Cast & creator
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Best known for To Catch a Thief, Samson and Delilah, The Asphalt Jungle
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.
Also known as: William "Wee Willie" Davis
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1942–1955 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (19)
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To Catch a Thief
Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
1955
Samson and Delilah
Garmiskar
1949
The Asphalt Jungle
Timmons
1950
Mighty Joe Young
Strongman (uncredited)
1949
Reap the Wild Wind
The Lamb
1942
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Arab Giant (uncredited)
1944
Arabian Nights
Valda
1942
Gentleman Jim
Flannagan (uncredited)
1942
Son of Paleface
Blacksmith
1952
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Abdullah
1950
The Red Pony
Truck driver
1949
Above Suspicion
Hans (Uncredited)
1943
Pursuit to Algiers
Gubek
1945
Having Wonderful Crime
Zacharias, the Porter
1945
Fool's Gold
Blackie
1946
Wildfire
Moose Harris
1945
Bowery Bombshell
Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
1946
Johnny Come Lately
Bouncer
1943
Gypsy Wildcat
Dota
1944