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William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Actor
Born December 7, 1906Died April 9, 1981 (74 years)
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 & Shows on Plex
  • Pursuit to Algiers
  • The Cisco Kid
Known For
  • Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
  • Wildfire

Filmography

1978
American Hot Wax · as Freed's Friend
1955
To Catch a Thief · as Big Man In Kitchen (uncredited)
1952
The World in His Arms · as 'shanghai' Kelley
1952
Son of Paleface · as Blacksmith
1952
1950
1950
The Asphalt Jungle · as Timmons
1950
The Cisco Kid (TV Series) · as Barty
1949
Samson and Delilah · as Garmiskar
1949
Mighty Joe Young · as Strongman (uncredited)
1949
The Red Pony · as Truck Driver
1947
The Foxes of Harrow · as Sailor
1947
Calendar Girl · as Swedish Tug Of War Man
1946
Fool's Gold · as Blackie
1946
Bowery Bombshell · as Moose Mccall (as Wee Willie Davis)
1946
Night in Paradise · as Salabaar
1945
1945
Wildfire · as Moose Harris
1945
Having Wonderful Crime · as Zacharias, The Porter
1944
Gypsy Wildcat · as Dota
1944
Ghost Catchers · as Mug
1943
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves · as Arab Giant (uncredited)
1943
Johnny Come Lately · as Bouncer
1943
Hers to Hold · as Defense Plant Worker
1943
Thumbs Up · as Basil
1943
Above Suspicion · as Hans (uncredited)
1942
Arabian Nights · as Valda
1942
Gentleman Jim · as Flannagan (uncredited)
1942
Reap the Wild Wind · as The Lamb
1941

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