People
Moroni Olsen
- Name: Moroni Olsen
- Birthday: 1889-06-26
- Also known as: Maroni Olsen,Moroni Olson,John Willard
- Place of birth: Ogden, Utah, USA
- Popularity: 0.072
Biography:
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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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Sign of the Pagan as Pope Leo I | 1954-11-24 |
| The Long, Long Trailer as Mr. Tewitt | 1954-02-19 |
| Marry Me Again as Mr. Courtney | 1953-09-22 |
| So This Is Love as Arnold Reuben | 1953-07-15 |
| Lone Star as Sam Houston | 1952-10-24 |
| Washington Story as Speaker Of The House | 1952-07-01 |
| At Sword's Point as Porthos | 1952-04-22 |
| Submarine Command as Rear Adm. Joshua Rice | 1951-11-01 |
| No Questions Asked as Henry Manston | 1951-06-15 |
| Father's Little Dividend as Herbert Dunstan | 1951-04-05 |
| Payment on Demand as Mr. Barton | 1951-02-03 |
| Father of the Bride as Herbert Dunstan | 1950-05-18 |
| Samson and Delilah as Targil | 1949-12-21 |
| Task Force as Adm. Ames | 1949-08-30 |
| The Fountainhead as Chairman | 1949-06-25 |
| Command Decision as Congressman Stone | 1948-12-23 |
| Up in Central Park as Big Jim Fitts | 1948-07-09 |
| Call Northside 777 as Parole Board Chairman | 1948-02-13 |
| High Wall as Dr. Philip Dunlap | 1947-12-17 |
| That Hagen Girl as Trenton Gateley | 1947-11-01 |
| Black Gold as Don Toland | 1947-09-16 |
| Life with Father as Dr. Humphries | 1947-09-13 |
| Possessed as Dr. Ames - Mrs. Smith's psychiatrist | 1947-05-29 |
| The Long Night as Chief of Police Bob McManus | 1947-05-28 |
| It's a Wonderful Life as Senior Angel (voice) (uncredited) | 1946-12-20 |
| The Strange Woman as Rev. Thatcher | 1946-10-25 |
| Notorious as Walter Beardsley | 1946-08-21 |
| Boys' Ranch as Judge Henderson | 1946-07-18 |
| The Walls Came Tumbling Down as Bishop Martin | 1946-06-07 |
| From This Day Forward as Tim Bagley | 1946-03-02 |
| Don't Fence Me In as Henry Bennett | 1945-10-20 |
| Mildred Pierce as Inspector Peterson | 1945-10-20 |
| Week-End at the Waldorf as House Detective | 1945-10-04 |
| Pride of the Marines as Capt. Burroughs | 1945-08-24 |
| Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as General (uncredited) | 1944-11-15 |
| Roger Touhy, Gangster as Riley | 1944-06-03 |
| Cobra Woman as MacDonald | 1944-05-12 |
| Buffalo Bill as Sen. Frederici | 1944-04-02 |
| Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves as Caliph Hassan | 1944-01-14 |
| Madame Curie as President of Businessman's Board (uncredited) | 1943-12-16 |
| We've Never Been Licked as Commandant | 1943-07-29 |
| Mission to Moscow as Col. Faymonville | 1943-04-29 |
| Air Force as Col. Blake | 1943-03-20 |
| Reunion in France as Paul Grebeau | 1942-12-25 |
| Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch as Dr. Henry Olcott | 1942-10-01 |
| The Glass Key as Ralph Henry | 1942-09-08 |
| My Favorite Spy as Major Allen | 1942-06-12 |
| Sundown Jim as Andrew Barr | 1942-03-27 |
| Nazi Agent as Brenner | 1942-03-01 |
| Dangerously They Live as Mr. John Goodwin | 1941-12-24 |
| One Foot in Heaven as Dr. John Romer | 1941-11-01 |
| Three Sons o' Guns as Philip G. Talbot | 1941-08-02 |
| Life with Henry as Sylvanus Q. Sattherwaite | 1941-01-23 |
| Respect the Law as Dr. Walter Terriss | 1941-01-04 |
| Dive Bomber as Senior Surgeon at San Diego | 1941-01-01 |
| Santa Fe Trail as Robert E. Lee | 1940-12-20 |
| East of the River as Judge R.D. Davis | 1940-11-09 |
| Brigham Young as Doc Richards | 1940-09-27 |
| If I Had My Way as Mr. Blair | 1940-05-05 |
| Virginia City as Cameron | 1940-03-23 |
| Brother Rat and a Baby as Major Terry | 1940-01-13 |
| Invisible Stripes as The Warden | 1939-12-30 |
| Barricade as Managing Editor | 1939-12-08 |
| That's Right – You're Wrong as Jonathan Forbes | 1939-11-24 |
| Allegheny Uprising as Tom Calhoon | 1939-11-10 |
| Dust Be My Destiny as Slim Jones | 1939-09-16 |
| The Bill of Rights as Royal Governor Dunmore | 1939-08-19 |
| Susannah of the Mounties as Supt. Andrew Standing | 1939-06-13 |
| Code of the Secret Service as The friar | 1939-05-27 |
| Rose of Washington Square as Buck Russell | 1939-05-05 |
| The Three Musketeers as Bailiff | 1939-02-17 |
| Off the Record as Juvenal Court Judge | 1939-01-21 |
| Homicide Bureau as Captain Haines | 1939-01-05 |
| Kentucky as John Dillon - 1938 | 1938-12-30 |
| Submarine Patrol as The Fleet Captain | 1938-11-25 |
| There Goes My Heart as Fisherman (uncredited) | 1938-10-14 |
| That Certain Age as Fullerton's Associate (uncredited) | 1938-10-06 |
| Marie Antoinette as Bearded Leader of the People (uncredited) | 1938-08-26 |
| What Do You Think? Tupapaoo as Kurt Larsen | 1938-06-11 |
| Kidnapped as Douglas | 1938-05-27 |
| Gold Is Where You Find It as Senator Hearst | 1938-02-12 |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited) | 1938-01-14 |
| Adventure's End as First Mate Rand Husk | 1937-12-05 |
| The Last Gangster as Detective Danny Shea (uncredited) | 1937-11-12 |
| The Soldier and the Lady as Tartar Chief (Voice) (Uncredited) | 1937-04-09 |
| The Plough and the Stars as General Connally | 1936-12-26 |
| Mummy's Boys as Dr. Edward Sterling | 1936-10-02 |
| Grand Jury as Davis, the bodyguard | 1936-08-07 |
| Mary of Scotland as John Knox | 1936-07-28 |
| M'Liss as Jake | 1936-07-27 |
| The Witness Chair as Lt. Poole | 1936-04-23 |
| Two in Revolt as Cyrus Benton | 1936-04-03 |
| The Farmer in the Dell as Chester Hart | 1936-03-27 |
| Yellow Dust as Missouri | 1936-03-12 |
| We're Only Human as R.J. Curran | 1935-12-27 |
| Seven Keys to Baldpate as Mayor Jim Cargen | 1935-12-13 |
| Annie Oakley as Col. William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody | 1935-11-15 |
| The Three Musketeers as Porthos | 1935-11-01 |
| Death Takes a Holiday as Cardinal De Valle (uncredited) | 1934-03-30 |
