Elisha Cook Jr.
Acting Born Dec 26, 1903 Died May 18, 1995 San Francisco, California, USA 193 credits
Biography
Elisha Cook Jr. was an American character actor. He was born on December 26, 1903, in San Francisco, California, USA. Cook made a career out of playing cowardly villains and weedy neurotics in numerous films. He is perhaps most noted for his portrayal of a character in The Maltese Falcon. Elisha Cook Jr. appeared in 181 known credits. He was male and known by the nickname Elish. Cook passed away on May 18, 1995, at the age of 91.
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Career overview
Elisha Cook Jr. was an American character actor. He made a career out of playing cowardly villains and weedy neurotics in dozens of films. His portrayal of a character who tries to intimidate Humphrey Bogart's Sam Spade is notable.
Cook Jr.'s acting credits include numerous film roles. He was known for his work in the film industry. The extent of his involvement in television is not specified in the provided information.
Elisha Cook Jr. was born on December 26, 1903, in San Francisco, California, USA. He passed away on May 18, 1995, at the age of 91.
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Career timeline
They Came from the Attic
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
ALF
The Twilight Zone
Night CourtIt Came Upon the Midnight ClearThe Pigs vs. The FreaksTreasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
The A-TeamThis Girl for Hire
HammettNational Lampoon's Movie MadnessTerror at Alcatraz
Simon & SimonLeave 'Em LaughingHarry's War
Magnum, P.I.Magnum, P.I.Magnum, P.I.Tom HornCarny
Salem's Lot1941The Champ
Dead of NightMad Bull
Quincy, M.E.The Bionic WomanSt. Ives
Starsky & HutchBarettaSwitchS.W.A.T.The Blue Knight
The Phantom of Hollywood
Police StoryPat Garrett & Billy the KidEmperor of the NorthThe OutfitElectra Glide in Blue
The Night StalkerBlaculaThe Great Northfield Minnesota RaidScarecrow
McCloudThe Odd CoupleThe Movie MurdererEl CondorNight Chase
The Great Bank RobberyCry for Poor Wally
Rosemary's BabyThe Movie Orgy
IronsideMannixCimarron StripThe Spy in the Green HatWelcome to Hard Times
Star TrekBatmanThe Monroes
The Wild Wild WestA Man Called Shenandoah
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.The Glass CageThe Big Parade of ComedyBlood on the Arrow
The FugitiveBurke's LawThe DakotasJohnny CoolThe Haunted Palace
One-Eyed Jacks
ThrillerSurfside 6OutlawsThe IslandersCollege Confidential
BonanzaRawhideRawhideRawhideThe Rebel
Peter GunnBat MastersonBat Masterson77 Sunset Strip
Perry MasonPerry MasonTrackdownPanic!Plunder Road
The KillingAccused of Murder
Full Filmography
193 titles- They Came from the Attic (2022) as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
- The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987) as Pappy Glue
- ALF (1986) as Uncle Albert
- The Twilight Zone (1985) as (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
- Night Court (1984) as Wilbur Posten
- It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984) as Mr. Bibbs
- The Pigs vs. The Freaks (1984) as Novatney
- Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse (1984) as Mr. Maps
- The A-Team (1983) as Jim Beam
- This Girl for Hire (1983) as Eddie
- Hammett (1982) as Eli the Taxi Driver
- National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982) as Mousy ("Municipalians")
- Terror at Alcatraz (1982) as Hotel Desk Clerk
- Simon & Simon (1981)
- Leave 'Em Laughing (1981) as Jetter
- Harry's War (1981) as Sgt. Billy
- Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Harold W. Farber
- Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler
- Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Wilmer
- Tom Horn (1980) as Stable Hand
- Carny (1980) as On-Your-Mark
- Salem's Lot (1979) as Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
- 1941 (1979) as The Patron (Dexter)
- The Champ (1979) as Georgie
- Dead of Night (1977) as Karel
- Mad Bull (1977) as Sweeper
- Quincy, M.E. (1976) as Mr. Charles Trout Sr.
