| Intro | American actor |
| Was | Actor |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Film, TV, Stage & Radio |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 7 December 1906, New York City, New York, U.S.A. |
| Death |
9 April 1981, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, U.S.A. (aged 74 years) |
William “Wee Willie” Davis (December 7, 1906 – April 9, 1981) was an American film actor. He was born in New York City and died in Louisville, Kentucky, aged 74.
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 car’s speed onto the windshield. A fellow wrestler, “Prince Ilaki Ibn Ali Hassan” (real name Agisilaki Mihalakis), who also fought as the “Mad Greek”, was the primary inventor.
Filmography
- Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) – Mug (uncredited)
- Reap the Wild Wind (1942) – The Lamb
- Gentleman Jim (1942) – Flannagan (uncredited)
- Arabian Nights (1942) – Valda
- Above Suspicion (1943) – Hans – Aschenhausen’s Man (uncredited)
- Thumbs Up (1943) – Basil (uncredited)
- Johnny Come Lately (1943) – Bouncer
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944) – Arab Giant (uncredited)
- Ghost Catchers (1944) – Mug (uncredited)
- Gypsy Wildcat (1944) – Dota (uncredited)
- Having Wonderful Crime (1945) – Zacharias, the Porter
- Wildfire (1945) – Henchman Moose Harris
- Pursuit to Algiers (1945) – Gubec
- Night in Paradise (1946) – Salabaar
- Beware (1946) – Tympani Five Pianist
- Bowery Bombshell (1946) – Moose McCall
- Fool’s Gold (1946) – Blackie
- Calendar Girl (1947) – Swedish Tug of War Man (uncredited)
- The Foxes of Harrow (1947) – Sailor (uncredited)
- The Red Pony (1949) – Truck Driver (uncredited)
- Mighty Joe Young (1949) – Strongman (uncredited)
- Bodyhold (1949) – Harold Hocksteader aka Azusa Assassin
- Samson and Delilah (1949) – Garmiskar
- The Asphalt Jungle (1950) – Timmons
- Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950) – Abdullah
- Aladdin and His Lamp (1952) – Gobbo (uncredited)
- The World in His Arms (1952) – ‘Shanghai’ Kelley (uncredited)
- Son of Paleface (1952) – Blacksmith
- To Catch a Thief (1955) – Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
- American Hot Wax (1978) – Freed’s Friend (final film role)