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Elisha Cook Jr. (1903–1995)


He debuted on stage at age 14 and worked in vaudeville, stock companies and Broadway. His only film appearance prior to 1936 was re-playing his stage role, the romantic juvenile lead, in Her Unborn Child. After more work on Broadway, he settled in Hollywood in 1936. From then on, he played type-cast small-time gangsters... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1981-1988 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler / Harold W. Farber / Wilmer
Resolutions: Part I (1988) … Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler (as Elisha Cook)
Resolutions: Part II (1988) … Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler (as Elisha Cook)
Forever in Time (1987) … Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler (as Elisha Cook)
Death of the Flowers (1986) … Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler (as Elisha Cook)
 
1988 ALF (TV series)
Uncle Albert
We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert (1988) … Uncle Albert (as Elisha Cook)
 
1987 The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (TV movie)
Pappy Glue
 
1983-1986 Simon & Simon (TV series)
Bradley Bishop / Marcus 'Dutch' Silver
Treasure (1986) … Bradley Bishop (as Elisa Cook)
Shadow of Sam Penny (1983) … Marcus 'Dutch' Silver (as Elisha Cook)
 
1986 The Fall Guy (TV series)
small-time crook
Tag Team (1986) … small-time crook
 
1986 The Twilight Zone (TV series)
Weldon (segment "Welcome to Winfield")
Welcome to Winfield/Quarantine (1986) … Weldon (segment "Welcome to Winfield") (as Elisa Cook)
 
1985 The A-Team (TV series)
Jim Beam
The Road to Hope (1985) … Jim Beam (as Elisha Cook)
 
1985 Night Court (TV series)
Mr. Posten
Married Alive (1985) … Mr. Posten (as Elisha Cook)
 
1984 It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (TV movie)
Mr. Bibbs (as Elisha Cook)
 
1984 Pigs vs. Freaks (TV movie)
Novatney (as Elisha Cook)
 
1984 Whiz Kids (TV series)
Sid
The Lollypop Gang Strikes Back (1984) … Sid (as Elisha Cook)
 
1983 This Girl for Hire (TV movie)
Eddie (as Elisha Cook)
 
1983 Shadow of Sam Penny (TV movie)
Dutch Silver
 
1982 Bring 'Em Back Alive (TV series)
Wilmer Bass
Wilmer Bass and the Serengeti Kid (1982) … Wilmer Bass
 
1982 Terror at Alcatraz (TV movie)
Hotel desk clerk
 
1982 Insight (TV series)
God (Old Man)
 
1982 Hammett
Eli the Taxi Driver (as Elisha Cook)
 
1982 Chicago Story (TV series)
Captain Billy
Subterranean Blues (1982) … Captain Billy
 
1982 National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Mousy ("Municipalians") (as Elisha Cook)
 
1981 Leave 'em Laughing (TV movie)
Jetter
 
1981 Harry's War
Sgt. Billy (as Elisha Cook)
 
1981 The Trouble with Grandpa (TV movie)
Grandpa
 
1980 Carny
On-Your-Mark
 
1980 Tom Horn
Stablehand (as Elisha Cook)
 
1979 1941
The Patron (Dexter) (as Elisha Cook)
 
1979 Salem's Lot (TV movie)
Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips (as Elisha Cook)
 
1979 The Champ
Georgie (as Elisha Cook)
 
1978 Lucan (TV series)
Mooney
Brother Wolf (1978) … Mooney
 
1977 Mad Bull (TV movie)
Sweeper
 
1977 Quincy M.E. (TV series)
Henry Davis / Mr. Charles Trout Sr.
The Deadly Connection (1977) … Henry Davis (as Elisha Cook)
...The Thigh Bone's Connected to the Knee Bone... (1977) … Mr. Charles Trout Sr. (as Elisha Cook)
 
1977 The Bionic Woman (TV series)
Inky
Once a Thief (1977) … Inky (as Elisha Cook)
 
1977 Dead of Night (TV movie)
Karel (segment "No Such Thing as a Vampire") (as Elisha Cook)
 
1975-1977 Baretta (TV series)
Banjo / Banjo Vincent
Think Mink (1977) … Banjo Vincent (as Elisha Cook)
Street Edition (1976) … Banjo (as Elisha Cook)
A Bite of the Apple (1975) … Banjo (as Elisha Cook)
 
