William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Birthday: 1906-12-07
Deathday: 1981-04-09
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Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1955-08-03 To Catch a Thief Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
1952-07-14 Son of Paleface Blacksmith
1950-08-05 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion Abdullah
1950-05-12 The Asphalt Jungle Timmons
1949-12-21 Samson and Delilah Garmiskar
1949-07-27 Mighty Joe Young Strongman (uncredited)
1949-03-08 The Red Pony Truck driver
1946-10-09 Fool's Gold Blackie
1946-07-20 Bowery Bombshell Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
1945-10-26 Pursuit to Algiers Gubek
1945-07-18 Wildfire Moose Harris
1945-04-12 Having Wonderful Crime Zacharias, the Porter
1944-08-02 Gypsy Wildcat Dota
1944-01-14 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Arab Giant (uncredited)
1943-09-03 Johnny Come Lately Bouncer
1943-05-31 Above Suspicion Hans (Uncredited)
1942-12-25 Arabian Nights Valda
1942-11-14 Gentleman Jim Flannagan (uncredited)
1942-03-26 Reap the Wild Wind The Lamb