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