William 'Wee Willie' Davis

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.

Filmography

To Catch a Thief

1955 · 7.3

Samson and Delilah

1949 · 6.6

Mighty Joe Young

1949 · 6.4

The Asphalt Jungle

1950 · 7.5