William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Actor
- Born
- December 7, 1906
- Died
- April 9, 1981 (age 74)
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
August 3, 1955
The Asphalt Jungle
May 12, 1950
Samson and Delilah
December 21, 1949
Mighty Joe Young
July 13, 1949
Pursuit to Algiers
October 26, 1945
Gentleman Jim
November 14, 1942
Reap the Wild Wind
March 26, 1942
Arabian Nights
December 25, 1942
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
August 5, 1950
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
January 14, 1944
Above Suspicion
May 31, 1943
Son of Paleface
July 14, 1952
Acting19
- 1955To Catch a Thief as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
- 1952Son of Paleface as Blacksmith
- 1950Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion as Abdullah
- 1950The Asphalt Jungle as Timmons
- 1949Samson and Delilah as Garmiskar
- 1949Mighty Joe Young as Strongman (uncredited)
- 1949The Red Pony as Truck driver
- 1946Fool's Gold as Blackie
- 1946Bowery Bombshell as Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
- 1945Pursuit to Algiers