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person_profile-Moroni Olsen

Moroni Olsen Died at age: 65

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Moroni Olsen

Date of Birth:

Jun 26, 1889

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Nov 22, 1954

Biography of

Moroni Olsen

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Moroni Olsen (June 27, 1889 – November 22, 1954) was an American actor.

    Olsen was born in Ogden, Utah, to Mormon parents Edward Arenholt Olsen and Martha Hoverholst, who named him after the Moroni found in the Book of Mormon. Some sources have claimed that Olsen's birth name was John Willard Clawson, but there appears to be no support for this claim.

    Olsen studied at Weber Stake Academy, the predecessor of Weber State University. He then went to study at the University of Utah, where one of his teachers was Maud May Babcock. During World War I, he sold war bonds for the United States Navy. He also studied and performed in the Eastern United States around this time.

    In 1923, Olsen organized the "Moroni Olsen Players" out of Ogden. They performed at both Ogden's Orpheum Theatre and at various other locations spread from Salt Lake City to Seattle.

    After having worked on Broadway, he made his film debut in a 1935 adaptation of The Three Musketeers. He later played a different role in a 1939 comedy version of the story, starring Don Ameche as D'Artagnan and the Ritz Brothers as three dimwitted lackeys who are forced to substitute for the musketeers, who have drunk themselves into a stupor.

    His most famous role was the voice of the Slave in The Magic Mirror in Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Olsen also provided the voice of the senior angel in It's a Wonderful Life.

    Olsen was an active member of the LDS Church, being a teacher of youth in the Hoolwood Ward. He also was director of the Pilgramage Play of Hollywood for several years.

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Filmography of

Moroni Olsen

Found 96 Movies in total

Sign of the Pagan

Pope Leo I ( Actor )

... 1954

The Long, Long Trailer

Mr. Tewitt ( Actor )

... 1954

Marry Me Again

Mr. Courtney ( Actor )

... 1953

So This Is Love

Arnold Reuben ( Actor )

... 1953

Lone Star

Sam Houston ( Actor )

... 1952

Washington Story

Speaker Of The House ( Actor )

... 1952

At Sword's Point

Porthos ( Actor )

... 1952

Submarine Command

Rear Adm. Joshua Rice ( Actor )

... 1951

No Questions Asked

Henry Manston ( Actor )

... 1951

Father's Little Dividend

Herbert Dunstan ( Actor )

... 1951

Payment on Demand

Mr. Barton ( Actor )

... 1951

Father of the Bride

Herbert Dunstan ( Actor )

... 1950

Samson and Delilah

Targil ( Actor )

... 1949

Task Force

Adm. Ames ( Actor )

... 1949

The Fountainhead

Chairman ( Actor )

... 1949

Command Decision

Congressman Stone ( Actor )

... 1948

Up in Central Park

Big Jim Fitts ( Actor )

... 1948

Call Northside 777

Parole Board Chairman ( Actor )

... 1948

High Wall

Dr. Philip Dunlap ( Actor )

... 1947

That Hagen Girl

Trenton Gateley ( Actor )

... 1947

Black Gold

Don Toland ( Actor )

... 1947

Life with Father

Dr. Humphries ( Actor )

... 1947

Possessed

Dr. Ames - Mrs. Smith's psychiatrist ( Actor )

... 1947

The Long Night

Chief of Police Bob McManus ( Actor )

... 1947

It's a Wonderful Life

Senior Angel (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

The Strange Woman

Rev. Thatcher ( Actor )

... 1946

Notorious

Walter Beardsley ( Actor )

... 1946

Boys' Ranch

Judge Henderson ( Actor )

... 1946

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

Bishop Martin ( Actor )

... 1946

From This Day Forward

Tim Bagley ( Actor )

... 1946

Don't Fence Me In

Henry Bennett ( Actor )

... 1945

Mildred Pierce

Inspector Peterson ( Actor )

... 1945

Week-End at the Waldorf

House Detective ( Actor )

... 1945

Pride of the Marines

Capt. Burroughs ( Actor )