1977 Switch (TV series)
Henley
The Four Horsemen (1977) … Henley
 
1976 The Blue Knight (TV series)
Spinks
Bull's Eye (1976) … Spinks
 
1976 St. Ives
Eddie (as Elisha Cook)
 
1976 McCoy (TV series)
Bob Mayfield
In Again Out Again (1976) … Bob Mayfield
 
1975 Police Story (TV series)
Smiley
Little Boy Lost (1975) … Smiley (as Elisha Cook)
 
1975 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
Polly the Snitch
Lady Blue (1975) … Polly the Snitch (as Elisha Cook)
 
1975 Winterhawk
Finley
 
1975 S.W.A.T. (TV series)
Albert Winters / Harry Thorne
Courthouse (1975) … Albert Winters
A Coven of Killers (1975) … Harry Thorne (as Elisha Cook)
 
1974 The Odd Couple (TV series)
Eliot Ness
Our Fathers (1974) … Eliot Ness
 
1974 Ironside (TV series)
Charley Yager
The Far Side of the Fence (1974) … Charley Yager (as Elisha Cook)
 
1974 Mannix (TV series)
Herbie
The Green Men (1974) … Herbie (as Elisha Cook)
 
1974 Movin' On (TV series)
Andrew Shannon
The Time of His Life (1974) … Andrew Shannon (as Elisha Cook)
 
1974 The Phantom of Hollywood (TV movie)
Studio Engineer (uncredited)
 
1973 The Outfit
Carl (as Elisha Cook)
 
1973 Electra Glide in Blue
Willie (as Elisha Cook)
 
1973 Emperor of the North
Gray Cat (as Elisha Cook)
 
1973 Messiah of Evil
Charlie
 
1972 Blacula
Sam (as Elisha Cook)
 
1972 The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
 
1972 The Night Stalker (TV movie)
Mickey Crawford
 
1972 The Scarecrow (TV movie)
Micah (as Elisha Cook)
 
1971 The Chicago Teddy Bears (TV series)
The Big Kisser (1971)
 
1971 McCloud (TV series)
Mr. Diller
Encounter with Aries (1971) … Mr. Diller (as Elisha Cook)
 
1970 Night Chase (TV movie)
Proprietor
 
1970 Night Slaves (TV movie) (unconfirmed)
 
1966-1970 Bonanza (TV series)
John Walker / Marcus
The Weary Willies (1970) … Marcus
A Dollar's Worth of Trouble (1966) … John Walker
 
1970 El Condor
Old Convict (as Elisha Cook)
 
1970 The Movie Murderer (TV movie)
Willie Peanuts
 
1969 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)
Frankie
Not So Desperate Hours (1969) … Frankie (as Elisha Cook)
 
1969 The Great Bank Robbery
Jeb (as Elisha Cook)
 
1969 Cry for Poor Wally
Preacher
 
1968 Rosemary's Baby
Mr. Nicklas (as Elisha Cook)
 
1967 Cimarron Strip (TV series)
Spud
The Battle of Bloody Stones (1967) … Spud (as Elisha Cook)
 
1967 Welcome to Hard Times
Hanson (as Elisha Cook)
 
1967 Batman (TV series)
Professor Isaacson
The Duo Defy (1967) … Professor Isaacson (as Elisha Cook)
Ice Spy (1967) … Professor Isaacson (as Elisha Cook)
 
1967 Star Trek (TV series)
Samuel T. Cogley
Court Martial (1967) … Samuel T. Cogley (as Elisha Cook)
 
1967 The Monroes (TV series)
Jed
To Break a Colt (1967) … Jed
 
1966 I Spy (TV series)
Erick Magnuson
Rome... Take Away Three (1966) … Erick Magnuson (as Elisha Cook)
 
1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Arnold
The Concrete Overcoat Affair: Part II (1966) … Arnold (as Elisha Cook) (unconfirmed)
The Concrete Overcoat Affair: Part I (1966) … Arnold (as Elisha Cook)
 
1966 The Road West (TV series)
Wild Man
Shaman (1966) … Wild Man
 
1966 Summer Fun (TV series)
Coach
McNab's Lab (1966) … Coach (as Elisha Cook)
 
1965-1966 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Gideon McCoy / Mike McGreavy
The Night of the Bars of Hell (1966) … Gideon McCoy (as Elisha Cook)
The Night of the Double-Edged Knife (1965) … Mike McGreavy (as Elisha Cook)
 
