Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 7, 1906
Also Known As
- William "Wee Willie" Davis
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.
Known For - Movies
To Catch a Thief
as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
Samson and Delilah
as Garmiskar
The Asphalt Jungle
as Timmons
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Arab Giant (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
as The Lamb
Mighty Joe Young
as Strongman (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
as Flannagan (uncredited)
Pursuit to Algiers
as Gubek
Arabian Nights
as Valda
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Abdullah