1903-12-26 San Francisco, California, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Elisha Vanslyck Cook, Jr 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
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They Came from the Attic | Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival) | 2022-05-10 |
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The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains | Pappy Glue | 1987-10-31 |
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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Self (from Don't Bother to Knock [1952]) (archive footage) | 1986-04-19 |
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The Pigs vs. The Freaks | Novatney | 1984-07-06 |
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It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | Mr. Bibbs | 1984-12-15 |
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Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse | Mr. Maps | 1984-01-02 |
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This Girl for Hire | Eddie | 1983-01-11 |
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National Lampoon's Movie Madness | Mousy ("Municipalians") | 1982-04-23 |
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Hammett | Eli the Taxi Driver | 1982-06-09 |
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Terror at Alcatraz | Hotel Desk Clerk | 1982-07-04 |
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Leave 'Em Laughing | Jetter | 1981-04-29 |
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Harry's War | Sgt. Billy | 1981-03-06 |
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Carny | On-Your-Mark | 1980-05-23 |
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Tom Horn | Stable Hand | 1980-03-28 |
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1941 | The Patron (Dexter) | 1979-12-14 |
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The Champ | Georgie | 1979-07-07 |
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Mad Bull | Sweeper | 1977-12-21 |
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Dead of Night | Karel | 1977-03-29 |
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St. Ives | Eddie | 1976-02-24 |
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Senior Power | Mr. Boyle | 1975-01-01 |
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The Black Bird | Wilmer Cook | 1975-12-25 |
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Messiah of Evil | Charlie | 1975-04-23 |
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Winterhawk | Finley | 1975-11-05 |
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The Phantom of Hollywood | Studio Engineer (uncredited) | 1974-02-12 |
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Electra Glide in Blue | Willie | 1973-05-17 |
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Emperor of the North | Gray Cat | 1973-05-23 |
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The Outfit | Carl | 1973-10-19 |
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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Cody | 1973-05-23 |
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The Night Stalker | Mickey Crawford | 1972-01-11 |
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Blacula | Sam | 1972-08-25 |
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The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Bunker (as Elisha Cook) | 1972-05-12 |
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Scarecrow | Micah | 1972-01-10 |
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El Condor | Old Convict | 1970-06-19 |
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Night Slaves | 1970-09-29 | |
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The Movie Murderer | Willie Peanuts | 1970-02-02 |
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Night Chase | Proprietor | 1970-11-20 |
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The Great Bank Robbery | Jeb | 1969-06-24 |
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Cry for Poor Wally | 1969-07-24 | |
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The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
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Rosemary's Baby | Mr. Nicklas | 1968-06-12 |
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Welcome to Hard Times | Hanson | 1967-04-30 |
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The Spy in the Green Hat | Arnold | 1967-02-03 |
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The Glass Cage | Ellen's father | 1964-02-06 |
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Blood on the Arrow | Tex | 1964-10-11 |
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The Big Parade of Comedy | Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1964-09-02 |
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The Haunted Palace | Gideon Smith / Micah Smith | 1963-08-28 |
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Black Zoo | Joe | 1963-05-15 |
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Johnny Cool | Underworld Leader | 1963-10-02 |
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Papa's Delicate Condition | Mr. Keith | 1963-03-06 |
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One-Eyed Jacks | Carvey | 1961-03-30 |
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The Fatal Impulse | Harry Elser | 1960-11-29 |
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College Confidential | Ted Blake | 1960-08-26 |
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Platinum High School | Harry Nesbit | 1960-05-13 |
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Day of the Outlaw | Larry Teter, Town Barber | 1959-07-01 |
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House on Haunted Hill | Watson Pritchard | 1959-01-01 |
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The Lonely Man | Willie | 1957-06-21 |
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Voodoo Island | Martin Schuyler | 1957-02-01 |
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Baby Face Nelson | Homer van Meter | 1957-12-11 |
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Chicago Confidential | Candymouth Duggan | 1957-08-30 |
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Plunder Road | Skeets Jonas | 1957-12-05 |
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The Killing | George Peatty | 1956-06-06 |
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Accused of Murder | 'Whitey' Pollock | 1956-12-21 |