1966 McNab's Lab (TV movie)
Coach
 
1965 Burke's Law (TV series)
John Wyatt
Nightmare in the Sun (1965) … John Wyatt
 
1958-1965 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Cyrus Tucker / George / Huggins / …
Breckinridge (1965) … Jocko Beal (as Elisha Cook)
Hung High (1964) … George (as Elisha Cook)
Odd Man Out (1959) … Cyrus Tucker
Matt for Murder (1958) … Huggins
 
1958-1964 Perry Mason (TV series)
Art Crowley / Reelin' Peter Rockwell / Trailer thief in jeep
The Case of the Reckless Rockhound (1964) … Reelin' Peter Rockwell (as Elisha Cook)
The Case of the Pint-Sized Client (1958) … Art Crowley (as Elisha Cook)
The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary (1958) … Trailer thief in jeep
 
1964 Blood on the Arrow
Tex
 
1959-1964 Rawhide (TV series)
Bain / Jim Gribble / Joel Turner
Piney (1964) … Jim Gribble (as Elisha Cook)
Incident in the Middle of Nowhere (1961) … Joel Turner (as Elisha Cook)
Incident of a Burst of Evil (1959) … Bain (as Elisha Cook)
 
1960-1964 Wagon Train (TV series)
Cadge Waldo / Lem Salters / Matt Wilson
The Ben Engel Story (1964) … Matt Wilson (as Elisha Cook)
The Nancy Palmer Story (1961) … Lem Salters (as Elisha Cook)
The Tracy Sadler Story (1960) … Cadge Waldo
 
1964 Destry (TV series)
Leech
Law and Order Day (1964) … Leech (as Elisha Cook)
 
1964 The Glass Cage
Girl's father
 
1963 Temple Houston (TV series)
John Alvorsen
Gallows in Galilee (1963) … John Alvorsen
 
1963 Johnny Cool
Undertaker
 
1963 The Fugitive (TV series)
Sailor
The Witch (1963) … Sailor (as Elisha Cook)
 
1963 The Haunted Palace
Peter Smith/Micah Smith (as Elisha Cook)
 
1963 Black Zoo
Joe (as Elisha Cook)
 
1963 The Dakotas (TV series)
Brinkman
A Nice Girl from Goliath (1963) … Brinkman
 
1963 Papa's Delicate Condition
Mr. Keith
 
1962-1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Moxie
The Judge (1963) … Moxie (as Elisha Cook)
Borderline (1962) (as Elisha Cook)
 
1963 The Judge (TV movie)
 
1962 The Untouchables (TV series)
Clarinet Player
Bird in the Hand (1962) … Clarinet Player
 
1962 Outlaws (TV series)
Cully
The Dark Sunrise of Griff Kincaid (1962) … Cully
 
1958-1961 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Jed / Lloyd Harwell / Willy Zucks
A Voice on the Phone (1961) … Lloyd Harwell
Open House (1961) … Willy Zucks
Silent Ambush (1958) … Jed
 
1961 Surfside 6 (TV series)
Mike Pulaski
Witness for the Defense (1961) … Mike Pulaski
 
1961 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Pony Quist
The Inverness Cape Caper (1961) … Pony Quist
 
1961 The Deputy (TV series)
Miller
Brand of Honesty (1961) … Miller (as Elisha Cook)
 
1961 Laramie (TV series)
Doc
The Tumbleweed Wagon (1961) … Doc
 
1961 One-Eyed Jacks
Carvey (as Elisha Cook)
 
1961 The Islanders (TV series)
Tomas
The Twenty-Six Paper (1961) … Tomas
 
1960 The Real McCoys (TV series)
The Hermit (1960)
 
1960 Thriller (TV series)
Harry Elser
The Fatal Impulse (1960) … Harry Elser
 
1960 The Rebel (TV series)
Jeremy Hake
The Bequest (1960) … Jeremy Hake (as Elisha Cook)
 
1960 College Confidential
Ted Blake (as Elisha Cook)
 
1960 Platinum High School
Harry Nesbit
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
Trick
The Young Juggler (1960) … Trick (as Elisha Cook)
 
