William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Birthday
1906/12/07
Day of death
1981/04/09 (74 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Also know as
William "Wee Willie" Davis
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.
Acting
(1942) Arabian Nights
as Valda
(1942) Reap the Wild Wind
as The Lamb
(1950) The Asphalt Jungle
as Timmons
(1946) Bowery Bombshell
as Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
(1945) Pursuit to Algiers
as Gubek
(1945) Having Wonderful Crime
as Zacharias, the Porter
(1952) Son of Paleface
as Blacksmith
(1949) Samson and Delilah
as Garmiskar
(1944) Gypsy Wildcat
as Dota
(1946) Fool's Gold
as Blackie
(1949) The Red Pony
as Truck driver
(1942) Gentleman Jim
as Flannagan (uncredited)
(1950) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Abdullah
(1945) Wildfire
as Moose Harris
(1944) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Arab Giant (uncredited)
(1955) To Catch a Thief
as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
(1943) Above Suspicion
as Hans (Uncredited)
(1943) Johnny Come Lately
as Bouncer
(1949) Mighty Joe Young
as Strongman (uncredited)