William 'Wee Willie' Davis
View on IMDb ↗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
The Asphalt Jungle
To Catch a Thief
Gentleman Jim
Johnny Come Lately
Pursuit to Algiers
Samson and Delilah
Bowery Bombshell
Fool's Gold
Having Wonderful Crime
Mighty Joe YoungFilmography (19)
- 1955
To Catch a ThiefBig Man in Kitchen (uncredited) - 1952
Son of PalefaceBlacksmith - 1950
The Asphalt JungleTimmons - 1950
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign LegionAbdullah - 1949
Samson and DelilahGarmiskar - 1949
Mighty Joe YoungStrongman (uncredited) - 1949
The Red PonyTruck driver - 1946
Bowery BombshellMoose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis) - 1946
Fool's GoldBlackie - 1945
Pursuit to AlgiersGubek - 1945
Having Wonderful CrimeZacharias, the Porter - 1945
WildfireMoose Harris - 1944
Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesArab Giant (uncredited) - 1944
Gypsy WildcatDota - 1943
Johnny Come LatelyBouncer - 1943
Above SuspicionHans (Uncredited) - 1942
Gentleman JimFlannagan (uncredited) - 1942
Reap the Wild WindThe Lamb - 1942
Arabian NightsValda