Moroni Olsen
- Interprétation
- 26 juin 1889 · Ogden, Utah, USA
- 22 novembre 1954
Biographie
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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Filmographie
- MGM Parade · En personne
- Le Signe du païen · Pope Leo I
- La Roulotte du plaisir · Mr. Tewitt
- Marry Me Again · Mr. Courtney
- So This Is Love · Arnold Reuben
- L'Étoile du destin · Sam Houston
- Washington Story · Speaker Of The House
- Les Fils des Mousquetaires · Porthos
- Duel sous la mer · Rear Adm. Joshua Rice
- I Love Lucy · Judge
- No Questions Asked · Henry Manston
- Allons donc, papa ! · Herbert Dunstan
- Payment on Demand · Mr. Barton
- Le père de la mariée · Herbert Dunstan
- Samson et Dalila · Targil
- Horizons en flammes · Adm. Ames
- Le Rebelle · Chairman
- Tragique décision · Congressman Stone
- Up in Central Park · Big Jim Fitts
- Appelez Nord 777 · Parole Board Chairman
- High Wall · Dr. Philip Dunlap
- That Hagen Girl · Trenton Gateley
- Le Gagnant du Kentucky · Don Toland
- Mon père et nous · Dr. Humphries
- La possédée · Dr. Ames
- The Long Night · Chief of Police Bob McManus
- La vie est belle · Senior Angel (voice) (uncredited)
- Le Démon de la chair · Rev. Thatcher
- Les Enchaînés · Walter Beardsley
- Boys' Ranch · Judge Henderson
- The Walls Came Tumbling Down · Bishop Martin
- From This Day Forward · Tim Bagley
- Le Roman de Mildred Pierce · Inspector Peterson
- Don't Fence Me In · Henry Bennett
- Week-end at the Waldorf · House Detective
- Behind City Lights · Curtis Holbrook
- La route des ténèbres · Capt. Burroughs
- Trente secondes sur Tokyo · General (uncredited)
- Roger Touhy, Gangster · Riley
- Le Signe du cobra · MacDonald
- Buffalo Bill · Sen. Frederici
- Ali Baba et les Quarante Voleurs · Caliph Hassan
- Madame Curie · President of Businessman's Board (uncredited)
- We've Never Been Licked · Commandant
- Mission to Moscow · Col. Faymonville
- Air Force · Col. Blake
- Quelque part en France · Paul Grebeau
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Dr. Henry Olcott
- La Clé de verre · Ralph Henry
- My Favorite Spy · Major Allen
- Sundown Jim · Andrew Barr
- Nazi Agent · Brenner
- Dangerously They Live · Mr. John Goodwin
- One Foot in Heaven · Dr. John Romer
- Bombardier en Piqué · Senior Surgeon at San Diego
- Three Sons o' Guns · Philip G. Talbot
- Life with Henry · Sylvanus Q. Sattherwaite
- Respect the Law · Dr. Walter Terriss
- La Piste de Santa Fé · Robert E. Lee
- East of the River · Judge R.D. Davis
- L'Odyssée des Mormons · Doc Richards
- If I Had My Way · Mr. Blair
- La Caravane héroïque · Cameron
- Brother Rat and a Baby · Major Terry
- Invisible Stripes · The Warden
- Barricade · Managing Editor
- That's Right – You're Wrong · Jonathan Forbes
- Le premier rebelle · Tom Calhoon
- Dust Be My Destiny · Slim Jones
- The Bill of Rights · Royal Governor Dunmore
- Susannah · Andrew Standing
- Code of the Secret Service · The friar
- Rose of Washington Square · Buck Russell
- The Three Musketeers · Bailiff
- Off the Record · Juvenal Court Judge
- Homicide Bureau · Captain Haines
- Kentucky · John Dillon - 1938
- Submarine Patrol · The Fleet Captain
- There Goes My Heart · Fisherman (uncredited)
- That Certain Age · Fullerton's Associate (uncredited)