William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Acting

William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Born 7 December 1906 · Died 9 April 1981

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

The Asphalt Jungle
Samson and Delilah
Pursuit to Algiers
Reap the Wild Wind
Arabian Nights
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Son of Paleface
The Red Pony
Johnny Come Lately
Having Wonderful Crime
Bowery Bombshell
Gypsy Wildcat
Son of Paleface
The Asphalt Jungle
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Samson and Delilah
The Red Pony
Bowery Bombshell
Fool's Gold
Pursuit to Algiers
Having Wonderful Crime
Wildfire
Gypsy Wildcat
Johnny Come Lately
Arabian Nights
Reap the Wild Wind
William 'Wee Willie' Davis · Midrow