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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Ogden, Utah, USA, 1889-06-26

Died: 1954-11-22

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1934	Death Takes a Holiday	Cardinal De Valle (uncredited)	64
2	1935	The Three Musketeers	Porthos	64
3	1935	Annie Oakley	Col. William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody	63
4	1935	Seven Keys to Baldpate	Mayor Jim Cargen	66
5	1935	We're Only Human	R.J. Curran	65
6	1936	Yellow Dust	Missouri	40
7	1936	The Farmer in the Dell	Chester Hart	0
8	1936	Two in Revolt	Cyrus Benton	60
9	1936	The Witness Chair	Lt. Poole	62
10	1936	M'Liss	Jake	50
11	1936	Mary of Scotland	John Knox	63
12	1936	Grand Jury	Davis, the bodyguard	70
13	1936	Mummy's Boys	Dr. Edward Sterling	47
14	1936	The Plough and the Stars	General Connally	58
15	1937	The Soldier and the Lady	Tartar Chief (Voice) (Uncredited)	65
16	1937	The Last Gangster	Detective Danny Shea (uncredited)	63
17	1937	Adventure's End	First Mate Rand Husk	50
18	1938	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited)	71
19	1938	Gold Is Where You Find It	Senator Hearst	69
20	1938	Kidnapped	Douglas	47
21	1938	What Do You Think? Tupapaoo	Kurt Larsen	75
22	1938	Marie Antoinette	Bearded Leader of the People (uncredited)	66
23	1938	That Certain Age	Fullerton's Associate (uncredited)	51
24	1938	There Goes My Heart	Fisherman (uncredited)	71
25	1938	Submarine Patrol	The Fleet Captain	66
26	1938	Kentucky	John Dillon - 1938	58
27	1939	Homicide Bureau	Captain Haines	60
28	1939	Off the Record	Juvenal Court Judge	60
29	1939	The Three Musketeers	Bailiff	58
30	1939	Rose of Washington Square	Buck Russell	58
31	1939	Code of the Secret Service	The friar	35
32	1939	Susannah of the Mounties	Supt. Andrew Standing	63
33	1939	The Bill of Rights	Royal Governor Dunmore	60
34	1939	Dust Be My Destiny	Slim Jones	62
35	1939	Allegheny Uprising	Tom Calhoon	56
36	1939	That's Right – You're Wrong	Jonathan Forbes	57
37	1939	Barricade	Managing Editor	50
38	1939	Invisible Stripes	The Warden	63
39	1940	Brother Rat and a Baby	Major Terry	52
40	1940	Virginia City	Cameron	61
41	1940	If I Had My Way	Mr. Blair	64
42	1940	Brigham Young	Doc Richards	44
43	1940	East of the River	Judge R.D. Davis	57
44	1940	Santa Fe Trail	Robert E. Lee	57
45	1941	Dive Bomber	Senior Surgeon at San Diego	63
46	1941	Respect the Law	Dr. Walter Terriss	60
47	1941	Life with Henry	Sylvanus Q. Sattherwaite	50
48	1941	Three Sons o' Guns	Philip G. Talbot	50
49	1941	One Foot in Heaven	Dr. John Romer	66
50	1941	Dangerously They Live	Mr. John Goodwin	59
51	1942	Nazi Agent	Brenner	66
52	1942	Sundown Jim	Andrew Barr	0
53	1942	My Favorite Spy	Major Allen	52
54	1942	The Glass Key	Ralph Henry	66
55	1942	Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch	Dr. Henry Olcott	0
56	1942	Reunion in France	Paul Grebeau	64
57	1943	Air Force	Col. Blake	64
58	1943	Mission to Moscow	Col. Faymonville	53
59	1943	We've Never Been Licked	Commandant	0
60	1943	Madame Curie	President of Businessman's Board (uncredited)	71
61	1944	Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves	Caliph Hassan	61
62	1944	Buffalo Bill	Sen. Frederici	58
63	1944	Cobra Woman	MacDonald	52
64	1944	Roger Touhy, Gangster	Riley	60
65	1944	Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo	General (uncredited)	66
66	1945	Pride of the Marines	Capt. Burroughs	65
67	1945	Week-End at the Waldorf	House Detective	60
68	1945	Mildred Pierce	Inspector Peterson	76
69	1945	Don't Fence Me In	Henry Bennett	43
70	1946	From This Day Forward	Tim Bagley	52
71	1946	The Walls Came Tumbling Down	Bishop Martin	59
72	1946	Boys' Ranch	Judge Henderson	65
73	1946	Notorious	Walter Beardsley	77
74	1946	The Strange Woman	Rev. Thatcher	61
75	1946	It's a Wonderful Life	Senior Angel (voice) (uncredited)	83
76	1947	The Long Night	Chief of Police Bob McManus	57
77	1947	Possessed	Dr. Ames - Mrs. Smith's psychiatrist	68
78	1947	Life with Father	Dr. Humphries	66
79	1947	Black Gold	Don Toland	60
80	1947	That Hagen Girl	Trenton Gateley	52
81	1947	High Wall	Dr. Philip Dunlap	62
82	1948	Call Northside 777	Parole Board Chairman	66
83	1948	Up in Central Park	Big Jim Fitts	70
84	1948	Command Decision	Congressman Stone	64
85	1949	The Fountainhead	Chairman	69
86	1949	Task Force	Adm. Ames	70
87	1949	Samson and Delilah	Targil	65
88	1950	Father of the Bride	Herbert Dunstan	70
89	1951	Payment on Demand	Mr. Barton	62
90	1951	Father's Little Dividend	Herbert Dunstan	64
91	1951	No Questions Asked	Henry Manston	60
92	1951	Submarine Command	Rear Adm. Joshua Rice	56
93	1952	At Sword's Point	Porthos	48
94	1952	Washington Story	Speaker Of The House	60
95	1952	Lone Star	Sam Houston	56
96	1953	So This Is Love	Arnold Reuben	45
97	1953	Marry Me Again	Mr. Courtney	0
98	1954	The Long, Long Trailer	Mr. Tewitt	68
99	1954	Sign of the Pagan	Pope Leo I	52

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