- The Bionic Woman (1976)
- St. Ives (1976) as Eddie
- Starsky & Hutch (1975)
- Baretta (1975)
- Switch (1975) as Henley
- S.W.A.T. (1975)
- The Blue Knight (1975)
- Messiah of Evil (1975) as Charlie
- The Black Bird (1975) as Wilmer Cook
- Winterhawk (1975) as Finley
- Senior Power (1975) as Mr. Boyle
- The Phantom of Hollywood (1974) as Studio Engineer (uncredited)
- Police Story (1973)
- Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) as Cody
- Emperor of the North (1973) as Gray Cat
- The Outfit (1973) as Carl
- Electra Glide in Blue (1973) as Willie
- The Night Stalker (1972) as Mickey Crawford
- Blacula (1972) as Sam
- The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972) as Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
- Scarecrow (1972) as Micah
- McCloud (1970)
- The Odd Couple (1970) as Heel
- The Movie Murderer (1970) as Willie Peanuts
- El Condor (1970) as Old Convict
- Night Chase (1970) as Proprietor
- Night Slaves (1970)
- The Great Bank Robbery (1969) as Jeb
- Cry for Poor Wally (1969)
- Rosemary's Baby (1968) as Mr. Nicklas
- The Movie Orgy (1968) as Self (archive footage)
- Ironside (1967)
- Mannix (1967)
- Cimarron Strip (1967)
- The Spy in the Green Hat (1967) as Arnold
- Welcome to Hard Times (1967) as Hanson
- Star Trek (1966) as Samuel Cogley
- Batman (1966) as Professor Isaacson
- The Monroes (1966)
- The Wild Wild West (1965)
- A Man Called Shenandoah (1965) as Judd
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) as Arnold
- The Glass Cage (1964) as Ellen's father
- The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) as Joe in 'Love Crazy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Blood on the Arrow (1964) as Tex
- The Fugitive (1963) as Sailor
- Burke's Law (1963) as Wyatt
- The Dakotas (1963)
- Johnny Cool (1963) as Underworld Leader
- The Haunted Palace (1963) as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith
- Papa's Delicate Condition (1963) as Mr. Keith
- Black Zoo (1963) as Joe
- One-Eyed Jacks (1961) as Carvey
- Thriller (1960) as Harry Elser
- Surfside 6 (1960)
- Outlaws (1960)
- The Islanders (1960) as Tomas
- College Confidential (1960) as Ted Blake
- Platinum High School (1960) as Harry Nesbit
- The Fatal Impulse (1960) as Harry Elser
- Bonanza (1959) as John Walker
- Rawhide (1959) as Bain
- Rawhide (1959) as Joel Turner
- Rawhide (1959) as Jim Gribble
- The Rebel (1959) as Jeremy Hake
- The Deputy (1959) as Miller
- Johnny Staccato (1959)
- Startime (1959) as Trick
- Johnny Ringo (1959) as Maxie Dolan
- The Third Man (1959)
- Tightrope (1959)
- House on Haunted Hill (1959) as Watson Pritchard
- Day of the Outlaw (1959) as Larry Teter, Town Barber
- Peter Gunn (1958)
- Bat Masterson (1958) as Pete Sheeley
- Bat Masterson (1958) as Thorn Loomis
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
- Perry Mason (1957) as Art Crowley
- Perry Mason (1957) as Reelin' Pete
- Trackdown (1957)
- Panic! (1957)
- Plunder Road (1957) as Skeets Jonas
- Baby Face Nelson (1957) as Homer van Meter
- The O. Henry Playhouse (1957) as Fred
- Voodoo Island (1957) as Martin Schuyler
- The Lonely Man (1957) as Willie
- Chicago Confidential (1957) as Candymouth Duggan
- The Killing (1956) as George Peatty
- Accused of Murder (1956) as 'Whitey' Pollock
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Huggins
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Cyrus Tucker
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Jocko Beal
- Gunsmoke (1955) as George
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Shorty
- The Millionaire (1955) as Ed Nevins
- Trial (1955) as Finn
- The Indian Fighter (1955) as Briggs
- Timberjack (1955) as Punky (as Elisha Cook)
- Climax! (1954) as Pop
- Drum Beat (1954) as Blaine Crackel
