Elisha Cook, Jr.
1903 - 1995
He played cabbies and snitches, jailbirds and piano players
in over 120 feature films. They were small-timers with
names like Wilber and Homer and Punky. They were
eternally fretful men, ever watchful and wary. Always in
the right place at the wrong time or the wrong place at the
right time. Losers, hustlers, bottom-feeders in the world
of crime. Always telling tales, giving up information,
getting caught in lies, and getting rubbed out. Gasping
and gulping and stammering. Forever trying to explain to
the mobsters or the cops why they shouldn't kill him just
yet. A short man with a short life-expectancy.
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