Actor
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Born December 7, 1906Died April 9, 198119 films
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.
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First watchThe Asphalt Jungle19507.5as TimmonsRecently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
19 films as actor- 1955To Catch a ThiefBig Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
- 1952Son of PalefaceBlacksmith
- 1950Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign LegionAbdullah
- 1950The Asphalt JungleTimmons
- 1949Samson and DelilahGarmiskar
- 1949Mighty Joe YoungStrongman (uncredited)
- 1949The Red PonyTruck driver
- 1946Fool's GoldBlackie
- 1946Bowery BombshellMoose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
- 1945Pursuit to AlgiersGubek
- 1945WildfireMoose Harris
- 1945Having Wonderful CrimeZacharias, the Porter
- 1944Gypsy WildcatDota
- 1944Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesArab Giant (uncredited)
- 1943Johnny Come LatelyBouncer
- 1943Above SuspicionHans (Uncredited)
- 1942Arabian NightsValda
- 1942Gentleman JimFlannagan (uncredited)
- 1942Reap the Wild WindThe Lamb