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