William 'Wee Willie' Davis

William 'Wee Willie' Davis (74)

1906-12-07 - 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.

On Movies

  • To Catch a Thief
  • Son of Paleface
  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
  • The Asphalt Jungle
  • Samson and Delilah
  • Mighty Joe Young
  • The Red Pony
  • Fool's Gold
  • Bowery Bombshell
  • Pursuit to Algiers
  • Wildfire
  • Having Wonderful Crime
  • Gypsy Wildcat
  • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
  • Johnny Come Lately
  • Above Suspicion
  • Arabian Nights
  • Gentleman Jim
  • Reap the Wild Wind

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