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