Elisha Cook Jr., precisely 5ft 5 (165.1 cm) tall, was an American character actor whose compact stature defined his iconic image as jittery, undersized tough guys in film noir classics.
- Memorably played the twitchy gunsel Wilmer in The Maltese Falcon (1941), his height amplifying the character's menace.
- Featured as a hapless crook in The Big Sleep (1946) and Stanley Kubrick's The Killing (1956).
- Appeared in Shane (1953), House on Haunted Hill (1959), and Rosemary's Baby (1968), where his diminutive frame heightened tense, shadowy roles.
Throughout his career spanning over 200 films, Cook's 5ft 5 height made him the perfect foil for towering leads, cementing his legacy in Hollywood's crime dramas.