Moroni Olsen

Moroni Olsen

Birthday: 1889-06-26

Deathday: 1954-11-22

Place of birth: Ogden, Utah, USA

Also known as: Maroni Olsen, Moroni Olson, John Willard

imdb_id: nm0647752

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.

Played in movies:

It's a Wonderful Life

Score: 8.3

Notorious

Score: 7.7

Mildred Pierce

Score: 7.6

What Do You Think? Tupapaoo

Score: 7.5

There Goes My Heart

Score: 7.1

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Score: 7.1

Madame Curie

Score: 7.1

Task Force

Score: 7.0

Up in Central Park

Score: 7.0

Grand Jury

Score: 7.0

Father of the Bride

Score: 7.0

Gold Is Where You Find It

Score: 6.9

Possessed

Score: 6.9

The Fountainhead

Score: 6.8

The Long, Long Trailer

Score: 6.8

Call Northside 777

Score: 6.6

One Foot in Heaven

Score: 6.6

The Glass Key

Score: 6.6

Marie Antoinette

Score: 6.6

Submarine Patrol

Score: 6.6

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Score: 6.6

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Score: 6.6

Nazi Agent

Score: 6.6

Life with Father

Score: 6.6

The Soldier and the Lady

Score: 6.5

Samson and Delilah

Score: 6.5

We're Only Human

Score: 6.5

Boys' Ranch

Score: 6.5

Pride of the Marines

Score: 6.5

Death Takes a Holiday

Score: 6.4

Reunion in France

Score: 6.4

If I Had My Way

Score: 6.4

Air Force

Score: 6.4

Command Decision

Score: 6.4

The Three Musketeers

Score: 6.4

Father's Little Dividend

Score: 6.4

Mary of Scotland

Score: 6.3

Invisible Stripes

Score: 6.3

Susannah of the Mounties

Score: 6.3

The Last Gangster

Score: 6.3

Dive Bomber

Score: 6.3

Annie Oakley

Score: 6.3

Payment on Demand

Score: 6.2

The Witness Chair

Score: 6.2

High Wall

Score: 6.2

Dust Be My Destiny

Score: 6.2

Virginia City

Score: 6.1

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Score: 6.1

The Strange Woman

Score: 6.1

The Bill of Rights

Score: 6.0

Off the Record

Score: 6.0

Respect the Law

Score: 6.0

Black Gold

Score: 6.0

Two in Revolt

Score: 6.0

Homicide Bureau

Score: 6.0

Washington Story

Score: 6.0

Roger Touhy, Gangster

Score: 6.0

Week-End at the Waldorf

Score: 6.0

No Questions Asked

Score: 6.0

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

Score: 5.9

Dangerously They Live

Score: 5.9

Kentucky

Score: 5.8

The Plough and the Stars

Score: 5.8

The Three Musketeers

Score: 5.8

Buffalo Bill

Score: 5.8

Rose of Washington Square

Score: 5.8

The Long Night

Score: 5.7

Santa Fe Trail

Score: 5.7

That's Right – You're Wrong

Score: 5.7

East of the River

Score: 5.7

Submarine Command

Score: 5.6

Lone Star

Score: 5.6

Allegheny Uprising

Score: 5.6

Barricade

Score: 5.3

Mission to Moscow

Score: 5.3

Cobra Woman

Score: 5.2

From This Day Forward

Score: 5.2

Sign of the Pagan

Score: 5.2

My Favorite Spy

Score: 5.2

Brother Rat and a Baby

Score: 5.2

That Hagen Girl

Score: 5.2

That Certain Age

Score: 5.1

Adventure's End

Score: 5.0

Three Sons o' Guns

Score: 5.0

M'Liss

Score: 5.0

Life with Henry

Score: 5.0

At Sword's Point

Score: 4.9

Kidnapped

Score: 4.7

Mummy's Boys

Score: 4.7

So This Is Love

Score: 4.5

Brigham Young

Score: 4.4

Don't Fence Me In

Score: 4.3

Yellow Dust

Score: 4.0

Code of the Secret Service

Score: 3.5

We've Never Been Licked

Score: 0.0

Sundown Jim

Score: 0.0

The Farmer in the Dell

Score: 0.0

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Score: 0.0

Marry Me Again

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

I Love Lucy

Score: 7.9