William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Born: 1906-12-07

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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To Catch a Thief

as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
Released: 1955-08-03

An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch...

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Mighty Joe Young

as Strongman (uncredited)
Released: 1949-07-27

A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla...

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Samson and Delilah

as Garmiskar
Released: 1949-12-21

When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks...

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The Asphalt Jungle

as Timmons
Released: 1950-05-12

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo...

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Gentleman Jim

as Flannagan (uncredited)
Released: 1942-11-14

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and...

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Arabian Nights

as Valda
Released: 1942-12-25

Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual,...

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Reap the Wild Wind

as The Lamb
Released: 1942-03-26

The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the...

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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

as Arab Giant (uncredited)
Released: 1944-01-14

Orphaned as a young child and adopted by a band of notorious thieves, now-grown Ali Baba sets...

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Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion

as Abdullah
Released: 1950-08-05

Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks...

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Above Suspicion

as Hans (Uncredited)
Released: 1943-05-31

Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.

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The Red Pony

as Truck driver
Released: 1949-03-08

Peter Miles stars as Tom Tiflin, the little boy at the heart of this John Steinbeck story set in...

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Pursuit to Algiers

as Gubek
Released: 1945-10-26

After the King of Ruthenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his...

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Son of Paleface

as Blacksmith
Released: 1952-07-14

Peter Potter Jr. returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found.

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Bowery Bombshell

as Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
Released: 1946-07-20

Slip (Leo Gorcey), Sach (Huntz Hall), Bobby (Bobby Jordan), Whitey (William Benedict) and Chuck...

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Having Wonderful Crime

as Zacharias, the Porter
Released: 1945-04-12

Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain...

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Johnny Come Lately

as Bouncer
Released: 1943-09-03

Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her...

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Gypsy Wildcat

as Dota
Released: 1944-08-02

In an unspecified Renaissance kingdom, no sooner has Anube's gypsy tribe encamped near Baron...

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Fool's Gold

as Blackie
Released: 1946-10-09

The son of an Army friend is about the join an outlaw gang. Hoppy prevents this and brings the...

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Wildfire

as Moose Harris
Released: 1945-07-18

Fanning has his men rustle horses and then blame it on a wild horse named Wildfire. Happy and...

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