Acting · Born December 7, 1906
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.
MovieTo Catch a Thief
1955
as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
MovieSon of Paleface
1952
as Blacksmith
MovieBud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
as Abdullah
MovieThe Asphalt Jungle
1950
as Timmons
MovieSamson and Delilah
1949
as Garmiskar
MovieMighty Joe Young
1949
as Strongman (uncredited)
MovieThe Red Pony
1949
as Truck driver
MovieFool's Gold
1946
as Blackie
MovieBowery Bombshell
1946
as Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
MoviePursuit to Algiers
1945
as Gubek
MovieWildfire
1945
as Moose Harris
MovieHaving Wonderful Crime
1945
as Zacharias, the Porter
MovieGypsy Wildcat
1944
as Dota
MovieAli Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944
as Arab Giant (uncredited)
MovieJohnny Come Lately
1943
as Bouncer
MovieAbove Suspicion
1943
as Hans (Uncredited)
MovieArabian Nights
1942
as Valda
MovieGentleman Jim
1942
as Flannagan (uncredited)
MovieReap the Wild Wind
1942
as The Lamb
