Moroni Olsen
Biography
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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.
Acting (99 movies)
Notorious
1946
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938
Santa Fe Trail
1940
Mildred Pierce
1945
Possessed
1947
Father of the Bride
1950
Father's Little Dividend
1951
The Fountainhead
1949
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
1938
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
Call Northside 777
1948
The Strange Woman
1946
High Wall
1947
Life with Father
1947
Buffalo Bill
1944
Allegheny Uprising
1939
Rose of Washington Square
1939
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944
Annie Oakley
1935
The Long Night
1947
Nazi Agent
1942
The Glass Key
1942
Dive Bomber
1941
The Last Gangster
1937
Dangerously They Live
1941
Pride of the Marines
1945
No Questions Asked
1951
Brigham Young
1940
One Foot in Heaven
1941
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
Marry Me Again
1953
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
The Three Musketeers
1935
Roger Touhy, Gangster
1944
At Sword's Point
1952
East of the River
1940
Washington Story
1952
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935
Grand Jury
1936
Boys' Ranch
1946
Code of the Secret Service
1939
Barricade
1939
That Hagen Girl
1947
So This Is Love
1953
Life with Henry
1941
Up in Central Park
1948
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
We're Only Human
1935
M'Liss
1936
Samson and Delilah
1949
Yellow Dust
1936
Submarine Patrol
1938
Kentucky
1938
Susannah of the Mounties
1939
Mary of Scotland
1936
Lone Star
1952
There Goes My Heart
1938
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939
Command Decision
1948
Homicide Bureau
1939
Two in Revolt
1936
Mummy's Boys
1936
Virginia City
1940
The Three Musketeers
1939
Three Sons o' Guns
1941
The Witness Chair
1936
Don't Fence Me In
1945
Adventure's End
1937
Kidnapped
1938
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Air Force
1943
Task Force
1949
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940
The Farmer in the Dell
1936
Submarine Command
1951
The Plough and the Stars
1936
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
That Certain Age
1938
Black Gold
1947
My Favorite Spy
1942
Respect the Law
1941
Sundown Jim
1942
Payment on Demand
1951
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
Sign of the Pagan
1954
Off the Record
1939
If I Had My Way
1940
The Bill of Rights
1939
Madame Curie
1943
Mission to Moscow
1943
We've Never Been Licked
1943
From This Day Forward
1946
Cobra Woman
1944
Reunion in France
1942
Invisible Stripes
1939
Marie Antoinette
1938
Death Takes a Holiday
1934
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