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