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