
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Acting
William "Wee Willie" Davis (1906β1981) 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
1955To Catch a Thief
Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
1952Son of Paleface
Blacksmith
1950The Asphalt Jungle
Timmons
1950Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Abdullah
1949Samson and Delilah
Garmiskar
1949The Red Pony
Truck driver
1949Mighty Joe Young
Strongman (uncredited)
1946Bowery Bombshell
Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
1946Fool's Gold
Blackie
1945Pursuit to Algiers
Gubek
1945Having Wonderful Crime
Zacharias, the Porter
1945Wildfire
Moose Harris
1944Gypsy Wildcat
Dota
1944Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Arab Giant (uncredited)
1943Above Suspicion
Hans (Uncredited)
1943Johnny Come Lately
Bouncer
1942Arabian Nights
Valda
1942Reap the Wild Wind
The Lamb
1942Gentleman Jim
Flannagan (uncredited)