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Timberjack | Punky (as Elisha Cook) | 1955-02-18 |
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Trial | Finn | 1955-10-07 |
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The Indian Fighter | Briggs | 1955-12-21 |
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The Outlaw's Daughter | Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook | 1954-11-01 |
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Drum Beat | Blaine Crackel | 1954-11-10 |
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Superman's Peril | Homer Garrity | 1954-11-01 |
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Thunder Over the Plains | Joseph Standish | 1953-10-27 |
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I, the Jury | Bobo | 1953-08-14 |
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I, the Jury | 1953-08-14 | |
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Shane | Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey | 1953-04-23 |
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Don't Bother to Knock | Eddie Forbes | 1952-07-18 |
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Behave Yourself! | Albert Jonas | 1951-09-22 |
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Flaxy Martin | Roper | 1949-02-15 |
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The Great Gatsby | Klipspringer | 1949-07-13 |
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Born to Kill | Marty | 1947-04-30 |
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The Gangster | Oval | 1947-11-25 |
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Fall Guy | Joe | 1947-03-15 |
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The Long Night | Frank Dunlap | 1947-05-28 |
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Blonde Alibi | Sam Collins | 1946-03-01 |
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Cinderella Jones | Oliver S. Patch | 1946-03-09 |
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The Big Sleep | Harry Jones | 1946-08-23 |
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Joe Palooka, Champ | Eugene | 1946-05-26 |
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The Falcon's Alibi | Nick | 1946-04-12 |
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Two Smart People | Fly Feletti | 1946-06-04 |
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Why Girls Leave Home | Jimmy Lobo | 1945-10-09 |
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Dillinger | Kirk Otto | 1945-04-25 |
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Phantom Lady | Cliff Milburn | 1944-01-28 |
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Dark Mountain | Whitey | 1944-09-01 |
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Dark Waters | Cleeve | 1944-11-21 |
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Up in Arms | Info Jones | 1944-02-17 |
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Baptism of Fire | Bill (uncredited) | 1943-12-01 |
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Kill or Be Killed | 1943-01-25 | |
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Manila Calling | Gillman | 1942-10-16 |
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A-Haunting We Will Go | Frank Lucas | 1942-08-07 |
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Wildcat | Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins | 1942-09-03 |
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Sleepytime Gal | Ernie | 1942-03-05 |
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A Gentleman at Heart | Genius | 1942-01-16 |
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The Maltese Falcon | Wilmer Cook | 1941-10-18 |
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Hellzapoppin' | Harry Selby | 1941-12-25 |
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Sergeant York | Piano Player (uncredited) | 1941-09-27 |
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Ball of Fire | Waiter | 1941-12-02 |
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Love Crazy | Joe (elevator operator) | 1941-05-23 |
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I Wake Up Screaming | Harry Williams | 1941-10-31 |
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Man at Large | Hotel Clerk | 1941-09-26 |
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Tin Pan Alley | Joe Codd | 1940-11-29 |
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Stranger on the Third Floor | Joe Briggs | 1940-08-16 |
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Public Deb No. 1 | Communist | 1940-09-13 |
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He Married His Wife | Dicky Brown | 1940-01-19 |
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Grand Jury Secrets | Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt | 1939-06-23 |
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Three Blind Mice | Boy on Bench (uncredited) | 1938-06-18 |
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Newsboys' Home | Danny | 1938-12-24 |
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Submarine Patrol | Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor' | 1938-11-25 |
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My Lucky Star | Waldo | 1938-09-09 |
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They Won't Forget | Joe Turner | 1937-07-14 |
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Life Begins in College | Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr. | 1937-10-01 |
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Wife, Doctor and Nurse | Glen Wylie | 1937-09-17 |
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The Devil Is Driving | Tony Stevens | 1937-06-25 |
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Love Is News | Egbert Eggleston | 1937-02-26 |
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Danger – Love at Work | McBain, the chemist | 1937-09-30 |
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Two in a Crowd | Skeeter | 1936-10-03 |
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Pigskin Parade | Herbert Van Dyke | 1936-10-23 |
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Honor Among Lovers | Office Boy (uncredited) | 1931-03-21 |
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Her Unborn Child | Stewart Kennedy | 1930-01-10 |
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Chills and Fever | Member of the Glee Club | 1930-04-26 |
