William 'Wee Willie' Davis
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Person

William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Actor 1906-12-07

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.

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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To Catch a Thief

To Catch a Thief

1955 · Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

1950 · Timmons

Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah

1949 · Garmiskar

Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young

1949 · Strongman (uncredited)

Pursuit to Algiers

Pursuit to Algiers

1945 · Gubek

Gentleman Jim

Gentleman Jim

1942 · Flannagan (uncredited)

Reap the Wild Wind

Reap the Wild Wind

1942 · The Lamb

Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights

1942 · Valda

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

1950 · Abdullah

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

1944 · Arab Giant (uncredited)

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion

1943 · Hans (Uncredited)

Son of Paleface

Son of Paleface

1952 · Blacksmith

Johnny Come Lately

Johnny Come Lately

1943 · Bouncer

The Red Pony

The Red Pony

1949 · Truck driver

Having Wonderful Crime

Having Wonderful Crime

1945 · Zacharias, the Porter

Gypsy Wildcat

Gypsy Wildcat

1944 · Dota

Bowery Bombshell

Bowery Bombshell

1946 · Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)

Fool's Gold

Fool's Gold

1946 · Blackie

Wildfire

Wildfire

1945 · Moose Harris