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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1889-06-26
- event Death Date 1954-11-22
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 4.9
- info Birth Place Ogden, Utah, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Moroni Olsen
7.8
Notorious
1946-08-21
7.2
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937-12-21
5.6
Santa Fe Trail
1940-12-20
7.7
Mildred Pierce
1945-10-20
6.9
Possessed
1947-05-29
7
Father of the Bride
1950-05-18
6.5
Father's Little Dividend
1951-04-05
6.8
The Fountainhead
1949-06-25
6.8
The Long, Long Trailer
1954-02-19
7.5
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
1938-06-11
6.1
Dust Be My Destiny
1939-09-16
6.7
Call Northside 777
1948-02-13
6.3
The Strange Woman
1946-10-25
6.2
High Wall
1947-12-17
6.5
Life with Father
1947-09-13
5.7
Buffalo Bill
1944-04-02
5.8
Allegheny Uprising
1939-11-10
5.7
Rose of Washington Square
1939-05-05
6.2
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944-01-14
6.4
Annie Oakley
1935-11-15
5.8
The Long Night
1947-05-28
6.6
Nazi Agent
1942-03-01
6.6
The Glass Key
1942-09-08
6.3
Dive Bomber
1941-01-01
6.3
The Last Gangster
1937-11-12
5.9
Dangerously They Live
1941-12-24
6.5
Pride of the Marines
1945-08-24
6
No Questions Asked
1951-06-15
4.4
Brigham Young
1940-09-27
6.6
One Foot in Heaven
1941-11-01
6
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945-10-04
0
Marry Me Again
1953-09-22
5.9
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946-06-07
6.6
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944-11-15
6.4
The Three Musketeers
1935-11-01
6
Roger Touhy, Gangster
1944-06-03
4.8
At Sword's Point
1952-04-22
5.7
East of the River
1940-11-09
6
Washington Story
1952-07-01
6.7
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935-12-13
7
Grand Jury
1936-08-07
6.5
Boys' Ranch
1946-07-18
3.5
Code of the Secret Service
1939-05-27
5
Barricade
1939-12-08
5.2
That Hagen Girl
1947-11-01
5.5
So This Is Love
1953-07-15
5
Life with Henry
1941-01-23
7
Up in Central Park
1948-07-09
0
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942-10-01
6.5
We're Only Human
1935-12-27
5
M'Liss
1936-07-27
6.5
Samson and Delilah
1949-12-21
4
Yellow Dust
1936-03-12
6.6
Submarine Patrol
1938-11-25
5.6
Kentucky
1938-12-30
6.3
Susannah of the Mounties
1939-06-13
6.4
Mary of Scotland
1936-07-28
5.5
Lone Star
1952-10-24
7.2
There Goes My Heart
1938-10-14
5.7
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939-11-24
6.6
Command Decision
1948-12-23
6
Homicide Bureau
1939-01-05
6
Two in Revolt
1936-04-03
4.7
Mummy's Boys
1936-10-02
6.1
Virginia City
1940-03-23
5.8
The Three Musketeers
1939-02-17
5
Three Sons o' Guns
1941-08-02
6.2
The Witness Chair
1936-04-23
4.3
Don't Fence Me In
1945-10-20
5.5
Adventure's End
1937-12-05
6
Kidnapped
1938-05-27
8.3
It's a Wonderful Life
1946-12-20
6.3
Air Force
1943-03-20
7
Task Force
1949-08-30
5.2
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940-01-13
0
The Farmer in the Dell
1936-03-27
5.5
Submarine Command
1951-11-01
5.6
The Plough and the Stars
1936-12-26
6.9
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938-02-12
4.8
That Certain Age
1938-10-06
6
Black Gold
1947-09-16
6
My Favorite Spy
1942-06-12
0
Respect the Law
1941-01-04
0
Sundown Jim
1942-03-27
6.2
Payment on Demand
1951-02-03
6.5
The Soldier and the Lady
1937-04-09
5.2
Sign of the Pagan
1954-11-24
6
Off the Record
1939-01-21
6.4
If I Had My Way
1940-05-05
6
The Bill of Rights
1939-08-19
7.3
Madame Curie
1943-12-16
5.2
Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29
0
We've Never Been Licked
1943-07-29
5.2
From This Day Forward
1946-03-02
5.3
Cobra Woman
1944-05-12
6.6
Reunion in France
1942-12-25
6.1
Invisible Stripes
1939-12-30
6.2
Marie Antoinette
1938-08-26
8
I Love Lucy
1951-10-15