Moroni Olsen
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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
Credits
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)
as Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Senior Angel (voice) (uncredited)
Notorious (1946)
as Walter Beardsley
Mildred Pierce (1945)
as Inspector Peterson
Samson and Delilah (1949)
as Targil
Father of the Bride (1950)
as Herbert Dunstan
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
as General (uncredited)
The Fountainhead (1949)
as Chairman
The Strange Woman (1946)
as Rev. Thatcher
The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
as Mr. Tewitt
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
as Caliph Hassan
Call Northside 777 (1948)
as Parole Board Chairman
Lone Star (1952)
as Sam Houston
Father's Little Dividend (1951)
as Herbert Dunstan
Air Force (1943)
as Col. Blake
Annie Oakley (1935)
as Buffalo Bill
Virginia City (1940)
as Cameron
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Robert E. Lee
Life with Father (1947)
as Dr. Humphries
The Long Night (1947)
as Chief of Police Bob McManus
Dive Bomber (1941)
as Senior Surgeon at San Diego
Command Decision (1948)
as Congressman Stone
Mary of Scotland (1936)
as John Knox
Brigham Young (1940)
as Doc Richards
Madame Curie (1943)
as President of Businessman's Board (uncredited)
The Glass Key (1942)
as Ralph Henry
Adventure's End (1937)
as First Mate Rand Husk
Invisible Stripes (1939)
as The Warden
The Last Gangster (1937)
as Detective Danny Shea (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
as Bearded Leader of the People (uncredited)
Possessed (1947)
as Dr. Ames
Submarine Command (1951)
as Rear Adm. Joshua Rice
The Three Musketeers (1939)
as Bailiff
Allegheny Uprising (1939)
as Tom Calhoon
Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
as Senator Hearst
From This Day Forward (1946)
as Tim Bagley
High Wall (1947)
as Dr. Philip Dunlap
Death Takes a Holiday (1934)
as Cardinal De Valle (uncredited)
Boys' Ranch (1946)
as Judge Henderson
Sign of the Pagan (1954)
as Pope Leo I
Submarine Patrol (1938)
as The Fleet Captain
Rose of Washington Square (1939)
as Buck Russell
Task Force (1949)
as Adm. Ames
Pride of the Marines (1945)
as Capt. Burroughs
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
as Dr. John Romer
Cobra Woman (1944)
as MacDonald
No Questions Asked (1951)
as Henry Manston
Reunion in France (1942)
as Paul Grebeau
Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944)
as Riley
Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
as Slim Jones
Mission to Moscow (1943)
as Col. Faymonville
My Favorite Spy (1942)
as Major Allen
Dangerously They Live (1941)
as Mr. John Goodwin
Payment on Demand (1951)
as Mr. Barton
That Hagen Girl (1947)
as Trenton Gateley
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
as House Detective
The Plough and the Stars (1936)
as General Connally
Nazi Agent (1942)
as Brenner
Buffalo Bill (1944)
as Sen. Frederici
We're Only Human (1935)
as R.J. Curran
At Sword's Point (1952)
as Porthos
Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
as Andrew Standing
The Three Musketeers (1935)
as Porthos
Black Gold (1947)
as Don Toland
That Certain Age (1938)
as Fullerton's Associate (uncredited)
There Goes My Heart (1938)
as Fisherman (uncredited)
Sundown Jim (1942)
as Andrew Barr
Kidnapped (1938)
as Douglas
So This Is Love (1953)
as Arnold Reuben
Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
as Major Terry
Mummy's Boys (1936)
as Dr. Edward Sterling
Washington Story (1952)
as Speaker Of The House
The Witness Chair (1936)
as Lt. Poole
If I Had My Way (1940)
as Mr. Blair
East of the River (1940)
as Judge R.D. Davis
Code of the Secret Service (1939)
as The friar
Kentucky (1938)
as John Dillon - 1938
We've Never Been Licked (1943)
as Commandant
The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
as Tartar Chief (Voice) (Uncredited)
Don't Fence Me In (1945)
as Henry Bennett
The Farmer in the Dell (1936)
as Chester Hart
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)
as Mayor Jim Cargen
Yellow Dust (1936)
as Missouri
Homicide Bureau (1939)
as Captain Haines
Respect the Law (1941)
as Dr. Walter Terriss
Grand Jury (1936)
as Davis, the bodyguard
Three Sons o' Guns (1941)
as Philip G. Talbot
The Bill of Rights (1939)
as Royal Governor Dunmore
Barricade (1939)
as Managing Editor
Off the Record (1939)
as Juvenal Court Judge
The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946)
as Bishop Martin
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942)
as Dr. Henry Olcott
That's Right – You're Wrong (1939)
as Jonathan Forbes
Up in Central Park (1948)
as Big Jim Fitts
Life with Henry (1941)
as Sylvanus Q. Sattherwaite
Marry Me Again (1953)
as Mr. Courtney
M'Liss (1936)
as Jake
Behind City Lights (1945)
as Curtis Holbrook
Two in Revolt (1936)
as Cyrus Benton
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo (1938)
as Kurt Larsen