Moroni Olsen
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: June 26, 1889
Day of Death: November 22, 1954 (65 years old)
Place of Birth: Ogden, Utah, USA
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.
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Actor Slim Jones
Dust Be My Destiny
Actor Tom Calhoon
Allegheny Uprising
Actor Buck Russell
Rose of Washington Square
Actor The friar
Code of the Secret Service
Actor Managing Editor
Barricade
Actor Supt. Andrew Standing
Susannah of the Mounties
Actor Jonathan Forbes
That's Right – You're Wrong
Actor Captain Haines
Homicide Bureau
Actor Bailiff
The Three Musketeers
Actor Juvenal Court Judge
Off the Record
Actor Royal Governor Dunmore
The Bill of Rights
Actor The Warden
Invisible Stripes
1938
Actor Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Actor Kurt Larsen
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
Actor The Fleet Captain
Submarine Patrol
Actor John Dillon - 1938
Kentucky
Actor Fisherman (uncredited)
There Goes My Heart
Actor Douglas
Kidnapped
Actor Senator Hearst
Gold Is Where You Find It
Actor Fullerton's Associate (uncredited)
That Certain Age
Actor Bearded Leader of the People (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
