Elisha Cook Jr.

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elisha Cook, Jr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Perry MasonSeries • 1957BonanzaSeries • 1959Star TrekSeries • 1966Magnum, P.I.Series • 1980IronsideSeries • 1967The FugitiveSeries • 1963The A-TeamSeries • 1983MannixSeries • 1967Night CourtSeries • 1984BatmanSeries • 1966Quincy, M.E.Series • 1976Climax!Series • 1954Simon & SimonSeries • 1981The Wild Wild WestSeries • 1965ALFSeries • 1986The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1985Starsky & HutchSeries • 1975RawhideSeries • 1959The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpSeries • 1955Burke's LawSeries • 1963The Odd CoupleSeries • 1970Peter GunnSeries • 1958Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955SwitchSeries • 1975