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William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Acting Born Dec 7, 1906 19 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

The Asphalt Jungle

as Timmons

2 Days and 1 Night

as Blacksmith

Full filmography

  • To Catch a Thief (1955) as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
  • Samson and Delilah (1949) as Garmiskar
  • Reap the Wild Wind (1942) as The Lamb
  • The Asphalt Jungle (1950) as Timmons
  • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944) as Arab Giant (uncredited)
  • Mighty Joe Young (1949) as Strongman (uncredited)
  • Arabian Nights (1942) as Valda
  • Gentleman Jim (1942) as Flannagan (uncredited)
  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950) as Abdullah
  • Pursuit to Algiers (1945) as Gubek
  • The Red Pony (1949) as Truck driver
  • Above Suspicion (1943) as Hans (Uncredited)
  • Fool's Gold (1946) as Blackie
  • Gypsy Wildcat (1944) as Dota
  • Bowery Bombshell (1946) as Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
  • Johnny Come Lately (1943) as Bouncer
  • Son of Paleface (1952) as Blacksmith
  • Wildfire (1945) as Moose Harris
  • Having Wonderful Crime (1945) as Zacharias, the Porter