
Elisha Cook Jr.
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1903-12-26 – 1995-05-18
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
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
Known for

The Killing
1956George Peatty
The Big Sleep
1946Harry Jones
The Maltese Falcon
1941Wilmer Cook
I, the Jury
1953
Rosemary's Baby
1968Mr. Nicklas
Shane
1953Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
The Movie Orgy
1968Self (archive footage)
The Haunted Palace
1963Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
Love Crazy
1941Joe (elevator operator)
1941
1979The Patron (Dexter)
I Wake Up Screaming
1941Harry Williams
Blacula
1972Sam
Don't Bother to Knock
1952Eddie Forbes
Black Zoo
1963Joe
Messiah of Evil
1975Charlie
Carny
1980On-Your-Mark
Electra Glide in Blue
1973Willie
The Gangster
1947Oval
The Outfit
1973Carl