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William 'Wee Willie' Davis

William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Born: 1906-12-07

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