Here are 10 things you should know about Elisha Cook, Jr., born 120 years ago today. The prolific, if diminutive, Cook came to be known as “Hollywood’s lightest heavy.”
As a western Shane really has it all. Salt of the earth homesteaders fighting against cattle barons! A reluctant gunfighter! Jack Palance as a menacing black hat! And to top it all off, the Grand Tetons loom beautifully, intimidatingly over the entire proceedings.