Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 07, 1906
Died
Apr 09, 1981
Credits
19 titles
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
Filmography
To Catch a Thief
Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
Son of Paleface
Blacksmith
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Abdullah
The Asphalt Jungle
Timmons
Samson and Delilah
Garmiskar
Mighty Joe Young
Strongman (uncredited)
The Red Pony
Truck driver
Fool's Gold
Blackie
Bowery Bombshell
Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
Pursuit to Algiers
Gubek
Wildfire
Moose Harris
Having Wonderful Crime
Zacharias, the Porter
Gypsy Wildcat
Dota
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Arab Giant (uncredited)
Johnny Come Lately
Bouncer
Above Suspicion
Hans (Uncredited)
Arabian Nights
Valda
Gentleman Jim
Flannagan (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
The Lamb