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