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Portrait of Elisha Cook Jr.

Acting

Elisha Cook Jr.

Titles
121movies57TV shows
Career

Active from 1930 to 1987, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
6
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Killing
The Killing
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 115 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.7EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Elisha Cook Jr. Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.7, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.4, average 3.0
  • Family Dynamics
    3.7, average 4.8
  • Wonder
    2.5, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 6
  • Social Commentary 6
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Film Noir 4
  • Character Study 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Fast-Paced 3
  • Psychological Tension 3
  • Slow Burn 3
  • Supernatural Horror 2
  • Crime Drama 2
  • Betrayal 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

177

2020s

1 title

as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)

1980s

18 titles Β· average score 63

TV show Β· as Uncle Albert

TV show Β· as (segment "Welcome to Winfield")

TV show Β· as Wilbur Posten

TV show Β· as Jim Beam

as Eli the Taxi Driver

as Stable Hand

TV show Β· as Wilmer / Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler

as On-Your-Mark

All 18 titles from the 1980s

1970s

32 titles Β· average score 62

TV show Β· as Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips

as Sweeper

TV show Β· as Mr. Charles Trout Sr.

as Old Convict

TV show Β· as Heel

All 32 titles from the 1970s

1960s

31 titles Β· average score 65

TV show Β· as Samuel Cogley

TV show Β· as Professor Isaacson

as Ellen's father

as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith

TV show Β· as Sailor

All 31 titles from the 1960s

1950s

44 titles Β· average score 65

TV show Β· as John Walker

TV show Β· as Joel Turner / Bain

as Skeets Jonas

TV show Β· as Reelin' Pete / Art Crowley

as Candymouth Duggan

as Martin Schuyler

as George Peatty

All 44 titles from the 1950s

1940s

35 titles Β· average score 66
All 35 titles from the 1940s

1930s

16 titles Β· average score 62

as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'

as Egbert Eggleston

as Herbert Van Dyke

as Office Boy (uncredited)

as Member of the Glee Club

as Stewart Kennedy

All 16 titles from the 1930s