William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Known for ActingBorn 1906-12-07Died 1981-04-09

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Asphalt Jungle

To Catch a Thief

Gentleman Jim

Johnny Come Lately

Pursuit to Algiers

Samson and Delilah

Having Wonderful Crime

Bowery Bombshell

Fool's Gold

Son of Paleface

Mighty Joe Young

Reap the Wild Wind

Above Suspicion

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

The Red Pony

Gypsy Wildcat

Arabian Nights

Wildfire