# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elisha-cook-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:55:50.218Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elisha-cook-jr"
name: "Elisha Cook Jr."
slug: "elisha-cook-jr"
description: "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 the 1941 version of The Maltese Falcon. He went on to play 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."
tagline: "American actor (1903-1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elisha_Cook%2C_Jr.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1903-12-26"
deathDate: "1995-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.82
  momentum:             2.841575859178542
  historical:           19.76303466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176879/"
    handle:    "nm0176879"
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    title: "엘리사 쿡 주니어"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кук, Элиша (младший)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1330714"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3339"
    title: "Elisha Cook Jr."
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump