William 'Wee Willie' Davis

William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Known for

Acting

Born

December 7, 1906

Died

April 9, 1981 (aged 74)

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.

Best known work

To Catch a Thief
To Catch a Thief
1955
The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Samson and Delilah
Samson and Delilah
1949
Mighty Joe Young
Mighty Joe Young
1949
Pursuit to Algiers
Pursuit to Algiers
1945
Gentleman Jim
Gentleman Jim
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights
1942
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944

Filmography

  1. 1955

    To Catch a Thief

    as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)

  2. 1952

    Son of Paleface

    as Blacksmith

  3. 1950

  4. 1950

  5. 1949

    Samson and Delilah

    as Garmiskar

  6. 1949

    Mighty Joe Young

    as Strongman (uncredited)

  7. 1949

    The Red Pony

    as Truck driver

  8. 1946

    Fool's Gold

    as Blackie

  9. 1946

    Bowery Bombshell

    as Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)

  10. 1945

  11. 1945

    Wildfire

    as Moose Harris

  12. 1945

    Having Wonderful Crime

    as Zacharias, the Porter

  13. 1944

  14. 1944

    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

    as Arab Giant (uncredited)

  15. 1943

  16. 1943

    Above Suspicion

    as Hans (Uncredited)

  17. 1942

  18. 1942

    Gentleman Jim

    as Flannagan (uncredited)

  19. 1942

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