Biography
Elisha Vanslyck Cook, Jr. (December 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995) was an American character actor who made a career out of playing cowardly villains and weedy neurotics in dozens of films. He was perhaps most noted for his portrayal of the "gunsel" Wilmer, who tries to intimidate Humphrey Bogart's Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon.
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Filmography
Cast Credits
They Came from the Attic
Character: Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)
MOVIE • 2022
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
Character: Pappy Glue
MOVIE • 1987
ALF
Character: Uncle Albert
TV • 1986
ALF
Character: Uncle Albert (archive footage)
TV • 1986
The Twilight Zone
Character: (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
TV • 1985
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Character: Mr. Bibbs
MOVIE • 1984
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
Character: Novatney
MOVIE • 1984
Night Court
Character: Wilbur Posten
TV • 1984
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
Character: Mr. Maps
MOVIE • 1984
The A-Team
Character: Jim Beam
TV • 1983
This Girl for Hire
Character: Eddie
MOVIE • 1983
Terror at Alcatraz
Character: Hotel Desk Clerk
MOVIE • 1982
Hammett
Character: Eli the Taxi Driver
MOVIE • 1982
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Character: Mousy ("Municipalians")
MOVIE • 1982
Simon & Simon
Character:
TV • 1981
Leave 'Em Laughing
Character: Jetter
MOVIE • 1981
Harry's War
Character: Sgt. Billy
MOVIE • 1981
Magnum, P.I.
Character: Harold W. Farber
TV • 1980
Magnum, P.I.
Character: Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler
TV • 1980
Magnum, P.I.
Character: Wilmer
TV • 1980