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
Platinum High School
Scarecrow
Flaxy Martin
A Gentleman at Heart
The Falcon's Alibi
Manila Calling
Fall Guy
Two in a Crowd
Newsboys' Home
Terror at Alcatraz
Two Smart People
Senior Power
Dark Mountain
The Glass Cage
He Married His Wife
Leave 'Em Laughing
They Came from the Attic
Man at Large
Grand Jury Secrets
Why Girls Leave Home
Baptism of Fire
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
Cry for Poor Wally
Her Unborn Child
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