
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Actor
Born: December 7, 1906 (74 years old)
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 (15)
- The Asphalt Jungle (1950, ★ 7.5)
- Arabian Nights (1942, ★ 6)
- Reap the Wild Wind (1942, ★ 6.4)
- Pursuit to Algiers (1945, ★ 6.8)
- Having Wonderful Crime (1945, ★ 6.3)
- Son of Paleface (1952, ★ 6.3)
- Samson and Delilah (1949, ★ 6.6)
- Gentleman Jim (1942, ★ 7.1)
- To Catch a Thief (1955, ★ 7.3)
- The Red Pony (1949, ★ 5.9)
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950, ★ 6)
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944, ★ 6.1)
- Above Suspicion (1943, ★ 6.1)
- Johnny Come Lately (1943, ★ 6.8)
- Mighty Joe Young (1949, ★ 6.4)