Person
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Acting · 1906–1981
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
To Catch a Thief
Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
Samson and Delilah
Garmiskar
The Asphalt Jungle
Timmons
Mighty Joe Young
Strongman (uncredited)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Arab Giant (uncredited)
Pursuit to Algiers
Gubek
Reap the Wild Wind
The Lamb
Arabian Nights
Valda
Above Suspicion
Hans (Uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
Flannagan (uncredited)
Filmography
- 1955To Catch a ThiefBig Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
- 1952Son of PalefaceBlacksmith
- 1950Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign LegionAbdullah
- 1950The Asphalt JungleTimmons
- 1949Samson and DelilahGarmiskar
- 1949Mighty Joe YoungStrongman (uncredited)
- 1949The Red PonyTruck driver
- 1946Fool's GoldBlackie
- 1946Bowery BombshellMoose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
- 1945Pursuit to AlgiersGubek
- 1945WildfireMoose Harris
- 1945Having Wonderful CrimeZacharias, the Porter
- 1944Gypsy WildcatDota
- 1944Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesArab Giant (uncredited)
- 1943Johnny Come LatelyBouncer
- 1943Above SuspicionHans (Uncredited)
- 1942Arabian NightsValda
- 1942Gentleman JimFlannagan (uncredited)
- 1942Reap the Wild WindThe Lamb
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