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