Elisha Cook Jr. Movies

Want to know the best Elisha Cook Jr. movies?  How about the worst Elisha Cook Jr. movies?  Curious about Elisha Cook Jr. box office grosses or which Elisha Cook Jr. movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Elisha Cook Jr. movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Elisha Cook Jr. (1903-1995) was an American actor.  He often specialized in roles as “cowardly villains and neurotics”.  He is perhaps best remembered for his portrayal of Wilmer in the 1941 version of The Maltese Falcon.  His IMDb page shows 219 acting credits between 1930 and 1988.  This page will rank Elisha Cook Jr. movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.  Television roles, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that we unable to find box office grosses on were not included in the rankings.

1941’s The Maltese Falcon

Elisha Cook Jr. Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

1953’s Shane

Elisha Cook Jr. Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.

  • Sort Elisha Cook Jr. movies by his co-stars
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  • Sort Elisha Cook Jr. movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Elisha Cook Jr. movie received.
  • Sort Elisha Cook Jr. movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
1946’s The Big Sleep

Possibly Interesting Facts About Elisha Cook Jr.

1. Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr. was born in San Francisco, California in 1903.

2.  Elisha Cook Jr. debuted on stage at age 14 and worked in vaudeville, stock companies and Broadway.

3. Elisha Cook Jr. received his nickname “Hollywood’s Lightest Heavy” from playing cowardly villains in his movies. His other nickname was “Cookie”.

4.  Elisha Cook Jr. appeared in three Oscar® Best Picture nominees: Sergeant York (1941), The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Shane (1953).

5.  Elisha Cook Jr. was almost 40 when he appeared in The Maltese Falcon.  We always assumed he was signficantly younger.

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16 thoughts on “Elisha Cook Jr. Movies”

  1. i saw 12 including top 6. 10s and favorites: the Maltese falcon, sergeant York, ball of fire. 10 not favorite the big sleep, 9s not favorites: rosemary’s baby, Shane. hidden gem the killing a 7.

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    1. Hey bob cox….thanks for checking out our Elisha Cook Jr. page. I have seen all the movies you gave ratings to, I would have The Killing higher than a 7. Cook has an awesome Top 5. Good stuff.

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