
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For

Arabian Nights
1942

Reap the Wild Wind
1942

The Asphalt Jungle
1950

Bowery Bombshell
1946

Pursuit to Algiers
1945

Having Wonderful Crime
1945

Son of Paleface
1952

Samson and Delilah
1949

Gypsy Wildcat
1944

Fool's Gold
1946

The Red Pony
1949

Gentleman Jim
1942

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950

Wildfire
1945

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944

To Catch a Thief
1955

Above Suspicion
1943

Johnny Come Lately
1943

Mighty Joe Young
1949