William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-12-07 (75 years old)

Deathday

1981-04-09

Place of Birth

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William 'Wee Willie' Davis

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.

Acting

1942

1942

1950

1946

Bowery Bombshell

as Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)

1945

1945

Having Wonderful Crime

as Zacharias, the Porter

1952

Son of Paleface

as Blacksmith

1949

Samson and Delilah

as Garmiskar

1944

1946

Fool's Gold

as Blackie

1949

The Red Pony

as Truck driver

1942

Gentleman Jim

as Flannagan (uncredited)

1945

Wildfire

as Moose Harris

1944

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

as Arab Giant (uncredited)

1955

To Catch a Thief

as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)

1943

Above Suspicion

as Hans (Uncredited)

1943

1949

Mighty Joe Young

as Strongman (uncredited)

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