Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr. (December 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995) was an American character actor famed for his work in film noir. He played cheerful, brainy collegiates until he was cast against type as the …

In Universal's Phantom Lady (1944), he portrays a nightclub-orchestra drummer who, under the intoxicating influence of some substance or other, encounters Ella Raines during an afternoon's band …

May 18, 1995 · 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 …

May 26, 2025 · His big break came in 1933, when playwright Eugene O'Neil, cast Elisha Cook, Jr. in the role of "Richard Miller", in O'Neil's new work, "Ah, Wilderness!", starring composer, singer, and actor, …

Character actor. Cook was well-known for his 1941 role as Wilmer, the deranged killer-for-hire, in The Maltese Falcon, and has been credited with contributing to that film's classic status. Born in …

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Elisha Cook, Jr. (26 December 1903–18 May 1995; age 91) was the actor who played Samuel T. Cogley in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "Court Martial".

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May 18, 1995 · Elisha Cook Jr., whose intense, bug-eyed portrayal of Wilmer, the psychotic, baby-faced killer in The Maltese Falcon, made him a cult figure to a generation of moviegoers, died on Thursday …

Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr. (December 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995) was an American character actor famed for his work in film noir. He played cheerful, brainy collegiates until he was cast against type as the …