From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMoroni 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 Olsens 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 Ogdens 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 DArtagnan 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 Disneys Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Olsen also provided the voice of the senior angel in Its 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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Notorious

Walter Beardsley

Film 1946

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited)

Film 1938

Possessed

Dr. Ames - Mrs. Smith's psychiatrist

Film 1947

Father of the Bride

Herbert Dunstan

Film 1950

Father's Little Dividend

Herbert Dunstan

Film 1951

The Fountainhead

Chairman

Film 1949

What Do You Think? Tupapaoo

Kurt Larsen

Film 1938

Dust Be My Destiny

Slim Jones

Film 1939

The Strange Woman

Rev. Thatcher

Film 1946

High Wall

Dr. Philip Dunlap

Film 1947

Life with Father

Dr. Humphries

Film 1947

Buffalo Bill

Sen. Frederici

Film 1944

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Caliph Hassan

Film 1944

Annie Oakley

Col. William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

Film 1935

Nazi Agent

Brenner

Film 1942

The Glass Key

Ralph Henry

Film 1942

Dive Bomber

Senior Surgeon at San Diego

Film 1941

The Last Gangster

Detective Danny Shea (uncredited)

Film 1937

Dangerously They Live

Mr. John Goodwin

Film 1941

No Questions Asked

Henry Manston

Film 1951

Week-End at the Waldorf

House Detective

Film 1945

Marry Me Again

Mr. Courtney

Film 1953

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

Bishop Martin

Film 1946

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

General (uncredited)

Film 1944

The Three Musketeers

Porthos

Film 1935

Roger Touhy, Gangster

Riley

Film 1944

Washington Story

Speaker Of The House

Film 1952

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Mayor Jim Cargen

Film 1935

Grand Jury

Davis, the bodyguard

Film 1936

Boys' Ranch

Judge Henderson

Film 1946

Code of the Secret Service

The friar

Film 1939

Barricade

Managing Editor

Film 1939

So This Is Love

Arnold Reuben

Film 1953

Life with Henry

Sylvanus Q. Sattherwaite

Film 1941

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Dr. Henry Olcott

Film 1942

We're Only Human

R.J. Curran

Film 1935

M'Liss

Jake

Film 1936

Yellow Dust

Missouri

Film 1936

There Goes My Heart

Fisherman (uncredited)

Film 1938

Command Decision

Congressman Stone

Film 1948

Two in Revolt

Cyrus Benton

Film 1936

Mummy's Boys

Dr. Edward Sterling

Film 1936

Virginia City

Cameron

Film 1940

The Witness Chair

Lt. Poole

Film 1936

Don't Fence Me In

Henry Bennett

Film 1945

Adventure's End

First Mate Rand Husk

Film 1937

It's a Wonderful Life

Senior Angel (voice) (uncredited)

Film 1946

Task Force

Adm. Ames

Film 1949

Brother Rat and a Baby

Major Terry

Film 1940

The Farmer in the Dell

Chester Hart

Film 1936

Submarine Command

Rear Adm. Joshua Rice

Film 1951

The Plough and the Stars

General Connally

Film 1936

That Certain Age

Fullerton's Associate (uncredited)

Film 1938

Black Gold

Don Toland

Film 1947

Respect the Law

Dr. Walter Terriss

Film 1941

Sundown Jim

Andrew Barr

Film 1942

The Soldier and the Lady

Tartar Chief (Voice) (Uncredited)

Film 1937

Sign of the Pagan

Pope Leo I

Film 1954

Off the Record

Juvenal Court Judge

Film 1939

If I Had My Way

Mr. Blair

Film 1940

The Bill of Rights

Royal Governor Dunmore

Film 1939

Madame Curie

President of Businessman's Board (uncredited)

Film 1943

We've Never Been Licked

Commandant

Film 1943

Cobra Woman

MacDonald

Film 1944

Reunion in France

Paul Grebeau

Film 1942

Invisible Stripes

The Warden

Film 1939

Marie Antoinette

Bearded Leader of the People (uncredited)

Film 1938

Death Takes a Holiday

Cardinal De Valle (uncredited)

Film 1934