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The Long, Long Trailer

as Mr. Tewitt

1954
Lone Star

as Sam Houston

1952
Father's Little Dividend

as Herbert Dunstan

1951
Submarine Command

as Rear Adm. Joshua Rice

1951
Father of the Bride

as Herbert Dunstan

1950
The Fountainhead

as Chairman

1949
Call Northside 777

as Parole Board Chairman

1948
Possessed

as Dr. Ames - Mrs. Smith's psychiatrist

1947
High Wall

as Dr. Philip Dunlap

1947
Life with Father

as Dr. Humphries

1947
The Long Night

as Chief of Police Bob McManus

1947
The Strange Woman

as Rev. Thatcher

1946
The Walls Came Tumbling Down

as Bishop Martin

1946
Mildred Pierce

as Inspector Peterson

1945
Don't Fence Me In

as Henry Bennett

1945
Cobra Woman

as MacDonald

1944
Buffalo Bill

as Sen. Frederici

1944
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

as Caliph Hassan

1944
Roger Touhy, Gangster

as Riley

1944
Reunion in France

as Paul Grebeau

1942
Nazi Agent

as Brenner

1942
My Favorite Spy

as Major Allen

1942
Dangerously They Live

as Mr. John Goodwin

1941
Three Sons o' Guns

as Philip G. Talbot

1941
Virginia City

as Cameron

1940
East of the River

as Judge R.D. Davis

1940
Susannah of the Mounties

as Supt. Andrew Standing

1939
Allegheny Uprising

as Tom Calhoon

1939
Rose of Washington Square

as Buck Russell

1939
Invisible Stripes

as The Warden

1939
Moroni Olsen Moroni Olsen

Birthday

1889-06-27

Place of Birth

Ogden, Utah, USA

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.
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