William 'Wee Willie' Davis

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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1906-12-07
- Died
- 1981-04-09
Known for
- To Catch a Thief (1955) — Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
- The Asphalt Jungle (1950) — Timmons
- Samson and Delilah (1949) — Garmiskar
- Mighty Joe Young (1949) — Strongman (uncredited)
- Pursuit to Algiers (1945) — Gubek
- Gentleman Jim (1942) — Flannagan (uncredited)
- Reap the Wild Wind (1942) — The Lamb
- Arabian Nights (1942) — Valda
- Above Suspicion (1943) — Hans (Uncredited)
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950) — Abdullah
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944) — Arab Giant (uncredited)
- Son of Paleface (1952) — Blacksmith
- The Red Pony (1949) — Truck driver
- Johnny Come Lately (1943) — Bouncer
- Having Wonderful Crime (1945) — Zacharias, the Porter
- Bowery Bombshell (1946) — Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)