William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Born
1906-12-07
Died
1981-04-09
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.
Known for
To Catch a Thief
Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
The Asphalt Jungle
Timmons
Samson and Delilah
Garmiskar
Mighty Joe Young
Strongman (uncredited)
Pursuit to Algiers
Gubek
Gentleman Jim
Flannagan (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
The Lamb
Arabian Nights
Valda
Above Suspicion
Hans (Uncredited)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Arab Giant (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Abdullah
Son of Paleface
Blacksmith
Johnny Come Lately
Bouncer
The Red Pony
Truck driver
Having Wonderful Crime
Zacharias, the Porter