Farber
1980
Star Trek
as Samuel Cogley
1966
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Burke's Law
as Wyatt
1963
Trackdown
1957
Starsky & Hutch
1975
The Odd Couple
as Heel
1970
The Bionic Woman
1976
Batman
as Professor Isaacson
1966
Simon & Simon
1981
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
1985
Quincy, M.E.
as Mr. Charles Trout Sr.
1976