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