... 1945

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

General (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Roger Touhy, Gangster

Riley ( Actor )

... 1944

Cobra Woman

MacDonald ( Actor )

... 1944

Buffalo Bill

Sen. Frederici ( Actor )

... 1944

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Caliph Hassan ( Actor )

... 1944

Madame Curie

President of Businessman's Board (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

We've Never Been Licked

Commandant ( Actor )

... 1943

Mission to Moscow

Col. Faymonville ( Actor )

... 1943

Air Force

Col. Blake ( Actor )

... 1943

Reunion in France

Paul Grebeau ( Actor )

... 1942

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Dr. Henry Olcott ( Actor )

... 1942

The Glass Key

Ralph Henry ( Actor )

... 1942

My Favorite Spy

Major Allen ( Actor )

... 1942

Sundown Jim

Andrew Barr ( Actor )

... 1942

Nazi Agent

Brenner ( Actor )

... 1942

Dangerously They Live

Mr. John Goodwin ( Actor )

... 1941

One Foot in Heaven

Dr. John Romer ( Actor )

... 1941

Three Sons o' Guns

Philip G. Talbot ( Actor )

... 1941

Life with Henry

Sylvanus Q. Sattherwaite ( Actor )

... 1941

Dive Bomber

Senior Surgeon at San Diego ( Actor )

... 1941

Santa Fe Trail

Robert E. Lee ( Actor )

... 1940

East of the River

Judge R.D. Davis ( Actor )

... 1940

Brigham Young

Doc Richards ( Actor )

... 1940

If I Had My Way

Mr. Blair ( Actor )

... 1940

Virginia City

Cameron ( Actor )

... 1940

Brother Rat and a Baby

Major Terry ( Actor )

... 1940

Invisible Stripes

The Warden ( Actor )

... 1939

Barricade

Managing Editor ( Actor )

... 1939

That's Right – You're Wrong

Jonathan Forbes ( Actor )

... 1939

Allegheny Uprising

Tom Calhoon ( Actor )

... 1939

Dust Be My Destiny

Slim Jones ( Actor )

... 1939

Susannah of the Mounties

Supt. Andrew Standing ( Actor )

... 1939

Code of the Secret Service

The friar ( Actor )

... 1939

Rose of Washington Square

Buck Russell ( Actor )

... 1939

The Three Musketeers

Bailiff ( Actor )

... 1939

Off the Record

Juvenal Court Judge ( Actor )

... 1939

Homicide Bureau

Captain Haines ( Actor )

... 1939

Kentucky

John Dillon - 1938 ( Actor )

... 1938

Submarine Patrol

The Fleet Captain ( Actor )

... 1938

There Goes My Heart

Fisherman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

That Certain Age

Fullerton's Associate (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

Marie Antoinette

Bearded Leader of the People (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

Kidnapped

Douglas ( Actor )

... 1938

Gold Is Where You Find It

Senator Hearst ( Actor )

... 1938

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

Adventure's End

First Mate Rand Husk ( Actor )

... 1937

The Last Gangster

Detective Danny Shea (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

The Soldier and the Lady

Tartar Chief (Voice) (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

The Plough and the Stars

General Connally ( Actor )

... 1936

Mummy's Boys

Dr. Edward Sterling ( Actor )

... 1936

Grand Jury

Davis, the bodyguard ( Actor )

... 1936

Mary of Scotland

John Knox ( Actor )

... 1936

M'Liss

Jake ( Actor )

... 1936

The Witness Chair

Lt. Poole ( Actor )

... 1936

Two in Revolt

Cyrus Benton ( Actor )

... 1936

The Farmer in the Dell

Chester Hart ( Actor )

... 1936

Yellow Dust

Missouri ( Actor )

... 1936

We're Only Human

R.J. Curran ( Actor )

... 1935

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Mayor Jim Cargen ( Actor )

... 1935

Annie Oakley

Col. William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody ( Actor )

... 1935

The Three Musketeers

Porthos ( Actor )

... 1935

Death Takes a Holiday

Cardinal De Valle (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934