Elisha Cook Jr. - Movies, Bio & Filmography

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★ Acting🎥 125 films📺 68 TV shows📅 1930–2022🔥 1

Also known as: Elisha Cook, Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr., Элиша Кук, Еліша Кук...

Born in San Francisco, California, USA

1903-12-26 (age 91 at death)

Died 1995-05-18

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.

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Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr. (December 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995) was an American character actor famed for his work in film noir. He played cheerful, brainy collegiates until he was cast against type as the bug-eyed baby-faced killer Wilmer Cook in the 1941 version of The Maltese Falcon. He went on to play deceptively mild-mannered villains. Cook's acting career spanned more than 60 years, with roles in productions including The Big Sleep, Shane, The Killing, House on Haunted Hill and Rosemary's Baby.
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