Moroni Olsen
- Recitazione
- 26 giugno 1889 · Ogden, Utah, USA
- 22 novembre 1954
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- MGM Parade · In persona
- Il re dei barbari · Pope Leo I
- 12 metri d'amore · Mr. Tewitt
- Il bisbetico domato · Mr. Courtney
- Sogno di boheme · Arnold Reuben
- Stella solitaria · Sam Houston
- Washington Story · Speaker Of The House
- I figli dei moschettieri · Porthos
- Squali d'acciaio · Rear Adm. Joshua Rice
- Lucy ed io · Judge
- No Questions Asked · Henry Manston
- Papà diventa nonno · Herbert Dunstan
- L'ambiziosa · Mr. Barton
- Il padre della sposa · Herbert Dunstan
- Sansone e Dalila · Targil
- Aquile del mare · Adm. Ames
- La fonte meravigliosa · Chairman
- Suprema decisione · Congressman Stone
- Up in Central Park · Big Jim Fitts
- Chiamate Nord 777 · Parole Board Chairman
- La muraglia delle tenebre · Dr. Philip Dunlap
- Età inquieta · Trenton Gateley
- Black Gold · Don Toland
- Vita col padre · Dr. Humphries
- Anime in delirio · Dr. Ames
- La disperata notte · Chief of Police Bob McManus
- La vita è meravigliosa · Senior Angel (voice) (uncredited)
- Venere peccatrice · Rev. Thatcher
- Notorious - L'amante perduta · Walter Beardsley
- Boys' Ranch · Judge Henderson
- The Walls Came Tumbling Down · Bishop Martin
- Tutte le spose sono belle · Tim Bagley
- Il romanzo di Mildred · Inspector Peterson
- Don't Fence Me In · Henry Bennett
- Week-End at the Waldorf · House Detective
- Behind City Lights · Curtis Holbrook
- C'è sempre un domani · Capt. Burroughs
- Missione segreta · General (uncredited)
- Roger Touhy, Gangster · Riley
- Il cobra · MacDonald
- Buffalo Bill · Sen. Frederici
- Alì Babà e i 40 ladroni · Caliph Hassan
- Madame Curie · President of Businessman's Board (uncredited)
- We've Never Been Licked · Commandant
- Mission to Moscow · Col. Faymonville
- Arcipelago in fiamme · Col. Blake
- La grande fiamma · Paul Grebeau
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Dr. Henry Olcott
- La chiave di vetro · 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
- Bombardieri in picchiata · Senior Surgeon at San Diego
- Three Sons o' Guns · Philip G. Talbot
- Life with Henry · Sylvanus Q. Sattherwaite
- Respect the Law · Dr. Walter Terriss
- I pascoli dell'odio · Robert E. Lee
- Non mi ucciderete · Judge R.D. Davis
- La grande missione · Doc Richards
- If I Had My Way · Mr. Blair
- Carovana d'eroi · Cameron
- Brother Rat and a Baby · Major Terry
- Strisce invisibili · The Warden
- Barricade · Managing Editor
- That's Right – You're Wrong · Jonathan Forbes
- Il primo ribelle · Tom Calhoon
- Dust Be My Destiny · Slim Jones
- The Bill of Rights · Royal Governor Dunmore
- Susanna e le giubbe rosse · Andrew Standing
- Code of the Secret Service · The friar
- La rosa di Washington · Buck Russell
- D'Artagnan e i tre moschettieri · Bailiff
- Off the Record · Juvenal Court Judge
- La squadra volante · Captain Haines
- Kentucky · John Dillon - 1938
- Pattuglia sottomarina · The Fleet Captain
- L'amore bussa tre volte · Fisherman (uncredited)
- Quella certa età · Fullerton's Associate (uncredited)