Moroni Olsen
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1889-06-26
- Décès:
- 1954-11-22
- Lieu de naissance:
- Ogden, Utah, USA
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.
Connu pour
Filmographie
MGM Parade
Le Signe du païen
La Roulotte du plaisir
Marry Me Again
So This Is Love
L'Étoile du destin
Washington Story
Les Fils des Mousquetaires
Duel sous la mer
I Love Lucy
No Questions Asked
Allons donc, papa !
Payment on Demand
Le père de la mariée
Samson et Dalila
Horizons en flammes
Le Rebelle
Tragique décision
Up in Central Park
Appelez Nord 777
High Wall
That Hagen Girl
Le Gagnant du Kentucky
Mon père et nous
La possédée
The Long Night
La vie est belle
Le Démon de la chair
Les Enchaînés
Boys' Ranch
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
From This Day Forward
Le Roman de Mildred Pierce
Don't Fence Me In
Week-end at the Waldorf
Behind City Lights
La route des ténèbres
Trente secondes sur Tokyo
Roger Touhy, Gangster
Le Signe du cobra
Buffalo Bill
Ali Baba et les Quarante Voleurs
Madame Curie
We've Never Been Licked
Mission to Moscow
Air Force
Quelque part en France
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
La Clé de verre
My Favorite Spy
Sundown Jim
Nazi Agent
Dangerously They Live
One Foot in Heaven
Bombardier en Piqué
Three Sons o' Guns
Life with Henry
Respect the Law
La Piste de Santa Fé
East of the River
L'Odyssée des Mormons
If I Had My Way
La Caravane héroïque
Brother Rat and a Baby
Invisible Stripes
Barricade
That's Right – You're Wrong
Le premier rebelle
Dust Be My Destiny
The Bill of Rights
Susannah
Code of the Secret Service
Rose of Washington Square
The Three Musketeers
Off the Record
Homicide Bureau
Kentucky
Submarine Patrol
There Goes My Heart
That Certain Age
Marie Antoinette
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
Kidnapped
Gold Is Where You Find It
Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains
Le Testament du Capitaine Drew
Le dernier gangster
The Soldier and the Lady
The Plough and the Stars
Mummy's Boys
Grand Jury
Marie Stuart
M'Liss
The Witness Chair
Two in Revolt
The Farmer in the Dell
Yellow Dust
We're Only Human
Seven Keys to Baldpate
La Gloire du cirque
The Three Musketeers
Death Takes a Holiday