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Diminutive, wiry character player memorable for his numerous roles as cowardly villians and neurotics. Originally from vaudeville and the Broadway stage, Cook, who briefly entered films in 1929 before returning to the stage, made a strong impression with his definitive sniveling gunsel in "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), and followed with similar roles as weaklings or sadistic loser-hoods: Harry Jones in "The Big Sleep" (1946) and George Peatty in Stanley Kubrick's "The Killing" (1956) over a more than sixty-year career....
Full Bio & Milestones

Filmography

Hammett - ( Eli / 1982 / Released / )
National Lampoon Goes to the Movies - ( Mousy / 1982 / Released / )
Harry's War - ( Sergeant Billy / 1981 / Released / Taft International Pictures )
Carny - ( On-Your-Mark / 1980 / Released / )
1941 - ( Patron / 1979 / Released / )
The Champ - ( Georgie / 1979 / Released / )
St. Ives - ( Room Clerk / 1976 / Released / )
The Black Bird - ( Wilmer / 1975 / Released / )
Winterhawk - ( Reverend Will Finley / 1975 / Released / )
The Outfit - ( Carl / 1974 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Electra Glide in Blue - ( Willie / 1973 / Released / )
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid - ( / 1973 / Released / )
The Emperor of the North Pole - ( Gray Cat / 1973 / Released / )
Blacula - ( Sam / 1972 / Released / )
Messiah of Evil - ( Charlie / 1972 / Released / International Cinefilm Corporation )
The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid - ( Bunker / 1972 / Released / )
El Condor - ( Old Convict / 1970 / Released / )
The Great Bank Robbery - ( Jeb / 1969 / Released / )
Rosemary's Baby - ( Mr Nicklas / 1968 / Released / )
Welcome to Hard Times - ( Hanson / 1967 / Released / )
The Spy in the Green Hat - ( / 1966 / Released / )
The Glass Cage - ( / 1964 / Released / Futuramic )
Johnny Cool - ( Undertaker / 1963 / Released / )
Papa's Delicate Condition - ( Mr Keith / 1963 / Released / )
The Haunted Palace - ( Peter Smith / 1963 / Released / )
One-Eyed Jacks - ( Bank Teller / 1960 / Released / )
Platinum High School - ( Harry Nesbitt / 1960 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
House on Haunted Hill - ( Watson Pritchard / 1959 / Released / )
Day of the Outlaw - ( Larry / 1958 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Baby Face Nelson - ( Van Meter / 1957 / Released / )
Chicago Confidential - ( Candymouth / 1957 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Plunder Road - ( Skeets / 1957 / Released / )
The Lonely Man - ( Willie / 1957 / Released / )
Accused of Murder - ( / 1956 / Released / Republic Pictures Corporation )
The Killing - ( George Peatty / 1956 / Released / )
The Indian Fighter - ( Briggs / 1955 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Trial - ( Finn / 1955 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Drum Beat - ( Crackel / 1954 / Released / )
I, the Jury - ( Bobo / 1953 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
Shane - ( Torrey / 1953 / Released / )
Don't Bother to Knock - ( / 1952 / Released / )
Born to Kill - ( Marty Waterman / 1947 / Released / RKO Pictures Distribution )
The Long Night - ( / 1947 / Released / )
The Big Sleep - ( Harry Jones / 1946 / Released / )
The Falcon's Alibi - ( / 1946 / Released / RKO Pictures Distribution )
Dillinger - ( / 1945 / Released / )
Phantom Lady - ( / 1944 / Released / )
A Gentleman at Heart - ( / 1942 / Released / Fox Films, Ltd. )
The Maltese Falcon - ( Wilmer Cook / 1941 / Released / )
Stranger on the Third Floor - ( / 1940 / Released / RKO Pictures Distribution )
Pigskin Parade - ( / / Released / )
TV Credits
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
The Twilight Zone ( 1985 / Released ): Actor
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear ( 1984 / Released ): Actor
Off Sides ( 1984 / Released ): Actor
This Girl For Hire ( 1983 / Released ): Actor
Terror at Alcatraz ( 1982 / Released ): Actor
Leave 'Em Laughing ( 1981 / Released ): Actor
Magnum, P.I. ( 1980 / Released ): Actor
Salem's Lot ( 1979 / Released ): Actor
Mad Bull ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
The Night Stalker ( 1972 / Released ): Actor
Night Chase ( 1970 / Released ): Actor
The Movie Murderer ( 1970 / Released ): Actor
Star Trek ( Released ): Actor
The Trouble With Grandpa ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

Diminutive, wiry character player memorable for his numerous roles as cowardly villians and neurotics. Originally from vaudeville and the Broadway stage, Cook, who briefly entered films in 1929 before returning to the stage, made a strong impression with his definitive sniveling gunsel in "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), and followed with similar roles as weaklings or sadistic loser-hoods: Harry Jones in "The Big Sleep" (1946) and George Peatty in Stanley Kubrick's "The Killing" (1956) over a more than sixty-year career.

Profession(s):
Actor
Sometimes Credited As:
Elisha Cook
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Family
mother:Helen Henry
wife:Mary Lou Cook (married in 1929; divorced in 1942; died in 1944)

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Education
St Albans School Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts Chicago, Illinois
Milestones (Back to top)
1929 Feature acting debut, "Her Unborn Child"
1926 Made Broadway debut, "Henry- Behave"
1921 Stage actor
Appeared in vaudeville, joining Frank Balcon in "Lightnin'" from the age 14

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