Changes: Elisha Cook

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Familar, pint-sized actor and former vaudevillian Elisha Cook, Jr. (December 26, 1903 - May 18, 1995) has had a prestigious Hollywood career expanding nearly six decades. However, he is most known and loved to Star Trek fans as Samuel T. Cogley in the "Court Martial" episode of Star Trek: The Original Series.

Outside of Trek, Cook is best remembered for his frequent appearances as aged mobster "Ice Pick" on the hit TV series Magnum P.I., from 1983 through 1988. He also had guest-starring roles on multiple other television shows, including Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, The Wild Wild West, Bonanza, and Batman.

He has also co-starred in several classic feature films, including The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Big Sleep (1946), Shane (1953), The Killing (1956), and Rosemary's Baby (1968).

Cook died of a stroke in Big Pine, California on May 18th, 2005 at the age of 91.

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 He has also co-starred in several classic feature films, including ''The Maltese Falcon'' (1941), ''The Big Sleep'' (1946), ''[[Shane]]'' (1953), ''The Killing'' (1956), and ''[[Rosemary's Baby]]'' (1968).
-Cook died of a stroke in Big Pine, California on May 18th, 2005 at the age of 91. His passing was somewhat overshadowed by the death of ''Bewitched'' actress Elizabeth Montgomery, who died on the same day - and who, coincidently, starred with Cook in the 1963 film ''Johnny Cool'').
+Cook died of a stroke in Big Pine, California on May 18th, 2005 at the age of 91.
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