William 'Wee Willie' Davis

DOB: 1906-12-07

DOD: 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.

Starred In

1942
Movie

Arabian Nights

1942
Movie

Reap the Wild Wind

1950
Movie

The Asphalt Jungle

1946
Movie

Bowery Bombshell

1945
Movie

Pursuit to Algiers

1952
Movie

Son of Paleface

1949
Movie

Samson and Delilah

1944
Movie

Gypsy Wildcat

1946
Movie

Fool's Gold

1949
Movie

The Red Pony

1942
Movie

Gentleman Jim

1945
Movie

Wildfire

1955
Movie

To Catch a Thief

1943
Movie

Above Suspicion

1943
Movie

Johnny Come Lately

1949
Movie

Mighty Joe Young