
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1906-12-07
Day of Death
1981-04-09 (74 years old)
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
as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
(1952)
Son of Paleface
as Blacksmith
(1950)
The Asphalt Jungle
as Timmons
(1950)
(1949)
Samson and Delilah
as Garmiskar
(1949)
Mighty Joe Young
as Strongman (uncredited)
(1949)
The Red Pony
as Truck driver
(1946)
Bowery Bombshell
as Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
(1946)
Fool's Gold
as Blackie
(1945)
Wildfire
as Moose Harris
(1945)
Pursuit to Algiers
as Gubek
(1945)
Having Wonderful Crime
as Zacharias, the Porter
(1944)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Arab Giant (uncredited)
(1944)
Gypsy Wildcat
as Dota
(1943)
Above Suspicion
as Hans (Uncredited)
(1943)
Johnny Come Lately
as Bouncer
(1942)
Reap the Wild Wind
as The Lamb
(1942)
Arabian Nights
as Valda
(1942)
Gentleman Jim
as Flannagan (uncredited)