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