William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Born
7 December 1906 (119)
Also known as
William "Wee Willie" Davis
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 (19)
To Catch a Thief
1955
Son of Paleface
1952
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Samson and Delilah
1949
Mighty Joe Young
1949
The Red Pony
1949
Fool's Gold
1946
Bowery Bombshell
1946
Pursuit to Algiers
1945
Wildfire
1945
Having Wonderful Crime
1945
Gypsy Wildcat
1944
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944
Johnny Come Lately
1943
Above Suspicion
1943
Arabian Nights
1942
Gentleman Jim
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
1942