Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs1938
As Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Moroni Olsen
Born
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.
Filmography (100)
It's a Wonderful Life1946
As Senior Angel (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Notorious1946
As Walter Beardsley
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Samson and Delilah1949
As Targil
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Mildred Pierce1945
As Inspector Peterson
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Father of the Bride1950
As Herbert Dunstan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Fountainhead1949
As Chairman
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves1944
As Caliph Hassan
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo1944
As General (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Life with Father1947
As Dr. Humphries
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Long, Long Trailer1954
As Mr. Tewitt
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Madame Curie1943
As President of Businessman's Board (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Santa Fe Trail1940
As Robert E. Lee
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Glass Key1942
As Ralph Henry
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Call Northside 7771948
As Parole Board Chairman
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Father's Little Dividend1951
As Herbert Dunstan
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Dive Bomber1941
As Senior Surgeon at San Diego
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Long Night1947
As Chief of Police Bob McManus
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Marie Antoinette1938
As Bearded Leader of the People (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Strange Woman1946
As Rev. Thatcher
TMDb 6.2 / 10
At Sword's Point1952
As Porthos
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Sign of the Pagan1954
As Pope Leo I
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Virginia City1940
As Cameron
TMDb 6.3 / 10
That Hagen Girl1947
As Trenton Gateley
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Code of the Secret Service1939
As The friar
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Air Force1943
As Col. Blake
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Invisible Stripes1939
As The Warden
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Allegheny Uprising1939
As Tom Calhoon
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Mary of Scotland1936
As John Knox
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Washington Story1952
As Speaker Of The House
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Brigham Young1940
As Doc Richards
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Reunion in France1942
As Paul Grebeau
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Submarine Command1951
As Rear Adm. Joshua Rice
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Boys' Ranch1946
As Judge Henderson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
High Wall1947
As Dr. Philip Dunlap
TMDb 6.4 / 10
From This Day Forward1946
As Tim Bagley
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Week-End at the Waldorf1945
As House Detective
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Annie Oakley1935
As Buffalo Bill
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Command Decision1948
As Congressman Stone
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Soldier and the Lady1937
As Tartar Chief (Voice) (Uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
If I Had My Way1940
As Mr. Blair
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Rose of Washington Square1939
As Buck Russell
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Brother Rat and a Baby1940
As Major Terry
TMDb 6.1 / 10
One Foot in Heaven1941
As Dr. John Romer
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Death Takes a Holiday1934
As Cardinal De Valle (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Lone Star1952
As Sam Houston
TMDb 5.7 / 10
So This Is Love1953
As Arnold Reuben
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Last Gangster1937
As Detective Danny Shea (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Possessed1947
As Dr. Ames
TMDb 6.9 / 10
There Goes My Heart1938
As Fisherman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Submarine Patrol1938
As The Fleet Captain
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Pride of the Marines1945
As Capt. Burroughs
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Buffalo Bill1944
As Sen. Frederici
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Dust Be My Destiny1939
As Slim Jones
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Nazi Agent1942
As Brenner
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Cobra Woman1944
As MacDonald
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Gold Is Where You Find It1938
As Senator Hearst
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Roger Touhy, Gangster1944
As Riley
TMDb 7.0 / 10
East of the River1940
As Judge R.D. Davis
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Mission to Moscow1943
As Col. Faymonville
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Off the Record1939
As Juvenal Court Judge
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Task Force1949
As Adm. Ames
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Payment on Demand1951
As Mr. Barton
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Three Musketeers1939
As Bailiff
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Mummy's Boys1936
As Dr. Edward Sterling
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Seven Keys to Baldpate1935
As Mayor Jim Cargen
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Susannah of the Mounties1939
As Andrew Standing
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Plough and the Stars1936
As General Connally
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Black Gold1947
As Don Toland
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Dangerously They Live1941
As Mr. John Goodwin
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Three Musketeers1935
As Porthos
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Kentucky1938
As John Dillon - 1938
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Three Sons o' Guns1941
As Philip G. Talbot
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Don't Fence Me In1945
As Henry Bennett
TMDb 5.8 / 10
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo1938
As Kurt Larsen
TMDb 8.8 / 10
That's Right – You're Wrong1939
As Jonathan Forbes
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Sundown Jim1942
As Andrew Barr
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Up in Central Park1948
As Big Jim Fitts
TMDb 6.4 / 10
That Certain Age1938
As Fullerton's Associate (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Kidnapped1938
As Douglas
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Witness Chair1936
As Lt. Poole
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Walls Came Tumbling Down1946
As Bishop Martin
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Yellow Dust1936
As Missouri
TMDb 4.5 / 10
No Questions Asked1951
As Henry Manston
TMDb 6.1 / 10
We're Only Human1935
As R.J. Curran
TMDb 6.5 / 10
We've Never Been Licked1943
As Commandant
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Barricade1939
As Managing Editor
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Bill of Rights1939
As Royal Governor Dunmore
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Life with Henry1941
As Sylvanus Q. Sattherwaite
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch1942
As Dr. Henry Olcott
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Farmer in the Dell1936
As Chester Hart
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Adventure's End1937
As First Mate Rand Husk
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Grand Jury1936
As Davis, the bodyguard
TMDb 7.5 / 10
My Favorite Spy1942
As Major Allen
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Homicide Bureau1939
As Captain Haines
TMDb 6.7 / 10
M'Liss1936
As Jake
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Respect the Law1941
As Dr. Walter Terriss
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Marry Me Again1953
As Mr. Courtney
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Two in Revolt1936
As Cyrus Benton
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Behind City Lights1945
As Curtis Holbrook
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb