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Elisha Cook, Jr. is a Actor American born on 26 december 1903 at San Francisco (USA)

Elisha Cook, Jr.

Elisha Cook, Jr.
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Birth name Elisha Vanslyck Cook, Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 26 december 1903 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 18 may 1995 (at 91 years) at Big Pine (USA)

Elisha Vanslyck Cook, Jr. (December 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995) was an American character actor, probably best remembered as the "gunsel" Wilmer, who tries to intimidate Humphrey Bogart's Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, but his acting career spanned more than 60 years, with roles in films such as The Big Sleep, Shane, The Killing, and House on Haunted Hill.

Biography

Cook was married twice, to Mary Lou Cook in 1929 (divorced in 1942) and Peggy McKenna Cook in 1943, a union which lasted until his death. He had no children.


Cook lived in Bishop, California, typically summering on Lake Sabrina in the Sierra Nevada. According to John Huston, who directed him in The Maltese Falcon:"[Cook] lived alone up in the High Sierra, tied flies and caught golden trout between films. When he was wanted in Hollywood, they sent word up to his mountain cabin by courier. He would come down, do a picture, and then withdraw again to his retreat."

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Filmography of Elisha Cook, Jr. (104 films)

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Actor

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains, 1h55
Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Val Kilmer, Charles Durning, Paul Benjamin, Sônia Braga, Kyra Sedgwick, James Keach
Roles Pappy Glue
Rating70% 3.5395153.5395153.5395153.5395153.539515
Robert Burns, un vétéran de la Première Guerre mondiale retourne aux États-Unis mais n'arrive pas à trouver sa place dans la société. Parti chercher fortune dans le Sud, il est condamné pour vol à dix ans de travaux forcés dans un bagne de Géorgie : Chain Gang. Après son évasion il refait sa vie à Chicago jusqu’à ce que son passé le rattrape...
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, 1h36
Directed by Peter H. Hunt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Mickey Rooney, Scott Grimes, George Gaynes, Barrie Youngfellow, Annie Potts, Elisha Cook, Jr.
Roles Mr. Bibbs
Rating74% 3.7329353.7329353.7329353.7329353.732935
The film centers on Mike Halligan, a retired cop, who suffers a fatal heart attack while putting up Christmas lights days before Christmas. While in heaven he makes a deal to return to life for a few days in order to fulfill a promise to take his grandson to New York City for the holidays.
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
Directed by Dick Lowry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Eugene Roche, Grant Goodeve, Tony Randall, Adam Baldwin, Stephen Furst, Penny Peyser
Roles Novatney
Rating60% 3.0480753.0480753.0480753.0480753.048075
In the late 1960s in a small town, a police chief and his hippie son lead opposing football teams to settle their differences. The police ("Pigs") play against the hippies ("Freaks").
Hammett
Hammett (1982)
, 1h37
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Wim Wenders
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Crime
Themes Films about writers
Actors Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Elisha Cook, Jr., Richard Bradford
Roles Eli the Taxi Driver
Rating63% 3.197153.197153.197153.197153.19715
San Francisco-based Dashiell Hammett, trying to put his Pinkerton detective days behind him while establishing himself as a writer, finds himself drawn back into his old life one last time by the irresistible call of friendship and to honor a debt.
Harry's War, 1h38
Directed by Kieth Merrill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Edward Herrmann, Geraldine Page, Karen Grassle, David Ogden Stiers, Salome Jens, Elisha Cook, Jr.
Roles Sgt. Billy
Rating60% 3.0001053.0001053.0001053.0001053.000105
After his aunt dies of a heart attack while fighting the IRS, Harry Johnson decides to take up the cause in what may seem to be an unconventional manner: he declares war on the IRS. After the funeral of Harry's aunt, Harry uses a tank to sabotage a television interview of his IRS nemesis. Several violent outcomes occur with some anti-government rhetoric.
Carny
Carny (1980)
, 1h47
Directed by Robert Kaylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Circus films
Actors Gary Busey, Jodie Foster, Robbie Robertson, Meg Foster, Kenneth McMillan, Fred Ward
Roles On-Your-Mark
Rating64% 3.2002953.2002953.2002953.2002953.200295
