Moroni Olsen
Acting
Born 1889-06-26
Died 1954-11-22
Ogden, Utah, USA
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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.
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Filmography
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I Love Lucy
It's a Wonderful Life
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
MGM Parade
Notorious
Samson and Delilah
Mildred Pierce
Brigham Young
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Father of the Bride
The Fountainhead
Santa Fe Trail
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Annie Oakley
Mary of Scotland
Lone Star
Marie Antoinette
Father's Little Dividend
Call Northside 777
Air Force
The Long Night
The Long, Long Trailer
Possessed
Virginia City
Madame Curie
Dive Bomber
Reunion in France
Task Force
Boys' Ranch
Roger Touhy, Gangster
Invisible Stripes
The Strange Woman
Life with Father
The Glass Key
The Last Gangster
Nazi Agent
Mission to Moscow
Sign of the Pagan
Allegheny Uprising
High Wall
Cobra Woman
Death Takes a Holiday
Payment on Demand
Command Decision
At Sword's Point
One Foot in Heaven
Gold Is Where You Find It
East of the River
Mummy's Boys
Sundown Jim
The Plough and the Stars
We've Never Been Licked
That Certain Age
The Witness Chair
Susannah of the Mounties
The Three Musketeers
Submarine Command
Homicide Bureau
Dangerously They Live
Buffalo Bill
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