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