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William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Acting · Born December 7, 1906 · New York City, New York, USA

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.

William 'Wee Willie' Davis movies and shows

  • To Catch a Thief1955
  • Samson and Delilah1949
  • The Asphalt Jungle1950
  • Mighty Joe Young1949
  • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves1944
  • Reap the Wild Wind1942
  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion1950
  • Above Suspicion1943
  • Gentleman Jim1942
  • Arabian Nights1942
  • Son of Paleface1952
  • Pursuit to Algiers1945
  • The Red Pony1949
  • Having Wonderful Crime1945
  • Johnny Come Lately1943
  • Bowery Bombshell1946
  • Gypsy Wildcat1944
  • Fool's Gold1946
  • Wildfire1945