William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Born: 1906-12-07

Died: 1981-04-09

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1955

To Catch a Thief as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)

1952

Son of Paleface as Blacksmith

1950

The Asphalt Jungle as Timmons
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion as Abdullah

1949

Samson and Delilah as Garmiskar
Mighty Joe Young as Strongman (uncredited)
The Red Pony as Truck driver

1946

Fool's Gold as Blackie
Bowery Bombshell as Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)

1945

Pursuit to Algiers as Gubek
Wildfire as Moose Harris
Having Wonderful Crime as Zacharias, the Porter

1944

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves as Arab Giant (uncredited)
Gypsy Wildcat as Dota

1943

Above Suspicion as Hans (Uncredited)
Johnny Come Lately as Bouncer

1942

Reap the Wild Wind as The Lamb
Gentleman Jim as Flannagan (uncredited)
Arabian Nights as Valda