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