
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Biography
William "Wee Willie" Davis (1906–1981) was an American film actor. He had previously been a wrestler. He worked in the Jefferson County Jail in Louisville in 1972-75 as the gym guard. He was also an engineer and contributed to the invention of the Glowmeter, an early Heads up display that projected a cars speed onto the windshield. A fellow wrestler, Prince Ilaki Ibn Ali Hassan (whose real name was Agisilaki Mihalakis) who also fought as the Mad Greek was the primary inventor.
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Filmography
Acting (19)
Movies (19)
To Catch a Thief
1955as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
Son of Paleface
1952as Blacksmith
The Asphalt Jungle
1950as Timmons
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950as Abdullah
Samson and Delilah
1949as Garmiskar
The Red Pony
1949as Truck driver
Mighty Joe Young
1949as Strongman (uncredited)
Fool's Gold
1946as Blackie
Bowery Bombshell
1946as Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
Pursuit to Algiers
1945as Gubek
Wildfire
1945as Moose Harris
Having Wonderful Crime
1945as Zacharias, the Porter
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944as Arab Giant (uncredited)
Gypsy Wildcat
1944as Dota
Johnny Come Lately
1943as Bouncer
Above Suspicion
1943as Hans (Uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
1942as The Lamb
Gentleman Jim
1942as Flannagan (uncredited)
Arabian Nights
1942as Valda
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