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Elisha Cook Jr.

Acting · Born 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.

Movies with Elisha Cook Jr.

• Rosemary's Baby (1968) — Mr. Nicklas
• Shane (1953) — Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
• The Killing (1956) — George Peatty
• The Big Sleep (1946) — Harry Jones
• The Maltese Falcon (1941) — Wilmer Cook
• House on Haunted Hill (1959) — Watson Pritchard
• Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) — Cody
• 1941 (1979) — The Patron (Dexter)
• One-Eyed Jacks (1961) — Carvey
• Emperor of the North (1973) — Gray Cat
• Sergeant York (1941) — Piano Player (uncredited)
• The Night Stalker (1972) — Mickey Crawford

TV shows with Elisha Cook Jr.

• Magnum, P.I. (1980) — Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler