William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Acting
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Acting Credits
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.
Known For
Filmography
To Catch a Thief
1955
as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
Son of Paleface
1952
as Blacksmith
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
as Timmons
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
as Abdullah
Samson and Delilah
1949
as Garmiskar
The Red Pony
1949
as Truck driver
Mighty Joe Young
1949
as Strongman (uncredited)
Bowery Bombshell
1946
as Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
Fool's Gold
1946
as Blackie
Pursuit to Algiers
1945
as Gubek
Having Wonderful Crime
1945
as Zacharias, the Porter
Wildfire
1945
as Moose Harris
Gypsy Wildcat
1944
as Dota
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944
as Arab Giant (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
1943
as Hans (Uncredited)
Johnny Come Lately
1943
as Bouncer
Arabian Nights
1942
as Valda
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as The Lamb
Gentleman Jim
1942
as Flannagan (uncredited)