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William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Acting
Born: December 7, 1906
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
Samson and Delilah
as Garmiskar
To Catch a Thief
as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
The Asphalt Jungle
as Timmons
Mighty Joe Young
as Strongman (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
as The Lamb
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Abdullah
Above Suspicion
as Hans (Uncredited)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Arab Giant (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
as Flannagan (uncredited)
Arabian Nights
as Valda
