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