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
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)
House on Haunted Hill
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House on Haunted Hill is a 1958 American horror film produced and directed by William Castle, written by Robb White and starring Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal, Carolyn Craig,
Elisha Cook Jr.
…deceptively mild-mannered villains. Cook's acting career spanned more than 60 years, with roles in productions including The Big Sleep, Shane, The Killing, House on Haunted Hill and Rosemary's Baby. Born in San Francisco and raised in Chicago, Cook was the son of Elisha Vanslyck Cook Sr., a journalist and sometime playwright…
Theatrical release poster by Reynold Brown
Drive-in advertisement from 1959 for House on Haunted Hill and co-feature, The Cosmic Man.