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