Biography
William "Wee Willie" Davis (1906β1981) 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.
Filmography
all 19
Movies 19
Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Movie
5
Blacksmith
Son of Paleface (1952)
Movie
Abdullah
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Movie
Timmons
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Movie
3.71
Garmiskar
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Movie
Strongman (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Movie
Truck driver
The Red Pony (1949)
Movie
Blackie
Fool's Gold (1946)
Movie
Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
Bowery Bombshell (1946)
Movie
Gubek
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Movie
4
Moose Harris
Wildfire (1945)
Movie
Zacharias, the Porter
Having Wonderful Crime (1945)
Movie
Dota
Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
Movie
Arab Giant (uncredited)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
Movie
Bouncer
Johnny Come Lately (1943)
Movie
Hans (Uncredited)
Above Suspicion (1943)
Movie
Valda
Arabian Nights (1942)
Movie
Flannagan (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Movie
The Lamb
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.01
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1942
1944
1946
1946
1955
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1906-12-07
Deathday1981-04-09 (74 years old)
Birth NameWilliam Davis
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsWilliam "Wee Willie" Davis
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