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.
Known For
To Catch a Thief
Samson and Delilah
The Asphalt Jungle
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Mighty Joe Young
Arabian Nights
Reap the Wild Wind
Gentleman Jim
All Movies (19)
- To Catch a Thief1955 · as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
- Son of Paleface1952 · as Blacksmith
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion1950 · as Abdullah
- The Asphalt Jungle1950 · as Timmons
- Samson and Delilah1949 · as Garmiskar
- Mighty Joe Young1949 · as Strongman (uncredited)
- The Red Pony1949 · as Truck driver
- Fool's Gold1946 · as Blackie
- Bowery Bombshell1946 · as Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
- Pursuit to Algiers1945 · as Gubek
- Wildfire1945 · as Moose Harris
- Having Wonderful Crime1945 · as Zacharias, the Porter
- Gypsy Wildcat1944 · as Dota
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves1944 · as Arab Giant (uncredited)
- Johnny Come Lately1943 · as Bouncer
- Above Suspicion1943 · as Hans (Uncredited)
- Arabian Nights1942 · as Valda
- Gentleman Jim1942 · as Flannagan (uncredited)
- Reap the Wild Wind1942 · as The Lamb