1906-12-07
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.
To Catch a Thief | Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited) | 1955-08-03 | |
Son of Paleface | Blacksmith | 1952-07-14 | |
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion | Abdullah | 1950-08-05 | |
The Asphalt Jungle | Timmons | 1950-05-12 | |
The Red Pony | Truck driver | 1949-03-08 | |
Samson and Delilah | Garmiskar | 1949-12-21 | |
Mighty Joe Young | Strongman (uncredited) | 1949-07-27 | |
Fool's Gold | Blackie | 1946-10-09 | |
Bowery Bombshell | Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis) | 1946-07-20 | |
Pursuit to Algiers | Gubek | 1945-10-26 | |
Wildfire | Moose Harris | 1945-07-18 | |
Having Wonderful Crime | Zacharias, the Porter | 1945-04-12 | |
Gypsy Wildcat | Dota | 1944-08-02 | |
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Arab Giant (uncredited) | 1944-01-14 | |
Johnny Come Lately | Bouncer | 1943-09-03 | |
Above Suspicion | Hans (Uncredited) | 1943-05-31 | |
Reap the Wild Wind | The Lamb | 1942-03-26 | |
Arabian Nights | Valda | 1942-12-25 | |
Gentleman Jim | Flannagan (uncredited) | 1942-11-14 |