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name: "Elisha Cook Jr."
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elisha-cook-jr"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 December 1903"
died: "18 May 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 85
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:57.138176+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Elisha Cook Jr.

Actor. Born 26 December 1903 in San Francisco, California, USA. Died 18 May 1995.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 December 1903, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Died:** 18 May 1995
- **Active:** 1941–1966
- **Also known as:** Elisha Cook, Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr., Элиша Кук, Еліша Кук, الیشا کوک جونیور

## Biography

Elisha Cook Jr. (1903–1995) was an American character actor. He appeared in numerous films and television series from the 1930s to the 1980s, often in supporting roles as neurotics, weaklings or villains.

Born in San Francisco and raised in Chicago, he began acting in vaudeville and stock theatre as a teenager before working on Broadway. He moved to Hollywood in 1936. His performance as the gunsel Wilmer Cook in *The Maltese Falcon* (1941) led to typecasting in similar parts. Other notable roles include Harry Jones in *The Big Sleep* (1946), George Peatty in *The Killing* (1956), 'Stonewall' Torrey in *Shane* (1953), Watson Pritchard in *House on Haunted Hill* (1959) and Mr. Nicklas in *Rosemary's Baby* (1968). He also appeared in episodes of *Star Trek* (1966) and *ALF* (1986).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Star Trek* (1966), Fi1m 83, as Samuel Cogley — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)
- *The Maltese Falcon* (1941), Fi1m 87, as Wilmer Cook — [page](https://film.one/film/the-maltese-falcon.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *The Big Sleep* (1946), Actor

## Also known for

- *Rosemary's Baby* (1968), Mr. Nicklas
- *The Killing* (1956), George Peatty
- *ALF* (1986), Uncle Albert
- *The A-Team* (1983), Jim Beam
- *1941* (1979), The Patron (Dexter)
- *Shane* (1953), Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey
- *House on Haunted Hill* (1959), Watson Pritchard
- *Batman* (1966), Professor Isaacson

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