
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.…
Filmography

Terror at Alcatraz
1982 · 10.0

They Came from the Attic
2022 · 9.0
Chills and Fever
1930 · 9.0
Kill or Be Killed
1943 · 9.0

Sleepytime Gal
1942 · 9.0

Star Trek
1966 · 8.0

The Islanders
1960 · 8.0

Panic!
1957 · 8.0

Two in a Crowd
1936 · 8.0

Mad Bull
1977 · 8.0

Life Begins in College
1937 · 8.0

The Outlaw's Daughter
1954 · 8.0

Joe Palooka, Champ
1946 · 8.0

Scarecrow
1972 · 8.0

Manila Calling
1942 · 8.0

Newsboys' Home
1938 · 8.0

Leave 'Em Laughing
1981 · 8.0

Rosemary's Baby
1968 · 7.8

The Odd Couple
1970 · 7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · 7.8

Perry Mason
1957 · 7.7

The Maltese Falcon
1941 · 7.7

The Twilight Zone
1985 · 7.7

ALF
1986 · 7.6

The Wild Wild West
1965 · 7.6

The Killing
1956 · 7.6

The Big Sleep
1946 · 7.6

The A-Team
1983 · 7.5

Bonanza
1959 · 7.5

Quincy, M.E.
1976 · 7.5

A Gentleman at Heart
1942 · 7.5

Ball of Fire
1941 · 7.4

Starsky & Hutch
1975 · 7.4

Night Court
1984 · 7.3

Rawhide
1959 · 7.3

Shane
1953 · 7.3

Magnum, P.I.
1980 · 7.3

Batman
1966 · 7.3

The Fugitive
1963 · 7.3

77 Sunset Strip
1958 · 7.2

McCloud
1970 · 7.2

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · 7.2

The Third Man
1959 · 7.2

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 · 7.2

Sergeant York
1941 · 7.2

Hellzapoppin'
1941 · 7.2

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · 7.2

S.W.A.T.
1975 · 7.2

The Bionic Woman
1976 · 7.0

Police Story
1973 · 7.0

The Champ
1979 · 7.0

Danger – Love at Work
1937 · 7.0

Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937 · 7.0

Grand Jury Secrets
1939 · 7.0

Her Unborn Child
1930 · 7.0

Phantom Lady
1944 · 6.9

Mannix
1967 · 6.9

Trackdown
1957 · 6.9

A Man Called Shenandoah
1965 · 6.9

Plunder Road
1957 · 6.9

Electra Glide in Blue
1973 · 6.9

Emperor of the North
1973 · 6.9

Trial
1955 · 6.9

I Wake Up Screaming
1941 · 6.9

The Movie Murderer
1970 · 6.9

The Night Stalker
1972 · 6.9

Ironside
1967 · 6.8

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · 6.8

Startime
1959 · 6.8

Tightrope
1959 · 6.8

The Monroes
1966 · 6.8

General Electric Theater
1953 · 6.8

Day of the Outlaw
1959 · 6.8

The Outfit
1973 · 6.8

Love Crazy
1941 · 6.8

Salem's Lot
1979 · 6.8

House on Haunted Hill
1959 · 6.7

The Haunted Palace
1963 · 6.7

Simon & Simon
1981 · 6.7

Thriller
1960 · 6.7

Gunsmoke
1955 · 6.7

Outlaws
1960 · 6.7

One-Eyed Jacks
1961 · 6.7

Born to Kill
1947 · 6.7

Submarine Patrol
1938 · 6.7

Adventures of Superman
1952 · 6.6

Peter Gunn
1958 · 6.6

Switch
1975 · 6.6

Don't Bother to Knock
1952 · 6.6

The Great Bank Robbery
1969 · 6.6

Winterhawk
1975 · 6.6

Two Smart People
1946 · 6.6

Bat Masterson
1958 · 6.5

Baretta
1975 · 6.5

The Deputy
1959 · 6.5

The Dakotas
1963 · 6.5

Stranger on the Third Floor
1940 · 6.5

The Spy in the Green Hat
1967 · 6.5

The Devil Is Driving
1937 · 6.5

Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
1984 · 6.5

College Confidential
1960 · 6.5

Platinum High School
1960 · 6.5

Man at Large
1941 · 6.5

Tom Horn
1980 · 6.4

Surfside 6
1960 · 6.3

The Indian Fighter
1955 · 6.3

Love Is News
1937 · 6.3

Burke's Law
1963 · 6.2

Messiah of Evil
1975 · 6.2

Hammett
1982 · 6.2

A-Haunting We Will Go
1942 · 6.2

Carny
1980 · 6.2

Behave Yourself!
1951 · 6.2

Harry's War
1981 · 6.2

The Lonely Man
1957 · 6.1

Drum Beat
1954 · 6.1

Three Blind Mice
1938 · 6.1

Dead of Night
1977 · 6.0

Dark Waters
1944 · 6.0

Pigskin Parade
1936 · 6.0

Johnny Ringo
1959 · 5.9

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984 · 5.9

I, the Jury
1953 · 5.9

They Won't Forget
1937 · 5.9

Dillinger
1945 · 5.9

Night Slaves
1970 · 5.9

Honor Among Lovers
1931 · 5.9

My Lucky Star
1938 · 5.9

Night Chase
1970 · 5.9

The Millionaire
1955 · 5.8

Cimarron Strip
1967 · 5.8

The Glass Cage
1964 · 5.8

Up in Arms
1944 · 5.8

The Long Night
1947 · 5.8

1941
1979 · 5.8

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972 · 5.7

Baptism of Fire
1943 · 5.7

Black Zoo
1963 · 5.7

Flaxy Martin
1949 · 5.7

Wildcat
1942 · 5.7

Why Girls Leave Home
1945 · 5.7

St. Ives
1976 · 5.7

He Married His Wife
1940 · 5.6

Baby Face Nelson
1957 · 5.6

Thunder Over the Plains
1953 · 5.6

Blacula
1972 · 5.5

Papa's Delicate Condition
1963 · 5.5

The Phantom of Hollywood
1974 · 5.5

Tin Pan Alley
1940 · 5.5

Johnny Cool
1963 · 5.4

El Condor
1970 · 5.4

The Great Gatsby
1949 · 5.4

The Falcon's Alibi
1946 · 5.4

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 · 5.3

Welcome to Hard Times
1967 · 5.3

Dark Mountain
1944 · 5.3

Johnny Staccato
1959 · 5.2

The Gangster
1947 · 5.2

The Black Bird
1975 · 5.2

Fall Guy
1947 · 5.2

The Rebel
1959 · 5.1

The Blue Knight
1975 · 5.0

This Girl for Hire
1983 · 5.0

Chicago Confidential
1957 · 5.0

Public Deb No. 1
1940 · 4.9

Blonde Alibi
1946 · 4.8

Accused of Murder
1956 · 4.8

The Pigs vs. The Freaks
1984 · 4.5

Voodoo Island
1957 · 4.5

Blood on the Arrow
1964 · 4.4

Timberjack
1955 · 4.2

Climax!
1954 · 3.8

Cinderella Jones
1946 · 3.8

National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982 · 3.5

The Fatal Impulse
1960 · 1.0

The O. Henry Playhouse
1957 · 0.0

Cry for Poor Wally
1969 · 0.0

Superman's Peril
1954 · 0.0

Senior Power
1975 · 0.0