Known for: Acting
Born: 1906-12-07
Died: 1981-04-09

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William 'Wee Willie' Davis

Acting · follow into films and chains

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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Asphalt Jungle

Appears in a KinoChain journey

To Catch a Thief

As Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)

Arabian Nights

As Valda

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Heist Film Slips Its Own Cuffs

Seven robberies that treat the job as a pretext: for politics, for grief, for a formal joke. The loot matters less than what the filmmakers smuggle out alongsid...

7 films

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