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William 'Wee Willie' Davis
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 gu…
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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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1955
To Catch a Thief
Movie Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
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1952
Son of Paleface
Movie Blacksmith
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1950
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Movie Abdullah
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1950
The Asphalt Jungle
Movie Timmons
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1949
Samson and Delilah
Movie Garmiskar
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1949
Mighty Joe Young
Movie Strongman (uncredited)
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1949
The Red Pony
Movie Truck driver
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1946
Fool's Gold
Movie Blackie
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1946
Bowery Bombshell
Movie Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
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1945
Pursuit to Algiers
Movie Gubek
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1945
Wildfire
Movie Moose Harris
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1945
Having Wonderful Crime
Movie Zacharias, the Porter
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1944
Gypsy Wildcat
Movie Dota
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1944
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Movie Arab Giant (uncredited)
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1943
Johnny Come Lately
Movie Bouncer
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1943
Above Suspicion
Movie Hans (Uncredited)
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1942
Arabian Nights
Movie Valda
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1942
Gentleman Jim
Movie Flannagan (uncredited)
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1942
Reap the Wild Wind
Movie The Lamb
