Personal Info
William "Wee Willie" Davis
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Acting
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.
Known For
Filmography
Movies
To Catch a Thief
as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
Son of Paleface
as Blacksmith
The Asphalt Jungle
as Timmons
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Abdullah
Samson and Delilah
as Garmiskar
Mighty Joe Young
as Strongman (uncredited)
The Red Pony
as Truck driver
Bowery Bombshell
as Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
Fool's Gold
as Blackie
Pursuit to Algiers
as Gubek