Moroni Olsen
Known for: Acting
Born: June 26, 1889
Died: November 22, 1954
Place of birth: Ogden, Utah, USA
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.
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Filmography
100 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
7.5
MGM Parade
1955
6.0
Sign of the Pagan
1954
7.0
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
8.0
Marry Me Again
1953
4.3
So This Is Love
1953
5.7
Lone Star
1952
7.0
Washington Story
1952
5.1
At Sword's Point
1952
5.8
Submarine Command
1951
7.9
I Love Lucy
1951
6.1
No Questions Asked
1951
6.5
Father's Little Dividend
1951
6.2
Payment on Demand
1951
7.0
Father of the Bride
1950
6.6
Samson and Delilah
1949
6.9
Task Force
1949
6.8
The Fountainhead
1949
6.6
Command Decision
1948
6.4
Up in Central Park
1948
6.7
Call Northside 777
1948
6.4
High Wall
1947
5.3
That Hagen Girl
1947
7.0
Black Gold
1947
6.7
Life with Father
1947
6.9
Possessed
1947
5.8
The Long Night
1947
8.3
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
6.2
The Strange Woman
1946
7.7
Notorious
1946
7.0
Boys' Ranch
1946
6.2
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
5.4
From This Day Forward
1946
7.6
Mildred Pierce
1945
5.8
Don't Fence Me In
1945
6.4
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
7.0
Behind City Lights
1945
6.8
Pride of the Marines
1945
6.7
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
7.0
Roger Touhy, Gangster
1944
5.4
Cobra Woman
1944
5.8
Buffalo Bill
1944
6.2
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944
7.2
Madame Curie
1943
6.5
We've Never Been Licked
1943
5.7
Mission to Moscow
1943
6.5
Air Force
1943
6.5
Reunion in France
1942
8.0
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
6.6
The Glass Key
1942
5.7
My Favorite Spy
1942
10.0
Sundown Jim
1942
6.6
Nazi Agent
1942
6.3
Dangerously They Live
1941
6.9
One Foot in Heaven
1941
6.3
Dive Bomber
1941
7.0
Three Sons o' Guns
1941
6.5
Life with Henry
1941
7.0
Respect the Law
1941
5.8
Santa Fe Trail
1940
6.3
East of the River
1940
4.6
Brigham Young
1940
7.0
If I Had My Way
1940
6.3
Virginia City
1940
6.1
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940
6.2
Invisible Stripes
1939
6.5
Barricade
1939
6.3
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939
5.9
Allegheny Uprising
1939
6.5
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
6.5
The Bill of Rights
1939
6.5
Susannah of the Mounties
1939
4.4
Code of the Secret Service
1939
6.7
Rose of Washington Square
1939
6.0
The Three Musketeers
1939
6.4
Off the Record
1939
6.7
Homicide Bureau
1939
6.1
Kentucky
1938
6.7
Submarine Patrol
1938
7.3
There Goes My Heart
1938
5.5
That Certain Age
1938
6.6
Marie Antoinette
1938
8.8
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
1938
6.0
Kidnapped
1938
7.0
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
7.1
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938
5.5
Adventure's End
1937
6.4
The Last Gangster
1937
7.3
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
5.7
The Plough and the Stars
1936
5.0
Mummy's Boys
1936
7.5
Grand Jury
1936
6.2
Mary of Scotland
1936
6.0
M'Liss
1936
6.6
The Witness Chair
1936
7.0
Two in Revolt
1936
7.0
The Farmer in the Dell
1936
4.5
Yellow Dust
1936
6.5
We're Only Human
1935
6.9
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935
6.5
Annie Oakley
1935
6.9
The Three Musketeers
1935
6.3
Death Takes a Holiday
1934