Moroni Olsen

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

137

Movies

100

Born: June 26, 1889 – November 22, 1954
From: Ogden, Utah, USA

Biography

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.

Works

100 films

It's a Wonderful Life

19468.3

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

19387.1

Notorious

19467.7

Samson and Delilah

19496.6

Mildred Pierce

19457.6

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

19446.2

The Fountainhead

19496.8

Father of the Bride

19507.0

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

19446.7

Annie Oakley

19356.5

Air Force

19436.5

Mary of Scotland

19366.2

Call Northside 777

19486.7

Father's Little Dividend

19516.5

Santa Fe Trail

19405.8

Lone Star

19525.7

Brigham Young

19404.6

The Long, Long Trailer

19547.0

Life with Father

19476.7

Command Decision

19486.6

The Long Night

19475.8

Boys' Ranch

19467.0

Cobra Woman

19445.4

Virginia City

19406.3

The Strange Woman

19466.2

The Last Gangster

19376.4

Madame Curie

19437.2

The Glass Key

19426.6

Possessed

19476.9

Task Force

19497.0

Dive Bomber

19416.3

Dangerously They Live

19416.3

Marie Antoinette

19386.6

Death Takes a Holiday

19346.3

High Wall

19476.4

Allegheny Uprising

19395.9

That Certain Age

19385.5

Roger Touhy, Gangster

19447.0

Gold Is Where You Find It

19387.0

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

19466.2

The Three Musketeers

19396.0

Susannah of the Mounties

19396.5

The Witness Chair

19366.6

Mummy's Boys

19365.0

Invisible Stripes

19396.2

Sign of the Pagan

19546.0

Sundown Jim

194210.0

Rose of Washington Square

19396.7

At Sword's Point

19525.1

Reunion in France

19426.4

Submarine Command

19515.8

Payment on Demand

19516.3

One Foot in Heaven

19416.9

The Plough and the Stars

19365.7

Code of the Secret Service

19394.4

Mission to Moscow

19435.7

Buffalo Bill

19445.8

Nazi Agent

19426.6

Dust Be My Destiny

19396.5

Pride of the Marines

19456.8

Respect the Law

19417.0

We've Never Been Licked

19436.5

Week-End at the Waldorf

19456.4

Kentucky

19386.1

From This Day Forward

19465.4

Brother Rat and a Baby

19406.1

Black Gold

19477.0

Seven Keys to Baldpate

19356.9

So This Is Love

19534.3

There Goes My Heart

19387.3

The Soldier and the Lady

19377.3

The Three Musketeers

19356.9

Adventure's End

19375.5

That Hagen Girl

19475.3

No Questions Asked

19516.1

East of the River

19406.3

That's Right – You're Wrong

19396.3

Submarine Patrol

19386.7

Kidnapped

19386.0

Barricade

19396.5

My Favorite Spy

19425.7

We're Only Human

19356.5

Don't Fence Me In

19455.8

Grand Jury

19367.5

Three Sons o' Guns

19417.0

Off the Record

19396.4

Yellow Dust

19364.5

Life with Henry

19416.5

Washington Story

19527.0

If I Had My Way

19407.0

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

19428.0

Homicide Bureau

19396.7

The Farmer in the Dell

19367.0

M'Liss

19366.0

The Bill of Rights

19396.5

Two in Revolt

19367.0

Marry Me Again

19538.0

Up in Central Park

19486.4

What Do You Think? Tupapaoo

19388.8

Behind City Lights

19457.0