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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.
The roles that explain the career.
16 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | To Catch a Thief | Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited) | Film |
| 1952 | Son of Paleface | Blacksmith | Film |
| 1950 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion | Abdullah | Film |
| 1950 | The Asphalt Jungle | Timmons | Film |
| 1949 | The Red Pony | Truck driver | Film |
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah | Garmiskar | Film |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe Young | Strongman (uncredited) | Film |
| 1946 | Fool's Gold | Blackie | Film |
| 1946 | Bowery Bombshell | Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis) | Film |
| 1945 | Pursuit to Algiers | Gubek | Film |
| 1945 | Having Wonderful Crime | Zacharias, the Porter | Film |
| 1944 | Gypsy Wildcat | Dota | Film |
| 1944 | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Arab Giant (uncredited) | Film |
| 1943 | Johnny Come Lately | Bouncer | Film |
| 1942 | Arabian Nights | Valda | Film |
| 1942 | Reap the Wild Wind | The Lamb | Film |
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