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Moroni Olsen‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1889-06-26

Popularity

star10.4

Moroni Olsen

Ogden, Utah, USA

Moroni Olsen

Ogden, Utah, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1889-06-26

Popularity

star10.4

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Notorious

Notorious‌
star7.7
calendar 1946

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs‌
star7.1
calendar 1938

Santa Fe Trail

Santa Fe Trail‌
star5.7
calendar 1940

Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce‌
star7.6
calendar 1945

Possessed

Possessed‌
star6.8
calendar 1947

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride‌
star7.0
calendar 1950

Father's Little Dividend

Father's Little Dividend‌
star6.4
calendar 1951

The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead‌
star6.8
calendar 1949

The Long, Long Trailer

The Long, Long Trailer‌
star6.8
calendar 1954

What Do You Think? Tupapaoo

What Do You Think? Tupapaoo‌
star7.5
calendar 1938

Dust Be My Destiny

Dust Be My Destiny‌
star6.2
calendar 1939

Call Northside 777

Call Northside 777‌
star6.6
calendar 1948

The Strange Woman

The Strange Woman‌
star6.3
calendar 1946

High Wall

High Wall‌
star6.1
calendar 1947

Life with Father

Life with Father‌
star6.5
calendar 1947

Buffalo Bill

Buffalo Bill‌
star5.7
calendar 1944

Allegheny Uprising

Allegheny Uprising‌
star5.6
calendar 1939

Rose of Washington Square

Rose of Washington Square‌
star5.7
calendar 1939

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves‌
star6.2
calendar 1944

Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley‌
star6.4
calendar 1935

The Long Night

The Long Night‌
star5.8
calendar 1947

Nazi Agent

Nazi Agent‌
star6.6
calendar 1942

The Glass Key

The Glass Key‌
star6.6
calendar 1942

Dive Bomber

Dive Bomber‌
star6.3
calendar 1941

The Last Gangster

The Last Gangster‌
star6.3
calendar 1937

Dangerously They Live

Dangerously They Live‌
star5.9
calendar 1941

Pride of the Marines

Pride of the Marines‌
star6.5
calendar 1945

No Questions Asked

No Questions Asked‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

Brigham Young

Brigham Young‌
star4.4
calendar 1940

One Foot in Heaven

One Foot in Heaven‌
star6.6
calendar 1941

Week-End at the Waldorf

Week-End at the Waldorf‌
star6.0
calendar 1945

Marry Me Again

Marry Me Again‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

The Walls Came Tumbling Down‌
star5.9
calendar 1946

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo‌
star6.6
calendar 1944

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers‌
star6.4
calendar 1935

Roger Touhy, Gangster

Roger Touhy, Gangster‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

At Sword's Point

At Sword's Point‌
star4.8
calendar 1952

East of the River

East of the River‌
star5.7
calendar 1940

Washington Story

Washington Story‌
star6.0
calendar 1952

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Seven Keys to Baldpate‌
star6.6
calendar 1935

Grand Jury

Grand Jury‌
star7.0
calendar 1936

Boys' Ranch

Boys' Ranch‌
star6.5
calendar 1946

Code of the Secret Service

Code of the Secret Service‌
star3.5
calendar 1939

Barricade

Barricade‌
star5.0
calendar 1939

That Hagen Girl

That Hagen Girl‌
star5.2
calendar 1947

So This Is Love

So This Is Love‌
star4.5
calendar 1953

Life with Henry

Life with Henry‌
star5.0
calendar 1941

Up in Central Park

Up in Central Park‌
star7.0
calendar 1948

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

We're Only Human

We're Only Human‌
star6.5
calendar 1935

M'Liss

M'Liss‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah‌
star6.5
calendar 1949

Yellow Dust

Yellow Dust‌
star4.0
calendar 1936

Submarine Patrol

Submarine Patrol‌
star6.6
calendar 1938

Kentucky

Kentucky‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

Susannah of the Mounties

Susannah of the Mounties‌
star6.3
calendar 1939

Mary of Scotland

Mary of Scotland‌
star6.3
calendar 1936

Lone Star

Lone Star‌
star5.6
calendar 1952

There Goes My Heart

There Goes My Heart‌
star7.2
calendar 1938

That's Right – You're Wrong

That's Right – You're Wrong‌
star5.7
calendar 1939

Command Decision

Command Decision‌
star6.6
calendar 1948

Homicide Bureau

Homicide Bureau‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

Two in Revolt

Two in Revolt‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Mummy's Boys

Mummy's Boys‌
star4.7
calendar 1936

Virginia City

Virginia City‌
star6.1
calendar 1940

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers‌
star5.8
calendar 1939

Three Sons o' Guns

Three Sons o' Guns‌
star5.0
calendar 1941

The Witness Chair

The Witness Chair‌
star6.2
calendar 1936

Don't Fence Me In

Don't Fence Me In‌
star4.3
calendar 1945

Adventure's End

Adventure's End‌
star5.5
calendar 1937

Kidnapped

Kidnapped‌
star6.0
calendar 1938

It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life‌
star8.3
calendar 1946

Air Force

Air Force‌
star6.4
calendar 1943

Task Force

Task Force‌
star7.0
calendar 1949

Brother Rat and a Baby

Brother Rat and a Baby‌
star5.2
calendar 1940

The Farmer in the Dell

The Farmer in the Dell‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Submarine Command

Submarine Command‌
star5.6
calendar 1951

The Plough and the Stars

The Plough and the Stars‌
star5.6
calendar 1936

Gold Is Where You Find It

Gold Is Where You Find It‌
star6.9
calendar 1938

That Certain Age

That Certain Age‌
star5.0
calendar 1938

Black Gold

Black Gold‌
star6.0
calendar 1947

My Favorite Spy

My Favorite Spy‌
star5.2
calendar 1942

Respect the Law

Respect the Law‌
star6.0
calendar 1941

Sundown Jim

Sundown Jim‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Payment on Demand

Payment on Demand‌
star6.2
calendar 1951

The Soldier and the Lady

The Soldier and the Lady‌
star6.5
calendar 1937

Sign of the Pagan

Sign of the Pagan‌
star5.2
calendar 1954

Off the Record

Off the Record‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

If I Had My Way

If I Had My Way‌
star6.4
calendar 1940

The Bill of Rights

The Bill of Rights‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

Madame Curie

Madame Curie‌
star7.2
calendar 1943

Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow‌
star5.2
calendar 1943

We've Never Been Licked

We've Never Been Licked‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

From This Day Forward

From This Day Forward‌
star5.2
calendar 1946

Cobra Woman

Cobra Woman‌
star5.2
calendar 1944

Reunion in France

Reunion in France‌
star6.6
calendar 1942

Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes‌
star6.1
calendar 1939

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette‌
star6.4
calendar 1938

Death Takes a Holiday

Death Takes a Holiday‌
star6.4
calendar 1934

Tv Credits

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy‌
star8.0
calendar 1951