Moroni Olsen
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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.
As Actor/Actress
Yo Amo a Lucy
Judge
Blanca Nieves y los siete enanos
Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited)
¡Qué Bello es Vivir!
Senior Angel (voice) (uncredited)
MGM Parade
Self
El suplicio de una madre
Inspector Peterson
Sansón y Dalila
Targil
Tuyo es mi corazón
Walter Beardsley
Madame Curie
President of Businessman's Board (uncredited)
Buffalo Bill
Sen. Frederici
Poseída
Dr. Ames
Muro de tinieblas
Dr. Philip Dunlap
Task Force
Adm. Ames
Sublime decisión
Congressman Stone
María Antonieta
Bearded Leader of the People (uncredited)
Father of the Bride
Herbert Dunstan
Cobra Woman
MacDonald
Kidnapped
Douglas
Blanco seguro
Buffalo Bill
Lone Star
Sam Houston
Escuadrón suicida
Senior Surgeon at San Diego
Boys' Ranch
Judge Henderson
Ali Babá y los cuarenta ladrones
Caliph Hassan
The Fountainhead
Chairman
Black Gold
Don Toland
La caravana de la muerte
Cameron
Call Northside 777
Parole Board Chairman
El padre es abuelo
Herbert Dunstan
Submarine Command
Rear Adm. Joshua Rice
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
General (uncredited)
Air Force
Col. Blake