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Elisha Cook, Jr.
Actor, TV Actor
1903 – 1995
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Who was Elisha Cook, Jr.?
Elisha Vanslyck Cook, Jr. was an American character actor who made a career out of playing cowardly villains and weedy neurotics in dozens of films. He is best remembered for his portrayal of 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.
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- Born
- Dec 26, 1903
San Francisco - Also known as
- Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr.
- Elisha Vanslyck Cook, Jr.
- Elisha Cook
- Elisa Cook
- Hollywood's Lightest Heavy
- Cookie
- Elisha Cook Jr.
- Parents
- Spouses
- Peggy McKenna
(1943 - 1995/05/18) - Mary Lou Cook
(1929 - 1942)
- Peggy McKenna
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- St. Alban's College
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Lived in
- Chicago
- Died
- May 18, 1995
Big Pine
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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