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William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Acting

William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1906-12-07,
Gender
Male
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

6

Arabian Nights
1942-12-25

Reap the Wild Wind

6.4

Reap the Wild Wind
1942-03-26

The Asphalt Jungle

7.5

The Asphalt Jungle
1950-05-12

Bowery Bombshell

6.5

Bowery Bombshell
1946-07-20

Pursuit to Algiers

6.869

Pursuit to Algiers
1945-10-26

Having Wonderful Crime

6.5

Having Wonderful Crime
1945-04-12

Son of Paleface

6.4

Son of Paleface
1952-07-14

Samson and Delilah

6.6

Samson and Delilah
1949-12-21

6

Gypsy Wildcat
1944-08-02

6.5

Fool's Gold
1946-10-09

6

The Red Pony
1949-03-08

7.2

Gentleman Jim
1942-11-14

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

6.103

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950-08-05

4

Wildfire
1945-07-18

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

6.154

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944-01-14

To Catch a Thief

7.261

To Catch a Thief
1955-08-03

Above Suspicion

6.192

Above Suspicion
1943-05-31

Johnny Come Lately

7

Johnny Come Lately
1943-09-03

Mighty Joe Young

6.4

Mighty Joe Young
1949-07-13