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