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Acting

Elisha Cook Jr.

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

Leading roles: 6
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: The Killing
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 118 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

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
Catharsis
4.2, average 5.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Thriller 6
Social Commentary 6
Historical Drama 5
Film Noir 4
Moral Ambiguity 3
Psychological Tension 3
Fast-Paced 3
Slow Burn 3
Character Study 3
Femme Fatale 2
Classic Cinema 2
Supernatural Horror 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

177

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

They Came from the Attic

as Watson Pritchard (voice) (Archival)

1980s

18 titles · average score 63

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

78

as Pappy Glue

ALF

59

TV show · as Uncle Albert

The Twilight Zone

79

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

Night Court

74

TV show · as Wilbur Posten

Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse

as Mr. Maps

The A-Team

75

TV show · as Jim Beam

Hammett

67

as Eli the Taxi Driver

Simon & Simon

46

TV show

Harry's War

67

as Sgt. Billy

Magnum, P.I.

78

TV show · as Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler / Harold W. Farber

Tom Horn

65

as Stable Hand

Carny

57

as On-Your-Mark

1970s

32 titles · average score 63

Salem's Lot

74

TV show · as Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips

Mad Bull

as Sweeper

Quincy, M.E.

74

TV show · as Mr. Charles Trout Sr.

The Bionic Woman

51

TV show

Messiah of Evil

74

as Charlie

Starsky & Hutch

78

TV show

Baretta

44

TV show

Winterhawk

66

as Finley

Electra Glide in Blue

70

as Willie

The Odd Couple

52

TV show · as Heel

El Condor

52

as Old Convict

McCloud

71

TV show

1960s

31 titles · average score 64

Rosemary's Baby

89

as Mr. Nicklas

Ironside

45

TV show

Mannix

71

TV show

Star Trek

82

TV show · as Samuel Cogley

Batman

73

TV show · as Professor Isaacson

The Wild Wild West

52

TV show

The Glass Cage

as Ellen's father

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

74

TV show · as Arnold

The Haunted Palace

71

as Gideon Smith / Micah Smith

The Fugitive

84

TV show · as Sailor

Burke's Law

68

TV show · as Wyatt

Thriller

74

TV show · as Harry Elser

1950s

44 titles · average score 65

House on Haunted Hill

74

as Watson Pritchard

Bonanza

73

TV show · as John Walker

Rawhide

50

TV show · as Jim Gribble / Bain

Perry Mason

82

TV show · as Art Crowley / Reelin' Pete

The Lonely Man

63

as Willie

Plunder Road

65

as Skeets Jonas

The Killing

86

as George Peatty

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

83

TV show · as Shorty

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Jocko Beal / Cyrus Tucker

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

72

TV show

Thunder Over the Plains

58

as Joseph Standish

Don't Bother to Knock

72

as Eddie Forbes

1940s

35 titles · average score 66

Flaxy Martin

50

as Roper

The Long Night

58

as Frank Dunlap

Born to Kill

78

as Marty

The Falcon's Alibi

52

as Nick

The Big Sleep

85

as Harry Jones

Dillinger

57

as Kirk Otto

Phantom Lady

82

as Cliff Milburn

Dark Waters

55

as Cleeve

Baptism of Fire

as Bill (uncredited)

A-Haunting We Will Go

62

as Frank Lucas

The Maltese Falcon

89

as Wilmer Cook

Stranger on the Third Floor

70

as Joe Briggs

1930s

16 titles · average score 61

Newsboys' Home

as Danny

Three Blind Mice

62

as Boy on Bench (uncredited)

Submarine Patrol

64

as Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt, aka 'The Professor'

The Devil Is Driving

as Tony Stevens

They Won't Forget

71

as Joe Turner

Love Is News

66

as Egbert Eggleston

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

as Glen Wylie

Danger – Love at Work

66

as McBain, the chemist

Two in a Crowd

as Skeeter

Pigskin Parade

53

as Herbert Van Dyke

Honor Among Lovers

61

as Office Boy (uncredited)

Chills and Fever

as Member of the Glee Club