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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

7.3

Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)

To Catch a Thief

1955

6.3

Blacksmith

Son of Paleface

1952

6.0

Abdullah

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

1950

7.5

Timmons

The Asphalt Jungle

1950

6.5

Garmiskar

Samson and Delilah

1949

6.4

Strongman (uncredited)

Mighty Joe Young

1949

5.9

Truck driver

The Red Pony

1949

3.0

Blackie

Fool's Gold

1946

6.0

Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)

Bowery Bombshell

1946

6.8

Gubek

Pursuit to Algiers

1945

Credits

To Catch a Thief

as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)

1955

7.3

Son of Paleface

as Blacksmith

1952

6.3

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

as Abdullah

1950

6.0

The Asphalt Jungle

as Timmons

1950

7.5

Samson and Delilah

as Garmiskar

1949

6.5

Mighty Joe Young

as Strongman (uncredited)

1949

6.4

The Red Pony

as Truck driver

1949

5.9

Fool's Gold

as Blackie

1946

3.0

Bowery Bombshell

as Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)

1946

6.0

Pursuit to Algiers

as Gubek

1945

6.8

Wildfire

as Moose Harris

1945

1.0

Having Wonderful Crime

as Zacharias, the Porter

1945

6.3

Gypsy Wildcat

as Dota

1944

5.5

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

as Arab Giant (uncredited)

1944

6.1

Johnny Come Lately

as Bouncer

1943

6.7

Above Suspicion

as Hans (Uncredited)

1943

6.1

Arabian Nights

as Valda

1942

6.0

Gentleman Jim

as Flannagan (uncredited)

1942

7.1

Reap the Wild Wind

as The Lamb

1942

6.4