1960 Peter Gunn (TV series)
Snooker
The Long, Long Ride (1960) … Snooker (as Elisha Cook)
 
1960 Tightrope (TV series)
Sam Parker
The Long Odds (1960) … Sam Parker (as Elisha Cook)
 
1959-1960 Johnny Staccato (TV series)
Conrad / Solomon Bradshaw
Solomon (1960) … Solomon Bradshaw (as Elisha Cook)
Evil (1959) … Conrad (as Elisha Cook)
 
1960 Tombstone Territory (TV series)
Adam Kirby
Eyewitness (1960) … Adam Kirby
 
1959 Johnny Ringo (TV series)
Maxie Dolan
Dead Wait (1959) … Maxie Dolan
 
1958-1959 Bat Masterson (TV series)
Pete Sheeley / Thorn Loomis
No Funeral for Thorn (1959) … Thorn Loomis (as Elisha Cook)
Double Showdown (1958) … Pete Sheeley (as Elisha Cook)
 
1959 Day of the Outlaw
Larry Teter (town barber) (as Elisha Cook)
 
1959 The Third Man (TV series)
Pete Kebble
The Trouble at Drill Hill (1959) … Pete Kebble
 
1959 House on Haunted Hill
Watson Pritchard (as Elisha Cook)
 
1958 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Curfew at Midnight (1958)
 
1958 Panic! (TV series)
Charles Pulaski
Emergency (1958) … Charles Pulaski (as Elisha Cook)
 
1958 Trackdown (TV series)
Clint Serle
The Trail (1958) … Clint Serle
 
1957 Plunder Road
Skeets Jonas
 
1957 Chicago Confidential
Candymouth Duggan
 
1957 The George Sanders Mystery Theater (TV series)
Round Trip (1957) (as Elisha Cook)
 
1957 The Lonely Man
Willie (as Elisha Cook)
 
1957 Sheriff of Cochise (TV series)
Harry Simpson
The Safe Man (1957) … Harry Simpson
 
1957 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV series)
Guns McCallum
The Equalizer (1957) … Guns McCallum
 
1957 Whirlybirds (TV series)
Robber
Human Bomb (1957) … Robber
 
1957 Voodoo Island
Martin Schuyler (as Elisha Cook)
 
1957 The Millionaire (TV series)
Ed Nevins
The Judge William Westholme Story (1957) … Ed Nevins
 
1956 Accused of Murder
'Whitey' Pollock
 
1956 Climax! (TV series)
Pop
The Secret Thread (1956) … Pop
 
1956 Crusader (TV series)
Ed Scanlon
Nine Priceless Objects (1956) … Ed Scanlon (as Elisha Cook)
 
1956 The Killing
George Peatty (as Elisha Cook)
 
1956 TV Reader's Digest (TV series)
Big Mike Preisser
The Trigger Finger Clue (1956) … Big Mike Preisser
 
1955 The Indian Fighter
Briggs (as Elisha Cook)
 
1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Shorty
Salvage (1955) … Shorty
 
1955 Trial
Finn (as Elisha Cook)
 
1955 Mystery Is My Business (TV series)
Matty
Mission for Murder (1955) … Matty
 
1955 Treasury Men in Action (TV series)
Roy Weber
The Case of the Elder Brother (1955) … Roy Weber
 
1955 Timberjack
'Punky', a Brunner Henchman (as Elisha Cook)
 
1955 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV series)
Jumper Joe
The Boy and the Hound Dog (1955) … Jumper Joe
 
1955 The Lone Wolf (TV series)
Chris Walters
Deep Sea Diving (1955) … Chris Walters
 
1954 Drum Beat
Blaine Crackel
 
1954 Outlaw's Daughter
Lewis 'Tulsa' Cook
 
1954 The Dennis Day Show (TV series)
Barney's Gunsel
Party Pooper (1954) … Barney's Gunsel
 
1954 The Philip Morris Playhouse (TV series)
 
1954 Adventures of Superman (TV series)
Homer Garrity
Semi-Private Eye (1954) … Homer Garrity (as Elisha Cook)
 
1953 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Lefty
Santa and the Bookies (1953) … Lefty
 
