Moroni Olsen
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
MGM Parade
1955
as Self
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
as Mr. Tewitt
Sign of the Pagan
1954
as Pope Leo I
Marry Me Again
1953
as Mr. Courtney
So This Is Love
1953
as Arnold Reuben
At Sword's Point
1952
as Porthos
Washington Story
1952
as Speaker Of The House
Lone Star
1952
as Sam Houston
Father's Little Dividend
1951
as Herbert Dunstan
No Questions Asked
1951
as Henry Manston
Submarine Command
1951
as Rear Adm. Joshua Rice
Payment on Demand
1951
as Mr. Barton
I Love Lucy
1951
as Judge
Father of the Bride
1950
as Herbert Dunstan
The Fountainhead
1949
as Chairman
Samson and Delilah
1949
as Targil
Task Force
1949
as Adm. Ames
Call Northside 777
1948
as Parole Board Chairman
Up in Central Park
1948
as Big Jim Fitts
Command Decision
1948
as Congressman Stone
Possessed
1947
as Dr. Ames
High Wall
1947
as Dr. Philip Dunlap
Life with Father
1947
as Dr. Humphries
The Long Night
1947
as Chief of Police Bob McManus
That Hagen Girl
1947
as Trenton Gateley
Black Gold
1947
as Don Toland
Notorious
1946
as Walter Beardsley
The Strange Woman
1946
as Rev. Thatcher
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
as Bishop Martin
Boys' Ranch
1946
as Judge Henderson
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Senior Angel (voice) (uncredited)
From This Day Forward
1946
as Tim Bagley
Mildred Pierce
1945
as Inspector Peterson
Pride of the Marines
1945
as Capt. Burroughs
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
as House Detective
Don't Fence Me In
1945
as Henry Bennett
Behind City Lights
1945
as Curtis Holbrook
Buffalo Bill
1944
as Sen. Frederici
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944
as Caliph Hassan
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944
as General (uncredited)
Roger Touhy, Gangster
1944
as Riley
Cobra Woman
1944
as MacDonald
Air Force
1943
as Col. Blake
Madame Curie
1943
as President of Businessman's Board (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Col. Faymonville
We've Never Been Licked
1943
as Commandant
Nazi Agent
1942
as Brenner
The Glass Key
1942
as Ralph Henry
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
as Dr. Henry Olcott
My Favorite Spy
1942
as Major Allen
Sundown Jim
1942
as Andrew Barr
Reunion in France
1942
as Paul Grebeau
Dive Bomber
1941
as Senior Surgeon at San Diego
Dangerously They Live
1941
as Mr. John Goodwin
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Dr. John Romer
Life with Henry
1941
as Sylvanus Q. Sattherwaite
Three Sons o' Guns
1941
as Philip G. Talbot
Respect the Law
1941
as Dr. Walter Terriss
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Robert E. Lee
Brigham Young
1940
as Doc Richards
East of the River
1940
as Judge R.D. Davis
Virginia City
1940
as Cameron
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940
as Major Terry
If I Had My Way
1940
as Mr. Blair
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
as Slim Jones
Allegheny Uprising
1939
as Tom Calhoon
Rose of Washington Square
1939
as Buck Russell
Code of the Secret Service
1939
as The friar
Barricade
1939
as Managing Editor
Susannah of the Mounties
1939
as Andrew Standing
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939
as Jonathan Forbes
Homicide Bureau
1939
as Captain Haines
The Three Musketeers
1939
as Bailiff
Off the Record
1939
as Juvenal Court Judge
The Bill of Rights
1939
as Royal Governor Dunmore
Invisible Stripes
1939
as The Warden
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
1938
as Kurt Larsen
Submarine Patrol
1938
as The Fleet Captain
Kentucky
1938
as John Dillon - 1938
There Goes My Heart
1938
as Fisherman (uncredited)
Kidnapped
1938
as Douglas
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
as Senator Hearst
That Certain Age
1938
as Fullerton's Associate (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Bearded Leader of the People (uncredited)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937
as Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited)
The Last Gangster
1937
as Detective Danny Shea (uncredited)
Adventure's End
1937
as First Mate Rand Husk
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
as Tartar Chief (Voice) (Uncredited)
Grand Jury
1936
as Davis, the bodyguard
M'Liss
1936
as Jake
Yellow Dust
1936
as Missouri
Mary of Scotland
1936
as John Knox
Two in Revolt
1936
as Cyrus Benton
Mummy's Boys
1936
as Dr. Edward Sterling
The Witness Chair
1936
as Lt. Poole
The Farmer in the Dell
1936
as Chester Hart
The Plough and the Stars
1936
as General Connally
Annie Oakley
1935
as Buffalo Bill
The Three Musketeers
1935
as Porthos
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935
as Mayor Jim Cargen
We're Only Human
1935
as R.J. Curran
Death Takes a Holiday
1934
as Cardinal De Valle (uncredited)