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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 (Movies)
Sign of the Pagan
Character:Pope Leo I
Release Date:24/11/1954
The Long, Long Trailer
Character:Mr. Tewitt
Release Date:19/02/1954
Marry Me Again
Character:Mr. Courtney
Release Date:22/09/1953
So This Is Love
Character:Arnold Reuben
Release Date:15/07/1953
Lone Star
Character:Sam Houston
Release Date:24/10/1952
Washington Story
Character:Speaker Of The House
Release Date:01/07/1952
At Sword's Point
Character:Porthos
Release Date:22/04/1952
Submarine Command
Character:Rear Adm. Joshua Rice
Release Date:01/11/1951
No Questions Asked
Character:Henry Manston
Release Date:15/06/1951
Father's Little Dividend
Character:Herbert Dunstan
Release Date:05/04/1951
Payment on Demand
Character:Mr. Barton
Release Date:03/02/1951
Father of the Bride
Character:Herbert Dunstan
Release Date:18/05/1950
Samson and Delilah
Character:Targil
Release Date:21/12/1949
Task Force
Character:Adm. Ames
Release Date:30/08/1949
The Fountainhead
Character:Chairman
Release Date:25/06/1949
Command Decision
Character:Congressman Stone
Release Date:23/12/1948
Up in Central Park
Character:Big Jim Fitts
Release Date:09/07/1948
Call Northside 777
Character:Parole Board Chairman
Release Date:13/02/1948
High Wall
Character:Dr. Philip Dunlap
Release Date:17/12/1947
That Hagen Girl
Character:Trenton Gateley
Release Date:01/11/1947
Black Gold
Character:Don Toland
Release Date:16/09/1947
Life with Father
Character:Dr. Humphries
Release Date:13/09/1947
Possessed
Character:Dr. Ames
Release Date:29/05/1947
The Long Night
Character:Chief of Police Bob McManus
Release Date:28/05/1947
It's a Wonderful Life
Character:Senior Angel (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:20/12/1946
The Strange Woman
Character:Rev. Thatcher
Release Date:25/10/1946
Notorious
Character:Walter Beardsley
Release Date:21/08/1946
Boys' Ranch
Character:Judge Henderson
Release Date:18/07/1946
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Character:Bishop Martin
Release Date:07/06/1946
From This Day Forward
Character:Tim Bagley
Release Date:02/03/1946
Mildred Pierce
Character:Inspector Peterson
Release Date:20/10/1945
Don't Fence Me In
Character:Henry Bennett
Release Date:20/10/1945
Week-End at the Waldorf
Character:House Detective
Release Date:04/10/1945
Pride of the Marines
Character:Capt. Burroughs
Release Date:24/08/1945
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Character:General (uncredited)
Release Date:15/11/1944
Roger Touhy, Gangster
Character:Riley
Release Date:03/06/1944
Cobra Woman
Character:MacDonald
Release Date:12/05/1944
Buffalo Bill
Character:Sen. Frederici
Release Date:02/04/1944
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Character:Caliph Hassan
Release Date:14/01/1944
Madame Curie
Character:President of Businessman's Board (uncredited)
Release Date:16/12/1943
We've Never Been Licked
Character:Commandant
Release Date:29/07/1943
Mission to Moscow
Character:Col. Faymonville
Release Date:29/04/1943
Air Force
Character:Col. Blake
Release Date:20/03/1943
Reunion in France
Character:Paul Grebeau
Release Date:25/12/1942
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Character:Dr. Henry Olcott
Release Date:01/10/1942
The Glass Key
Character:Ralph Henry
Release Date:08/09/1942
My Favorite Spy
Character:Major Allen
Release Date:12/06/1942
Sundown Jim
Character:Andrew Barr
Release Date:27/03/1942
Nazi Agent
Character:Brenner
Release Date:01/03/1942
Dangerously They Live
Character:Mr. John Goodwin
Release Date:24/12/1941