1953 The Motorola Television Hour (TV series)
Charlie
Brandenburg Gate (1953) … Charlie (as Elisha Cook)
 
1953 Thunder Over the Plains
Joseph Standish
 
1953 I, the Jury
Bobo (uncredited)
 
1953 Shane
Stonewall Torrey
 
1953 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Margin for Fear (1953)
 
1952 Don't Bother to Knock
Eddie Forbes
 
1951 Behave Yourself!
Albert Jonas
 
1950 Dick Tracy (TV series)
Episode #1.2 (1950)
 
1949 Flaxy Martin
Roper
 
1947 The Gangster
Oval
 
1947 The Long Night
Frank Dunlap
 
1947 Born to Kill
Marty 'Mart' Waterman
 
1947 Fall Guy
Joe
 
1946 Two Smart People
Fly Feletti
 
1946 Joe Palooka, Champ
Eugene
 
1946 The Falcon's Alibi
Nick
 
1946 Blonde Alibi
Sam Collins
 
1946 Cinderella Jones
Oliver S. Patch
 
1945 Why Girls Leave Home
Jimmy Lobo
 
1945 Dillinger
Kirk Otto
 
1944 Dark Waters
Cleeve
 
1944 Dark Mountain
Whitey
 
1944 Up in Arms
Info Jones
 
1944 Phantom Lady
Cliff
 
1943 Baptism of Fire
Bill (change category)
 
1942 Manila Calling
Gillman
 
1942 Wildcat
Harold 'Chicopee' Nevins
 
1942 A-Haunting We Will Go
Frank Lucas
 
1942 In This Our Life
Extra on Roadhouse Table (uncredited)
 
1942 Sleepytime Gal
Ernie
 
1942 A Gentleman at Heart
Genius
 
1941 Hellzapoppin'
Harry Selby
 
1941 Ball of Fire
Nightclub Waiter (as Elisha Cook)
 
1941 I Wake Up Screaming
Harry Williams
 
1941 Man at Large
Hotel Clerk
 
1941 Sergeant York
Piano Player (uncredited)
 
1941 Love Crazy
Joe (elevator operator)
 
1940 Tin Pan Alley
Joe Codd
 
1940 Public Deb No. 1
Communist
 
1940 Stranger on the Third Floor
Joe Briggs
 
1940 He Married His Wife
Dicky Brown
 
1939 Grand Jury Secrets
Robert Austin/Norman Hazlitt
 
1938 Newsboys' Home
Danny
 
1938 Submarine Patrol
Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'
 
1938 My Lucky Star
Waldo
 
1938 Three Blind Mice
Boy on Bench (uncredited)
 
1937 Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Boots Maguire (uncredited)
 
1937 Life Begins in College
Ollie Stearns
 
1937 Danger: Love at Work
Chemist
 
1937 Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Glen Wylie
 
1937 The Devil Is Driving
Tony Stevens
 
1937 Love Is News
Egbert Eggleston
 
1937 Breezing Home
Pete Espinosa (uncredited)
 
1936 Pigskin Parade
Herbert Van Dyke
 
1936 Two in a Crowd
Skeeter
 
1931 Honor Among Lovers
Office Boy (uncredited)
 
1930 Chills and Fever (short)
Member of the Glee Club (uncredited)
 
1930 Her Unborn Child
Stewart Kennedy
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1960 Peter Gunn (TV series)
The Long, Long Ride (1960) (performer: "Shall We Gather At The River?" - uncredited)
 
1940 Tin Pan Alley (performer: "You Say The Sweetest Things Baby" 1940, "Good-Bye Broadway, Hello France" 1917)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1989 John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1970 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
Don Adams Investigates the Detectives (1970) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
1996 The 68th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
1987 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (documentary)
Eddie Forbes (archive footage: Don't Bother to Knock [1952])
 
1976 America at the Movies (documentary)
Wilmer Cook
 
1967 The Spy in the Green Hat
Arnold (as Elisha Cook)
 
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (documentary)
Joe in 'Love Crazy' (uncredited)
 
1954 Superman's Peril
Homer Garrity
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1928) Stage: Appeared in "Her Unborn Child" on Broadway. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Interview  | 1 Article  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Elisa Cook | Elisha Cook

Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

He received his nickname "Hollywood's Lightest Heavy" from playing cowardly villains in his movies. See more »

Nickname:

Cookie See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn