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Elisha Cook Jr.

Highest Rated:: 100% Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
Lowest Rated:: 0% National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1981)

Birthday:: Dec 26, 1903
Birthplace:: San Francisco, California, USA
Bio:: 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…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 0% - 100%

Number of Movies: 82

Box Office Since 2001: --

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2000		Dillinger	Actor	--
1987		The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (Unchained)	Pappy Glue	--
1984		It Came Upon the Midnight Clear	Actor	--
1982	78%	Hammett	Eli the Taxi Driver	--
1981		Leave 'Em Laughing	Actor	--
1981	0%	National Lampoon's Movie Madness	Mousy	--
1981		Harry's War	Sgt. Billy	--
1980		Carny	OnYour-Mark	--
1980		Tom Horn	Stable Hand	--
1979	33%	1941	Customer	--
1979	40%	The Champ	Georgie	--
1979	82%	Salem's Lot	Weasel Phillips	--
1977		Mad Bull	Actor	--
1976		Winterhawk	Rev. Will Finley	--
1976	38%	St. Ives	Eddie the Bell Boy	--
1975		The Black Bird	Wilmer Cook	--
1974		Dead People (Messiah of Evil)(Revenge of the Screaming Dead)(The Second Coming)	Charlie	--
1973	82%	Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid	Cody	--
1973		The Outfit	Carl	--
1973	75%	Electra Glide in Blue	Willie	--
1973		Emperor of the North Pole (Emperor of the North)	Gray Cat	--
1972		The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid	Bunker	--
1972	86%	The Night Stalker	Mickey Crawford	--
1972		Scarecrow	Actor	--
1972	45%	Blacula	Sam	--
1970		El Condor (The Condor)	Old Convict	--
1970		L.A. Cab	Actor	--
1968	98%	Rosemary's Baby	Mr. Nicklas	--
1967		Welcome to Hard Times (Killer on a Horse)	Hanson	--
1963		Johnny Cool	Undertaker	--
1963		Papa's Delicate Condition	Mr. Keith	--
1963		Black Zoo	Joe	--
1963	80%	The Haunted Palace	Peter Smith	--
1961	46%	One Eyed Jacks	Bank Teller	--
1960		Platinum High School	Harry Nesbitt	--
1959	95%	House On Haunted Hill	Watson Pritchard	--
1959		Day of the Outlaw	Larry	--
1957		Baby Face Nelson	Van Meter	--
1957		Chicago Confidential	Candymouth	--
1957		The Lonely Man	Willie	--
1957		Plunder Road	Skeets	--
1957		Voodoo Island (Silent Death)	Martin Schuyler	--
1956	97%	The Killing	George Peatty	--
1956		Accused of Murder	Whitey Pollock	--
1955		The Indian Fighter	Briggs	--
1955		Trial	Finn	--
1955		Timberjack	Punky	--
1954		Drum Beat	Crackel	--
1953		Thunder Over the Plains	Standish	--
1953	97%	Shane	Frank Torrey	--
1953		I, the Jury	Bobo	--
1952	100%	Don't Bother to Knock	Eddie	--
1951		Behave Yourself	Jonas	--
1949		The Great Gatsby	Klipsringer	--
1949		Flaxy Martin	Roper	--
1947		Fall Guy	Joe	--
1947		The Gangster	Oval	--
1947		The Long Night	Frank	--
1947		Born to Kill (Lady of Deceit)	Marty Waterman	--
1946	96%	The Big Sleep	Harry Jones	--
1945		Dillinger	Kirk	--
1945		Why Girls Leave Home	Jimmie Lobo	--
1944		Up in Arms	Info Jones	--
1944	100%	Phantom Lady	Cliff Milburn	--
1944		Dark Waters	Cleeve	--
1944		Dark Mountain	Whitey	--
1942		Wildcat	"Chicopee" Nevins	--
1942		A-Haunting We Will Go	Frank Lucas	--
1942		In This Our Life	Roadhouse Customer	--
1941	80%	I Wake Up Screaming	Harry Williams	--
1941	100%	The Maltese Falcon	Wilmer Cook	--
1941	83%	Sergeant York	Piano Player	--
1941		Hellzapoppin	Assistant Director	--
1941	100%	Ball of Fire	Waiter	--
1941	100%	Love Crazy	Elevator Boy	--
1940		Tin Pan Alley	Joe Cadd	--
1940	83%	Stranger on the Third Floor	Joe Briggs	--
1938		My Lucky Star	Waldo	--
1937		Love Is News	Egbert Eggleston	--
1937		They Won't Forget	Joe Turner	--
1937		Thoroughbreds Don't Cry	Boots Maguire	--
1936		Pigskin Parade	Herbert Van Dyke	--

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Quotes from Elisha Cook Jr.'s Characters

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1. Wilmer Cook: Keep on riding me and they're gonna be picking iron out of your liver.
2. Sam Spade: The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.
From The Maltese Falcon. Submitted by Francis L (17 days ago)