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William 'Wee Willie' Davis
- Department:Acting
- Birthday:12/7/1906
- Deathday:4/9/1981
- Popularity:0
- Also known as:William "Wee Willie" Davis
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.
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Acting and producing career
Acting
- 1955movie
To Catch a Thief
as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
- 1952movie
Son of Paleface
as Blacksmith
- 1950movie
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Abdullah
- 1950movie
The Asphalt Jungle
as Timmons
- 1949movie
Samson and Delilah
as Garmiskar
- 1949movie
Mighty Joe Young
as Strongman (uncredited)
- 1949movie
The Red Pony
as Truck driver
- 1946movie
Fool's Gold
as Blackie
- 1946movie
Bowery Bombshell
as Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
- 1945movie
Pursuit to Algiers
as Gubek
- 1945movie
Wildfire
as Moose Harris
- 1945movie
Having Wonderful Crime
as Zacharias, the Porter
- 1944movie
Gypsy Wildcat
as Dota
- 1944movie
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Arab Giant (uncredited)
- 1943movie
Johnny Come Lately
as Bouncer
- 1943movie
Above Suspicion
as Hans (Uncredited)
- 1942movie
Arabian Nights
as Valda
- 1942movie
Gentleman Jim
as Flannagan (uncredited)
- 1942movie
Reap the Wild Wind
as The Lamb