Portrait of 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.

Born: December 7, 1906

Filmography

1955
To Catch a Thief

as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)

1952
Son of Paleface

as Blacksmith

1950
1949
Samson and Delilah

as Garmiskar

1949
Mighty Joe Young

as Strongman (uncredited)

1949
The Red Pony

as Truck driver

1946
Fool's Gold

as Blackie

1946
Bowery Bombshell

as Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)

1945
1945
Wildfire

as Moose Harris

1945
Having Wonderful Crime

as Zacharias, the Porter

1944
1944
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

as Arab Giant (uncredited)

1943
1943
Above Suspicion

as Hans (Uncredited)

1942
1942
Gentleman Jim

as Flannagan (uncredited)

1942