Rosemary's Baby
1968
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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...
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...
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.
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...
Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr. (December 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995) was an American character actor famed for his work in films noir. According to Bill Georgaris of They Shoot Pictures, Don't They, [citation needed] Cook appeared in a total of 21 films noir, more than any other actor or actress.
May 29, 1995 · Elisha Cook Jr., who played the villain in more than 100 movies, including his role as a sycophantic, frustrated killer in “The Maltese Falcon,” has died at the age of 91. A Screen Actors...
American actor Elisha Cook Jr. was the son of an influential theatrical actor/writer/producer who died early in the 20th Century. The younger Cook was in vaudeville and stock by the time he was fourteen-years old. In 1928, Cook enjoyed critical praise for his performance in the play Her Unborn Child, a performance he would repeat for his film ...
