Acting
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
- Born
- December 7, 1906
- Died
- April 9, 1981
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.
Filmography
Known for
6.0Arabian Nights
1942
6.4Reap the Wild Wind
1942
7.5The Asphalt Jungle
1950
6.5Bowery Bombshell
1946
6.8Pursuit to Algiers
1945
6.5Having Wonderful Crime
1945
6.4Son of Paleface
1952
6.6Samson and Delilah
1949
6.0Gypsy Wildcat
1944
6.5Fool's Gold
1946
6.0The Red Pony
1949
7.2Gentleman Jim
1942
6.1Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
4.0Wildfire
1945
6.2Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944
7.3To Catch a Thief
1955
6.2Above Suspicion
1943
7.0Johnny Come Lately
1943