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William 'Wee Willie' Davis
ActingBORN: 1906-12-07
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.
Top Filmography
7.3
To Catch a Thief
1955 // MOVIE
7.5
The Asphalt Jungle
1950 // MOVIE
6.6
Samson and Delilah
1949 // MOVIE
6.4
Mighty Joe Young
1949 // MOVIE
6.8
Pursuit to Algiers
1945 // MOVIE
7.1
Gentleman Jim
1942 // MOVIE
6.4
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 // MOVIE
6.0
Arabian Nights
1942 // MOVIE
6.1
Above Suspicion
1943 // MOVIE
6.1
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944 // MOVIE
6.0
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950 // MOVIE
6.3
Son of Paleface
1952 // MOVIE
6.8
Johnny Come Lately
1943 // MOVIE
5.9
The Red Pony
1949 // MOVIE
6.3
Having Wonderful Crime
1945 // MOVIE