Elisha Cook Jr.
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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Known For
192 titles
Day of the Outlaw
Love Is News
The Spy in the Green Hat
Winterhawk
Emperor of the North
Public Deb No. 1
Welcome to Hard Times
Don't Bother to Knock
Thunder Over the Plains
Phantom Lady
Dead of Night
Hammett
The Long Night
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Messiah of Evil
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
The Gangster
Pigskin Parade
Up in Arms
Johnny Cool
Cinderella Jones
The Lonely Man
Behave Yourself!
Born to Kill
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