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Elisha Cook Jr.
Acting
Born: December 26, 1903
San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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
Rosemary's Baby
as Mr. Nicklas
The Big Sleep
as Harry Jones
The Haunted Palace
as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
Shane
as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
The Maltese Falcon
as Wilmer Cook
House on Haunted Hill
as Watson Pritchard
The Killing
as George Peatty
Messiah of Evil
as Charlie
One-Eyed Jacks
as Carvey
Day of the Outlaw
as Larry Teter, Town Barber