One Foot in Heaven
Character:Dr. John Romer
Release Date:01/11/1941
Dive Bomber
Character:Senior Surgeon at San Diego
Release Date:30/08/1941
Three Sons o' Guns
Character:Philip G. Talbot
Release Date:02/08/1941
Life with Henry
Character:Sylvanus Q. Sattherwaite
Release Date:23/01/1941
Respect the Law
Character:Dr. Walter Terriss
Release Date:04/01/1941
Santa Fe Trail
Character:Robert E. Lee
Release Date:20/12/1940
East of the River
Character:Judge R.D. Davis
Release Date:09/11/1940
Brigham Young
Character:Doc Richards
Release Date:27/09/1940
If I Had My Way
Character:Mr. Blair
Release Date:05/05/1940
Virginia City
Character:Cameron
Release Date:23/03/1940
Brother Rat and a Baby
Character:Major Terry
Release Date:13/01/1940
Invisible Stripes
Character:The Warden
Release Date:30/12/1939
Barricade
Character:Managing Editor
Release Date:08/12/1939
That's Right – You're Wrong
Character:Jonathan Forbes
Release Date:24/11/1939
Allegheny Uprising
Character:Tom Calhoon
Release Date:10/11/1939
Dust Be My Destiny
Character:Slim Jones
Release Date:16/09/1939
The Bill of Rights
Character:Royal Governor Dunmore
Release Date:19/08/1939
Susannah of the Mounties
Character:Supt. Andrew Standing
Release Date:13/06/1939
Code of the Secret Service
Character:The friar
Release Date:27/05/1939
Rose of Washington Square
Character:Buck Russell
Release Date:05/05/1939
The Three Musketeers
Character:Bailiff
Release Date:17/02/1939
Off the Record
Character:Juvenal Court Judge
Release Date:21/01/1939
Homicide Bureau
Character:Captain Haines
Release Date:05/01/1939
Kentucky
Character:John Dillon - 1938
Release Date:30/12/1938
Submarine Patrol
Character:The Fleet Captain
Release Date:25/11/1938
There Goes My Heart
Character:Fisherman (uncredited)
Release Date:14/10/1938
That Certain Age
Character:Fullerton's Associate (uncredited)
Release Date:06/10/1938
Marie Antoinette
Character:Bearded Leader of the People (uncredited)
Release Date:26/08/1938
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
Character:Kurt Larsen
Release Date:11/06/1938
Kidnapped
Character:Douglas
Release Date:27/05/1938
Gold Is Where You Find It
Character:Senator Hearst
Release Date:12/02/1938
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Character:Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:14/01/1938
Adventure's End
Character:First Mate Rand Husk
Release Date:05/12/1937
The Last Gangster
Character:Detective Danny Shea (uncredited)
Release Date:12/11/1937
The Soldier and the Lady
Character:Tartar Chief (Voice) (Uncredited)
Release Date:09/04/1937
The Plough and the Stars
Character:General Connally
Release Date:26/12/1936
Mummy's Boys
Character:Dr. Edward Sterling
Release Date:02/10/1936
Grand Jury
Character:Davis, the bodyguard
Release Date:07/08/1936
Mary of Scotland
Character:John Knox
Release Date:28/07/1936
M'Liss
Character:Jake
Release Date:27/07/1936
The Witness Chair
Character:Lt. Poole
Release Date:23/04/1936
Two in Revolt
Character:Cyrus Benton
Release Date:03/04/1936
The Farmer in the Dell
Character:Chester Hart
Release Date:27/03/1936
Yellow Dust
Character:Missouri
Release Date:12/03/1936
We're Only Human
Character:R.J. Curran
Release Date:27/12/1935
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Character:Mayor Jim Cargen
Release Date:13/12/1935
Annie Oakley
Character:Buffalo Bill
Release Date:15/11/1935
The Three Musketeers
Character:Porthos
Release Date:01/11/1935
Death Takes a Holiday
Character:Cardinal De Valle (uncredited)
Release Date:30/03/1934
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