Big Pine, California
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Big Pine is a census-designated place in Inyo County, California, United States. Big Pine is located approximately 15 miles south-southeast of Bishop. Its population was 1,875 at the 2020 census, up f
Big Pine in the Owens Valley, Sierra Nevada behind
The Roosevelt Tree of Big Pine before it was removed in 2020 due to its declining health and the lack of adequate water. Despite common misconception, Big Pine was not named for this giant sequoia, but a different, long forgotten pine tree
Elisha Cook Jr.
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Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr. was an American character actor famed for his work in film noir. He played cheerful, brainy collegiates until he was cast against type as the bug-eyed baby-faced killer Wilmer
Big Pine, California
…established just north of Big Pine. Matt Williams, a professional baseball player and manager, lived there for part of his life. Hollywood character actor Elisha Cook, Jr., known for such classic films as The Maltese Falcon and Shane, had a home in Big Pine and died there in 1995. Big Pine first appeared as a census…
Cook in Wildcat (1942)
Around the table in the Theatre Guild's original 1933 Broadway production of Ah, Wilderness! are (from left) George M. Cohan, Eda Heinemann, Elisha Cook, Jr., Noah Beery Jr., Marjorie Marquis, Walter Vonnegut, Jr. and Adelaide Bean.
Cook in The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Cook and Lawrence Tierney in Born to Kill (1947)