Acting

William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Born 1906-12-07

Died 1981-04-09

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.

Credits

Newest first

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