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-	{{Template}}	+	{{Template}}'''Elisha Vanslyck Cook, Jr.''' ([[December 26]], [[1903]] – [[May 18]], [[1995]]) made a career playing [[coward]]ly[[ villain]]s and [[neurotic]]s, earning the nickname "Hollywood's lightest heavy." Cook started out in [[vaudeville]] and then became a [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] actor. In [[1936]] he settled in [[Hollywood]] and, after playing a series of college-aged parts, began a long stint playing weaklings or sadistic loser-hoods. In [[Universal Pictures|Universal]]'s ''[[Phantom Lady (1944)|Phantom Lady]]'', he portrays a slimy, intoxicated nightclub-orchestra drummer. Other notable roles include Wilmer the [[gunsel]] in ''[[The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'' (1941), "pug ugly" Marty Waterman in ''[[Born to Kill]]'', Harry Jones in ''[[The Big Sleep (1946 film)|The Big Sleep]]'' (1946), Torrey in ''[[Shane (film)|Shane]]'' (1953), and George Peatty, the hen-pecked husband to [[Marie Windsor]], in [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s ''[[The Killing]]'' (1956).
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Elisha Vanslyck Cook, Jr. (December 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995) made a career playing cowardly villains and neurotics, earning the nickname "Hollywood's lightest heavy." Cook started out in vaudeville and then became a Broadway actor. In 1936 he settled in Hollywood and, after playing a series of college-aged parts, began a long stint playing weaklings or sadistic loser-hoods. In Universal's Phantom Lady, he portrays a slimy, intoxicated nightclub-orchestra drummer. Other notable roles include Wilmer the gunsel in The Maltese Falcon (1941), "pug ugly" Marty Waterman in Born to Kill, Harry Jones in The Big Sleep (1946), Torrey in Shane (1953), and George Peatty, the hen-pecked husband to Marie Windsor, in Stanley Kubrick's The Killing (1956).