
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Born
December 7, 1906
Died
April 9, 1981 (74 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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

To Catch a Thief
Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
1955

Son of Paleface
Blacksmith
1952

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Abdullah
1950

The Asphalt Jungle
Timmons
1950

Samson and Delilah
Garmiskar
1949

Mighty Joe Young
Strongman (uncredited)
1949

The Red Pony
Truck driver
1949

Fool's Gold
Blackie
1946

Bowery Bombshell
Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
1946

Pursuit to Algiers
Gubek
1945

Wildfire
Moose Harris
1945

Having Wonderful Crime
Zacharias, the Porter
1945

Gypsy Wildcat
Dota
1944

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Arab Giant (uncredited)
1944

Johnny Come Lately
Bouncer
1943

Above Suspicion
Hans (Uncredited)
1943

Arabian Nights
Valda
1942

Gentleman Jim
Flannagan (uncredited)
1942

Reap the Wild Wind
The Lamb
1942