Acting

William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Born 1906-12-07

Department: Acting

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.

1943

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (19 titles)

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