
Acting
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Also Known As: William "Wee Willie" Davis
Birth Date
December 7, 1906
Death Date
April 9, 1981
(passed away at 74)
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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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To Catch a Thief
Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
1955

Arabian Nights
Valda
1942

Samson and Delilah
Garmiskar
1949

Mighty Joe Young
Strongman (uncredited)
1949

The Asphalt Jungle
Timmons
1950

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Arab Giant (uncredited)
1944

Reap the Wild Wind
The Lamb
1942

Son of Paleface
Blacksmith
1952

Gentleman Jim
Flannagan (uncredited)
1942

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Abdullah
1950

Above Suspicion
Hans (Uncredited)
1943

The Red Pony
Truck driver
1949

Pursuit to Algiers
Gubek
1945

Bowery Bombshell
Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
1946

Gypsy Wildcat
Dota
1944

Johnny Come Lately
Bouncer
1943

Having Wonderful Crime
Zacharias, the Porter
1945

Fool's Gold
Blackie
1946

Wildfire
Moose Harris
1945