Place of Birth:
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
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.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Arabian Nights | Valda | 1942 |
Reap the Wild Wind | The Lamb | 1942 |
The Asphalt Jungle | Timmons | 1950 |
Bowery Bombshell | Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis) | 1946 |
Pursuit to Algiers | Gubek | 1945 |
Having Wonderful Crime | Zacharias, the Porter | 1945 |
Son of Paleface | Blacksmith | 1952 |
Samson and Delilah | Garmiskar | 1949 |
Gypsy Wildcat | Dota | 1944 |
Fool's Gold | Blackie | 1946 |
The Red Pony | Truck driver | 1949 |
Gentleman Jim | Flannagan (uncredited) | 1942 |
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion | Abdullah | 1950 |
Wildfire | Moose Harris | 1945 |
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Arab Giant (uncredited) | 1944 |
To Catch a Thief | Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited) | 1955 |
Above Suspicion | Hans (Uncredited) | 1943 |
Johnny Come Lately | Bouncer | 1943 |
Mighty Joe Young | Strongman (uncredited) | 1949 | Series | Cast | Year |