
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 7, 1906
Day of Death
April 9, 1981 (74 years old)
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
To Catch a Thief
1955
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Samson and Delilah
1949
Mighty Joe Young
1949
Pursuit to Algiers
1945
Gentleman Jim
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
Arabian Nights
1942
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
Son of Paleface
1952
Above Suspicion
1943
The Red Pony
1949
Johnny Come Lately
1943
Having Wonderful Crime
1945