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
The Great Bank Robbery
Love Crazy
The O. Henry Playhouse
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
Voodoo Island
The Big Parade of Comedy
Mad Bull
My Lucky Star
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Dillinger
College Confidential
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Life Begins in College
Blonde Alibi
I Wake Up Screaming
Tin Pan Alley
Timberjack
Night Slaves
The Movie Murderer
A-Haunting We Will Go
Baby Face Nelson
The Phantom of Hollywood
Chicago Confidential
Black Zoo
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