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