William 'Wee Willie' Davis
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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- Born:
- Dec 7, 1906
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 18
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Reap the Wild Wind 1942-03-26
- Latest Project:
- Movie To Catch a Thief 1955-08-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | To Catch a Thief | Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited) | 1955-08-03 |
| Movie | The Asphalt Jungle | Timmons | 1950-05-12 |
| Movie | Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion | Abdullah | 1950-08-05 |
| Movie | The Red Pony | Truck driver | 1949-03-08 |
| Movie | Mighty Joe Young | Strongman (uncredited) | 1949-07-27 |
| Movie | Samson and Delilah | Garmiskar | 1949-12-21 |
| Movie | Bowery Bombshell | Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis) | 1946-07-20 |
| Movie | Fool's Gold | Blackie | 1946-10-09 |
| Movie | Having Wonderful Crime | Zacharias, the Porter | 1945-04-12 |
| Movie | Pursuit to Algiers | Gubek | 1945-10-26 |
| Movie | Wildfire | Moose Harris | 1945-07-18 |
| Movie | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Arab Giant (uncredited) | 1944-01-14 |
| Movie | Gypsy Wildcat | Dota | 1944-08-02 |
| Movie | Above Suspicion | Hans (Uncredited) | 1943-05-31 |
| Movie | Johnny Come Lately | Bouncer | 1943-09-03 |
| Movie | Reap the Wild Wind | The Lamb | 1942-03-26 |
| Movie | Gentleman Jim | Flannagan (uncredited) | 1942-11-14 |
| Movie | Arabian Nights | Valda | 1942-12-25 |