Moroni Olsen

Personal Info

Birthday

June 26, 1889

Day of Death

1954-11-22

(65 years old)

Place of Birth

Ogden, Utah, USA

Also Known As

Maroni Olsen

Moroni Olson

John Willard

Moroni Olsen

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.

Known For

I Love Lucy

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

It's a Wonderful Life

Santa Fe Trail

Samson and Delilah

The Strange Woman

Notorious

Madame Curie

Filmography

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