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