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.

Фільмографія

• 1954Sign of the Pagan — Pope Leo I
• 1954The Long, Long Trailer — Mr. Tewitt
• 1953Marry Me Again — Mr. Courtney
• 1953So This Is Love — Arnold Reuben
• 1952At Sword's Point — Porthos
• 1952Lone Star — Sam Houston
• 1952Washington Story — Speaker Of The House
• 1951Father's Little Dividend — Herbert Dunstan
• I Love Lucy — Judge
• 1951No Questions Asked — Henry Manston
• 1951Payment on Demand — Mr. Barton
• 1951Submarine Command — Rear Adm. Joshua Rice
• 1950Father of the Bride — Herbert Dunstan
• 1949Samson and Delilah — Targil
• 1949Task Force — Adm. Ames
• 1949The Fountainhead — Chairman
• 1948Call Northside 777 — Parole Board Chairman
• 1948Command Decision — Congressman Stone
• 1948Up in Central Park — Big Jim Fitts
• 1947Black Gold — Don Toland
• 1947High Wall — Dr. Philip Dunlap
• 1947Life with Father — Dr. Humphries
• 1947Possessed — Dr. Ames
• 1947That Hagen Girl — Trenton Gateley
• 1947The Long Night — Chief of Police Bob McManus
• 1946Boys' Ranch — Judge Henderson
• 1946From This Day Forward — Tim Bagley
• 1946The Strange Woman — Rev. Thatcher
• 1946The Walls Came Tumbling Down — Bishop Martin
• 1946Погана слава — Walter Beardsley
• 1946Це дивовижне життя — Senior Angel (voice) (uncredited)
• 1945Behind City Lights — Curtis Holbrook
• 1945Don't Fence Me In — Henry Bennett
• 1945Pride of the Marines — Capt. Burroughs
• 1945Week-End at the Waldorf — House Detective
• 1945Мілдред Пірс — Inspector Peterson
• 1944Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves — Caliph Hassan
• 1944Buffalo Bill — Sen. Frederici
• 1944Cobra Woman — MacDonald
• 1944Roger Touhy, Gangster — Riley
• 1944Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo — General (uncredited)
• 1943Air Force — Col. Blake
• 1943Madame Curie — President of Businessman's Board (uncredited)
• 1943Mission to Moscow — Col. Faymonville
• 1943We've Never Been Licked — Commandant
• 1942Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch — Dr. Henry Olcott
• 1942My Favorite Spy — Major Allen
• 1942Nazi Agent — Brenner
• 1942Reunion in France — Paul Grebeau
• 1942Sundown Jim — Andrew Barr
• 1942The Glass Key — Ralph Henry
• 1941Dangerously They Live — Mr. John Goodwin
• 1941Dive Bomber — Senior Surgeon at San Diego
• 1941Life with Henry — Sylvanus Q. Sattherwaite
• 1941One Foot in Heaven — Dr. John Romer
• 1941Respect the Law — Dr. Walter Terriss
• 1941Three Sons o' Guns — Philip G. Talbot
• 1940Brigham Young — Doc Richards
• 1940Brother Rat and a Baby — Major Terry
• 1940East of the River — Judge R.D. Davis
• 1940If I Had My Way — Mr. Blair
• 1940Santa Fe Trail — Robert E. Lee
• 1940Virginia City — Cameron
• 1939Allegheny Uprising — Tom Calhoon
• 1939Barricade — Managing Editor
• 1939Code of the Secret Service — The friar
• 1939Dust Be My Destiny — Slim Jones
• 1939Homicide Bureau — Captain Haines
• 1939Invisible Stripes — The Warden
• 1939Off the Record — Juvenal Court Judge
• 1939Rose of Washington Square — Buck Russell
• 1939Susannah of the Mounties — Andrew Standing
• 1939That's Right – You're Wrong — Jonathan Forbes
• 1939The Bill of Rights — Royal Governor Dunmore
• 1939The Three Musketeers — Bailiff
• 1938Gold Is Where You Find It — Senator Hearst
• 1938Kentucky — John Dillon - 1938
• 1938Kidnapped — Douglas
• 1938Marie Antoinette — Bearded Leader of the People (uncredited)
• 1938Submarine Patrol — The Fleet Captain
• 1938That Certain Age — Fullerton's Associate (uncredited)
• 1938There Goes My Heart — Fisherman (uncredited)
• 1938What Do You Think? Tupapaoo — Kurt Larsen
• 1938Білосніжка та семеро гномів — Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited)
• 1937Adventure's End — First Mate Rand Husk
• 1937The Last Gangster — Detective Danny Shea (uncredited)
• 1937The Soldier and the Lady — Tartar Chief (Voice) (Uncredited)
• 1936Grand Jury — Davis, the bodyguard
• 1936M'Liss — Jake
• 1936Mary of Scotland — John Knox
• 1936Mummy's Boys — Dr. Edward Sterling
• 1936The Farmer in the Dell — Chester Hart
• 1936The Plough and the Stars — General Connally
• 1936The Witness Chair — Lt. Poole
• 1936Two in Revolt — Cyrus Benton
• 1936Yellow Dust — Missouri
• 1935Annie Oakley — Buffalo Bill
• 1935Seven Keys to Baldpate — Mayor Jim Cargen
• 1935The Three Musketeers — Porthos
• 1935We're Only Human — R.J. Curran
• 1934Death Takes a Holiday — Cardinal De Valle (uncredited)

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (1)

• MGM Parade — Self