William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
December 7, 1906 (74 years old)
Died
April 9, 1981
Popular Genres
Adventure Drama Action
Career Span
1942 – 1955

William 'Wee Willie' Davis

5 wins
35 nominations
5 Oscars
19 credits

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.

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Personal Info

Born
Dec 7, 1906
Known For
Acting
Career
1942 – 1955

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To Catch a Thief
Samson and Delilah
The Asphalt Jungle
Reap the Wild Wind
Mighty Joe Young
Gentleman Jim
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Above Suspicion
Pursuit to Algiers
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

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