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name: "William 'Wee Willie' Davis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-wee-willie-davis"
fi1m_id: "william-wee-willie-davis"
imdb_id: "nm0205655"
tmdb_id: 96140
wikidata_id: "Q7979311"
roles: []
born: "7 December 1906"
died: "9 April 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T04:48:56.120158+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# William 'Wee Willie' Davis

## Identity

William 'Wee Willie' Davis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-wee-willie-davis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-wee-willie-davis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0205655
- **TMDB ID:** 96140
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7979311
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wee_Willie_Davis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7979311, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205655/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96140

Actor. Born 7 December 1906 in New York City. Died 9 April 1981.

## Details

- **Born:** 7 December 1906, New York City
- **Died:** 9 April 1981
- **Also known as:** William "Wee Willie" Davis
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wee_Willie_Davis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7979311, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205655/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96140

## Biography

William 'Wee Willie' Davis was an American actor and professional wrestler. Born William Grundy Davis in New York City on 7 December 1906, he began wrestling in 1930 under various ring names, including Wee Willie Davis, and retired from the ring in 1961. He later worked as a wrestling promoter in the Louisville area.

Davis appeared in numerous films from the 1940s to the 1970s, often in supporting or uncredited roles as imposing characters. He is credited as Timmons in *The Asphalt Jungle* (1950), and his other credits include *Reap the Wild Wind* (1942), *Arabian Nights* (1942), *Samson and Delilah* (1949), *Mighty Joe Young* (1949), *Pursuit to Algiers* (1945), *Gentleman Jim* (1942) and *To Catch a Thief* (1955). He died in Louisville, Kentucky, on 9 April 1981. He worked as a gym guard at the Jefferson County Jail in Louisville from 1972 to 1975 and contributed to the invention of the Glowmeter, an early head-up display for cars.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Asphalt Jungle* (1950), Fi1m 88, as Timmons — [page](https://film.one/film/the-asphalt-jungle.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *To Catch a Thief* (1955), as Big Man in Kitchen (uncredited)
- *Son of Paleface* (1952), as Blacksmith
- *Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion* (1950), as Abdullah
- *The Asphalt Jungle* (1950), as Timmons — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-asphalt-jungle.md)
- *Samson and Delilah* (1949), as Garmiskar
- *Mighty Joe Young* (1949), as Strongman (uncredited)
- *The Red Pony* (1949), as Truck driver
- *Fool's Gold* (1946), as Blackie
- *Bowery Bombshell* (1946), as Moose McCall (as Wee Willie Davis)
- *Pursuit to Algiers* (1945), as Gubek
- *Wildfire* (1945), as Moose Harris
- *Having Wonderful Crime* (1945), as Zacharias, the Porter
- *Gypsy Wildcat* (1944), as Dota
- *Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves* (1944), as Arab Giant (uncredited)
- *Johnny Come Lately* (1943), as Bouncer
- *Above Suspicion* (1943), as Hans (Uncredited)
- *Arabian Nights* (1942), as Valda
- *Gentleman Jim* (1942), as Flannagan (uncredited)
- *Reap the Wild Wind* (1942), as The Lamb

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