Wee Willie Davis

William Grundy "Wee Willie" Davis (December 7, 1906 – April 9, 1981) was an American film actor and professional wrestler. He was born in New York City and died in Louisville, Kentucky, aged 74.

He worked in the Jefferson County Jail in Louisville in 1972–1975 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 car's speed onto the windshield. A fellow wrestler, "Prince Ilaki Ibn Ali Hassan" (real name Agisilaki Mihalakis), who also fought as the "Mad Greek", was the primary inventor.

Filmography

Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) – Mug (uncredited) Reap the Wild Wind (1942) – The Lamb Gentleman Jim (1942) – Flannagan (uncredited) Arabian Nights (1942) – Valda Above Suspicion (1943) – Hans – Aschenhausen's Man (uncredited) Thumbs Up (1943) – Basil (uncredited) Johnny Come Lately (1943) – Bouncer Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944) – Arab Giant (uncredited) Ghost Catchers (1944) – Mug (uncredited) Gypsy Wildcat (1944) – Dota (uncredited) Having Wonderful Crime (1945) – Zacharias, the Porter Wildfire (1945) – Henchman Moose Harris Pursuit to Algiers (1945) – Gubec Night in Paradise (1946) – Salabaar Beware (1946) – Tympani Five Pianist Bowery Bombshell (1946) – Moose McCall Fool's Gold (1947) – Blackie Calendar Girl (1947) – Swedish Tug of War Man (uncredited) The Foxes of Harrow (1947) – Sailor (uncredited) The Red Pony (1949) – Truck Driver (uncredited) Mighty Joe Young (1949) – Strongman (uncredited) Bodyhold (1949) – Harold Hocksteader aka Azusa Assassin Samson and Delilah (1949) – Garmiskar The Asphalt Jungle (1950) – Timmons Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950) – Abdullah Aladdin and His Lamp (1952) – Gobbo (uncredited) The World in His Arms (1952) – 'Shanghai' Kelley (uncredited) Son of Paleface (1952) – Blacksmith To Catch a Thief (1955) – Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited) American Hot Wax (1978) – Freed's Friend (final film role)