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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.
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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 | Aladdin and His Lamp · as Gobbo |
1950 | Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion · as Abdullah |
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 | Pursuit to Algiers · as Gubek |
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 | Shadow of the Thin Man · as Mug |