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  1. May 21, 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...

  2. May 21, 1995 · Elisha Cook Jr., 91, the diminutive character actor who played the hired gun humiliated by Humphrey Bogart in "The Maltese Falcon" and the homesteader shot by Jack Palance in "Shane," died...

  3. Her Unborn Child. Up in Arms. See Elisha Cook Jr. full list of movies and tv shows from their career. Find where to watch Elisha Cook Jr.'s latest movies and tv shows.

  4. 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.

  5. May 20, 1995 · May 20, 1995 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Elisha Cook Jr., the shifty-eyed movie gangster who often fell victim to his own violence and will forever be remembered as Wilmer in “The Maltese...

  6. Feb 14, 2024 · Elisha Cook Jrs Role in the Classic Film Noir. In “The Maltese Falcon,” Elisha Cook Jr breathed life into Wilmer Cook, a character as complex as the twisting plot he navigates. Cook’s Wilmer is the quintessential gunsel—slang of the day for a trigger man with more bravado than sense—and he’s darkly fascinating. Cook, with his ...

  7. Elisha Cook Jr. | Rotten Tomatoes. Highest Rated: 100% Love Crazy (1941) Lowest Rated: Not Available. Birthday: Dec 26, 1903. Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA. Diminutive, wiry...

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