Frankie (Gary Busey) and Patch (Robbie Robertson) are friends who work for the Great American Carnival, a small-time carnival that tours the South. Frankie does an act as The Mighty Bozo, a character who sits in a dunk tank insulting the crowd, while Patch takes the money, points out the next mark to milk of his money to the Bozo, and distributes the balls outside. Patch is also the show's "adjuster," hence his carny name, working with the owner of the carnival, Heavy St. John (Kenneth McMillan) negotiating deals with local officials and representatives of the local underworld to keep the show open.
Tom Horn
Tom Horn (1980)
, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Historical, Romance, Western
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth, Slim Pickens, Billy "Green" Bush, Elisha Cook, Jr.
Roles Stable Hand
Rating67% 3.3961153.3961153.3961153.3961153.396115
Tom Horn, a legendary frontier scout and tracker who helped capture Geronimo, drifts around the quickly disappearing western frontier. The story begins as he rides into a small town and provokes prizefighter Jim Corbett, ending up in a livery stable, unconscious and badly bruised.
1941
1941 (1979)
, 1h58
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Action
Themes Military humor in film, Seafaring films, Christmas films, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Christopher Lee
Roles The Patron (Dexter)
Rating58% 2.9000752.9000752.9000752.9000752.900075
On Saturday, December 13, 1941 at 7:01 a.m., a woman goes swimming somewhere on the California coast, only to find a Japanese submarine surfacing beneath her. The submarine crew believes they have arrived in Hollywood, and the vessel submerges while the woman swims to safety.
The Champ
The Champ (1979)
, 2h3
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder, Jack Warden, Arthur Hill, Joan Blondell
Roles Georgie
Rating68% 3.401083.401083.401083.401083.40108
Billy Flynn, an ex-boxing champion, is now a horse trainer in Hialeah, Florida. He makes just enough money to raise his little son T.J., of whom Flynn has full custody of since his wife Annie left him, seven years before the events of the film. T.J. worships "The Champ," who has gambling debts and begins working on a comeback to give his boy a better future. Suddenly Annie shows up again and wants to become a part of T.J.'s life.
Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries), 3h4
Directed by Tobe Hooper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film
Actors David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia, Lew Ayres, Julie Cobb
Roles Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
Rating69% 3.484343.484343.484343.484343.48434
The prologue shows a church in Guatemala in which a man and a boy, Ben Mears and Mark Petrie, are filling small bottles with holy water. When one of the bottles begins to emit an eerie supernatural glow, Mears tells Petrie "They've found us again." Knowing an evil presence is there, they decide to fight it.
Dead of Night, 1h16
Directed by Dan Curtis
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film
Actors Ed Begley Jr., Patrick Macnee, Horst Buchholz, Ann Doran, Christina Hart Doubleday, Anjanette Comer
Roles Karel
Rating62% 3.100123.100123.100123.100123.10012
Trois histoires, trois différents concepts sur le fantastique : une histoire de voyage dans le temps, une de vampires et une sur le retour à la vie d'un défunt.
St. Ives
St. Ives (1976)
, 1h34
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Charles Bronson, Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, John Houseman, Harry Guardino, Harris Yulin
Roles Eddie
Rating61% 3.096263.096263.096263.096263.09626
Abner Procane hires Raymond St. Ives, a crime reporter and ex-policeman, to return five ledgers stolen from his safe.
The Outfit
The Outfit (1975)
, 1h43
Directed by John Flynn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Mafia films, L'Outfit de Chicago, Gangster films
Actors Robert Duvall, Karen Black, Joe Don Baker, Robert Ryan, Timothy Carey, Sheree North
Roles Carl
Rating69% 3.497023.497023.497023.497023.49702
Two hitmen drive to Eddie Macklin's house to assassinate him as he builds a brick wall in his backyard. Meanwhile, Eddie's brother Earl (Robert Duvall) is released from prison in Illinois after a 27-month term for carrying a concealed weapon. His girlfriend Bett (Karen Black) picks him up and takes him to a motel. She informs Earl of his brother's execution by the Outfit. Earl deduces that the motel stay is a setup, and when one of the hitmen who killed his brother bursts into the room, Earl ambushes him and tortures him for information.
The Black Bird, 1h50
Directed by David Giler
Genres Comedy
Actors George Segal, Stéphane Audran, Lionel Stander, Lee Patrick, Elisha Cook, Jr., Felix Silla
Roles Wilmer Cook
Rating54% 2.706482.706482.706482.706482.70648
When San Francisco private detective Sam Spade dies, his son, Sam, Jr., inherits his father's agency, including the sarcastic secretary, Effie Perine (also known as "Godzilla"). He must also continue his father's tradition of "serving minorities." When Caspar Gutman is killed outside Spade's building, his dying words are, "It's black and as long as your arm."