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.
102 acting credits
Acting · 102
I Love Lucy
1951
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
MGM Parade
1955
Samson and Delilah
1949
Notorious
1946
Mildred Pierce
1945
The Fountainhead
1949
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
Father of the Bride
1950
The Glass Key
1942
Father's Little Dividend
1951
Madame Curie
1943
Air Force
1943
Lone Star
1952
Marie Antoinette
1938
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944
Call Northside 777
1948
Nazi Agent
1942
Santa Fe Trail
1940
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
Death Takes a Holiday
1934
Mission to Moscow
1943
Command Decision
1948
Possessed
1947
Buffalo Bill
1944
Virginia City
1940
Reunion in France
1942
Sign of the Pagan
1954
The Strange Woman
1946
Task Force
1949
High Wall
1947
My Favorite Spy
1942
Life with Father
1947
Invisible Stripes
1939
Mary of Scotland
1936
Allegheny Uprising
1939
That Certain Age
1938
Pride of the Marines
1945
Cobra Woman
1944
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
Rose of Washington Square
1939
The Long Night
1947
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
No Questions Asked
1951
Dive Bomber
1941
Brigham Young
1940
Homicide Bureau
1939
Submarine Patrol
1938
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
Annie Oakley
1935
Dangerously They Live
1941
Kidnapped
1938
From This Day Forward
1946
That Hagen Girl
1947
The Three Musketeers
1939
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935
M'Liss
1936
Submarine Command
1951
Roger Touhy, Gangster
1944
The Three Musketeers
1935
Adventure's End
1937
Susannah of the Mounties
1939
Payment on Demand
1951
We've Never Been Licked
1943
Boys' Ranch
1946
Kentucky
1938
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939
Off the Record
1939
East of the River
1940
The Witness Chair
1936
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940
We're Only Human
1935
The Plough and the Stars
1936
There Goes My Heart
1938
The Last Gangster
1937
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
Code of the Secret Service
1939
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
Black Gold
1947
At Sword's Point
1952
So This Is Love
1953
One Foot in Heaven
1941
Sundown Jim
1942
Barricade
1939
Marry Me Again
1953
Behind City Lights
1945
Grand Jury
1936
Washington Story
1952
The Bill of Rights
1939
Mummy's Boys
1936
Three Sons o' Guns
1941
Don't Fence Me In
1945
If I Had My Way
1940
The Farmer in the Dell
1936
Up in Central Park
1948
Yellow Dust
1936
Life with Henry
1941
Two in Revolt
1936
Respect the Law
1941
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
1938