Moroni Olsen
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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.
Fotos
Películas (100)
Sign of the Pagan
1954 · Pope Leo I
The Long, Long Trailer
1954 · Mr. Tewitt
Marry Me Again
1953 · Mr. Courtney
So This Is Love
1953 · Arnold Reuben
Lone Star
1952 · Sam Houston
Washington Story
1952 · Speaker Of The House
At Sword's Point
1952 · Porthos
Submarine Command
1951 · Rear Adm. Joshua Rice
No Questions Asked
1951 · Henry Manston
Father's Little Dividend
1951 · Herbert Dunstan
Payment on Demand
1951 · Mr. Barton
Father of the Bride
1950 · Herbert Dunstan
Samson and Delilah
1949 · Targil
Task Force
1949 · Adm. Ames
The Fountainhead
1949 · Chairman
Command Decision
1948 · Congressman Stone
Up in Central Park
1948 · Big Jim Fitts
Call Northside 777
1948 · Parole Board Chairman
High Wall
1947 · Dr. Philip Dunlap
That Hagen Girl
1947 · Trenton Gateley
Black Gold
1947 · Don Toland
Life with Father
1947 · Dr. Humphries
Possessed
1947 · Dr. Ames
The Long Night
1947 · Chief of Police Bob McManus
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Senior Angel (voice) (uncredited)
The Strange Woman
1946 · Rev. Thatcher
Notorious
1946 · Walter Beardsley
Boys' Ranch
1946 · Judge Henderson
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946 · Bishop Martin
From This Day Forward
1946 · Tim Bagley
Mildred Pierce
1945 · Inspector Peterson
Don't Fence Me In
1945 · Henry Bennett
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 · House Detective
Behind City Lights
1945 · Curtis Holbrook
Pride of the Marines
1945 · Capt. Burroughs
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944 · General (uncredited)
Roger Touhy, Gangster
1944 · Riley
Cobra Woman
1944 · MacDonald
Buffalo Bill
1944 · Sen. Frederici
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944 · Caliph Hassan
Madame Curie
1943 · President of Businessman's Board (uncredited)
We've Never Been Licked
1943 · Commandant
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Col. Faymonville
Air Force
1943 · Col. Blake
Reunion in France
1942 · Paul Grebeau
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942 · Dr. Henry Olcott
The Glass Key
1942 · Ralph Henry
My Favorite Spy
1942 · Major Allen
Sundown Jim
1942 · Andrew Barr
Nazi Agent
1942 · Brenner
Dangerously They Live
1941 · Mr. John Goodwin
One Foot in Heaven
1941 · Dr. John Romer
Dive Bomber
1941 · Senior Surgeon at San Diego
Three Sons o' Guns
1941 · Philip G. Talbot
Life with Henry
1941 · Sylvanus Q. Sattherwaite
Respect the Law
1941 · Dr. Walter Terriss
Santa Fe Trail
1940 · Robert E. Lee
East of the River
1940 · Judge R.D. Davis
Brigham Young
1940 · Doc Richards
If I Had My Way
1940 · Mr. Blair
Virginia City
1940 · Cameron
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940 · Major Terry
Invisible Stripes
1939 · The Warden
Barricade
1939 · Managing Editor
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939 · Jonathan Forbes
Allegheny Uprising
1939 · Tom Calhoon
Dust Be My Destiny
1939 · Slim Jones
The Bill of Rights
1939 · Royal Governor Dunmore
Susannah of the Mounties
1939 · Andrew Standing
Code of the Secret Service
1939 · The friar
Rose of Washington Square
1939 · Buck Russell
The Three Musketeers
1939 · Bailiff
Off the Record
1939 · Juvenal Court Judge
Homicide Bureau
1939 · Captain Haines
Kentucky
1938 · John Dillon - 1938
Submarine Patrol
1938 · The Fleet Captain
There Goes My Heart
1938 · Fisherman (uncredited)
That Certain Age
1938 · Fullerton's Associate (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
1938 · Bearded Leader of the People (uncredited)
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
1938 · Kurt Larsen
Kidnapped
1938 · Douglas
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938 · Senator Hearst
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938 · Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited)
Adventure's End
1937 · First Mate Rand Husk
The Last Gangster
1937 · Detective Danny Shea (uncredited)
The Soldier and the Lady
1937 · Tartar Chief (Voice) (Uncredited)
The Plough and the Stars
1936 · General Connally
Mummy's Boys
1936 · Dr. Edward Sterling
Grand Jury
1936 · Davis, the bodyguard
Mary of Scotland
1936 · John Knox
M'Liss
1936 · Jake
The Witness Chair
1936 · Lt. Poole
Two in Revolt
1936 · Cyrus Benton
The Farmer in the Dell
1936 · Chester Hart
Yellow Dust
1936 · Missouri
We're Only Human
1935 · R.J. Curran
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935 · Mayor Jim Cargen
Annie Oakley
1935 · Buffalo Bill
The Three Musketeers
1935 · Porthos
Death Takes a Holiday
1934 · Cardinal De Valle (uncredited)
