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

as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)

The Asphalt Jungle

as Timmons

Samson and Delilah

as Garmiskar

Mighty Joe Young

as Strongman (uncredited)

Pursuit to Algiers

as Gubek

Gentleman Jim

as Flannagan (uncredited)

Reap the Wild Wind

as The Lamb

Arabian Nights

as Valda

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

as Arab Giant (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

as Abdullah