- The Outlaw's Daughter (1954) as Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
- Superman's Peril (1954) as Homer Garrity
- Shane (1953) as Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Jed
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Willy Zucks
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Lloyd Harwell
- Thunder Over the Plains (1953) as Joseph Standish
- I, the Jury (1953)
- I, the Jury (1953) as Bobo
- Adventures of Superman (1952)
- Don't Bother to Knock (1952) as Eddie Forbes
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
- Behave Yourself! (1951) as Albert Jonas
- The Great Gatsby (1949) as Klipspringer
- Flaxy Martin (1949) as Roper
- Born to Kill (1947) as Marty
- The Long Night (1947) as Frank Dunlap
- The Gangster (1947) as Oval
- Fall Guy (1947) as Joe
- The Big Sleep (1946) as Harry Jones
- Blonde Alibi (1946) as Sam Collins
- Two Smart People (1946) as Fly Feletti
- Joe Palooka, Champ (1946) as Eugene
- Cinderella Jones (1946) as Oliver S. Patch
- The Falcon's Alibi (1946) as Nick
- Why Girls Leave Home (1945) as Jimmy Lobo
- Dillinger (1945) as Kirk Otto
- Phantom Lady (1944) as Cliff Milburn
- Up in Arms (1944) as Info Jones
- Dark Mountain (1944) as Whitey
- Dark Waters (1944) as Cleeve
- Baptism of Fire (1943) as Bill (uncredited)
- Kill or Be Killed (1943)
- A-Haunting We Will Go (1942) as Frank Lucas
- A Gentleman at Heart (1942) as Genius
- Manila Calling (1942) as Gillman
- Wildcat (1942) as Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
- Sleepytime Gal (1942) as Ernie
- The Maltese Falcon (1941) as Wilmer Cook
- Sergeant York (1941) as Piano Player (uncredited)
- Ball of Fire (1941) as Waiter
- Hellzapoppin' (1941) as Harry Selby
- I Wake Up Screaming (1941) as Harry Williams
- Love Crazy (1941) as Joe (elevator operator)
- Man at Large (1941) as Hotel Clerk
- He Married His Wife (1940) as Dicky Brown
- Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) as Joe Briggs
- Public Deb No. 1 (1940) as Communist
- Tin Pan Alley (1940) as Joe Codd
- Grand Jury Secrets (1939) as Robert Austin / Norman Hazlitt
- Three Blind Mice (1938) as Boy on Bench (uncredited)
- Submarine Patrol (1938) as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
- Newsboys' Home (1938) as Danny
- My Lucky Star (1938) as Waldo
- Danger – Love at Work (1937) as McBain, the chemist
- Love Is News (1937) as Egbert Eggleston
- They Won't Forget (1937) as Joe Turner
- Life Begins in College (1937) as Oliver ("Ollie") Stearns Jr.
- Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937) as Glen Wylie
- The Devil Is Driving (1937) as Tony Stevens
- Two in a Crowd (1936) as Skeeter
- Pigskin Parade (1936) as Herbert Van Dyke
- Honor Among Lovers (1931) as Office Boy (uncredited)
- Chills and Fever (1930) as Member of the Glee Club
- Her Unborn Child (1930) as Stewart Kennedy
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Elisha Cook Jr. best known for?
Elisha Cook Jr. is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including ALF (1986), The Twilight Zone (1985), Night Court (1984), The A-Team (1983).
When and where was Elisha Cook Jr. born?
Elisha Cook Jr. was born on December 26, 1903 in San Francisco, California, USA. They passed away on May 18, 1995.
How many credits does Elisha Cook Jr. have?
Elisha Cook Jr. has accumulated over 193 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1930 to 2022.
What is Elisha Cook Jr.'s background in cinema and television?
Elisha Cook Jr. was an American character actor. He was born on December 26, 1903, in San Francisco, California, USA. Cook made a career out of playing cowardly villains and weedy neurotics in numerous films. He is perhaps most noted for his portrayal of a character in The Maltese Falcon. Elisha Cook Jr. appeared in 18...