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 Ut
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Personal Info

Id

18586

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0

Gender

Male

Birthday

1889-06-26

Place of Birth

Ogden, Utah, USA

Also Known As

  • Maroni Olsen
  • Moroni Olson
  • John Willard
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    Known For

    Notorious

    Notorious

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    Snow White a

    Santa Fe Trail

    Santa Fe Tra

    Mildred Pierce

    Mildred Pier

    Possessed

    Possessed

    Father of the Bride

    Father of th

    Father's Little Dividend

    Father's Lit

    The Fountainhead

    The Fountain

    The Long, Long Trailer

    The Long, Lo

    Placeholder

    What Do You

    Dust Be My Destiny

    Dust Be My D

    Call Northside 777

    Call Northsi

    The Strange Woman

    The Strange

    High Wall

    High Wall

    Life with Father

    Life with Fa

    Buffalo Bill

    Buffalo Bill

    Allegheny Uprising

    Allegheny Up

    Rose of Washington Square

    Rose of Wash

    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

    Ali Baba and

    Annie Oakley

    Annie Oakley

    The Long Night

    The Long Nig

    Nazi Agent

    Nazi Agent

    The Glass Key

    The Glass Ke

    Dive Bomber

    Dive Bomber

    The Last Gangster

    The Last Gan

    Dangerously They Live

    Dangerously

    Pride of the Marines

    Pride of the

    No Questions Asked

    No Questions

    Brigham Young

    Brigham Youn

    One Foot in Heaven

    One Foot in

    Week-End at the Waldorf

    Week-End at

    Marry Me Again

    Marry Me Aga

    The Walls Came Tumbling Down

    The Walls Ca

    Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

    Thirty Secon

    The Three Musketeers

    The Three Mu

    Roger Touhy, Gangster

    Roger Touhy,

    At Sword's Point

    At Sword's P

    East of the River

    East of the

    Washington Story

    Washington S

    Seven Keys to Baldpate

    Seven Keys t

    Grand Jury

    Grand Jury

    Boys' Ranch

    Boys' Ranch

    Placeholder

    Code of the

    Barricade

    Barricade

    That Hagen Girl

    That Hagen G

    So This Is Love

    So This Is L

    Life with Henry

    Life with He

    Up in Central Park

    Up in Centra

    Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

    Mrs. Wiggs o

    We're Only Human

    We're Only H

    M'Liss

    M'Liss

    Samson and Delilah

    Samson and D

    Yellow Dust

    Yellow Dust

    Submarine Patrol

    Submarine Pa

    Kentucky

    Kentucky

    Susannah of the Mounties

    Susannah of

    Mary of Scotland

    Mary of Scot

    Lone Star

    Lone Star

    There Goes My Heart

    There Goes M

    That's Right – You're Wrong

    That's Right

    Command Decision

    Command Deci

    Homicide Bureau

    Homicide Bur

    Two in Revolt

    Two in Revol

    Mummy's Boys

    Mummy's Boys

    Virginia City

    Virginia Cit

    The Three Musketeers

    The Three Mu

    Three Sons o' Guns

    Three Sons o

    The Witness Chair

    The Witness

    Don't Fence Me In

    Don't Fence

    Adventure's End

    Adventure's

    Kidnapped

    Kidnapped

    It's a Wonderful Life

    It's a Wonde

    Air Force

    Air Force

    Task Force

    Task Force

    Brother Rat and a Baby

    Brother Rat

    The Farmer in the Dell

    The Farmer i

    Submarine Command

    Submarine Co

    The Plough and the Stars

    The Plough a

    Gold Is Where You Find It

    Gold Is Wher

    That Certain Age

    That Certain

    Black Gold

    Black Gold

    My Favorite Spy

    My Favorite

    Placeholder

    Respect the

    Sundown Jim

    Sundown Jim

    Payment on Demand

    Payment on D

    The Soldier and the Lady

    The Soldier

    Sign of the Pagan

    Sign of the

    Off the Record

    Off the Reco

    If I Had My Way

    If I Had My

    Placeholder

    The Bill of

    Madame Curie

    Madame Curie

    Mission to Moscow

    Mission to M

    We've Never Been Licked

    We've Never

    From This Day Forward

    From This Da

    Cobra Woman

    Cobra Woman

    Reunion in France

    Reunion in F

    Invisible Stripes

    Invisible St

    Marie Antoinette

    Marie Antoin

    Death Takes a Holiday

    Death Takes

    No title found

    No title found

    1954

    Sign of the Pagan

    asPope Leo I

    1954

    The Long, Long Trailer

    asMr. Tewitt

    1953

    Marry Me Again

    asMr. Courtney

    1953

    So This Is Love

    asArnold Reuben

    1952

    Lone Star

    asSam Houston

    1952

    Washington Story

    asSpeaker Of The House

    1952

    At Sword's Point

    asPorthos

    1951

    Submarine Command

    asRear Adm. Joshua Rice

    1951

    No Questions Asked

    asHenry Manston

    1951

    Father's Little Dividend

    asHerbert Dunstan

    1951

    Payment on Demand

    asMr. Barton

    1950

    Father of the Bride

    asHerbert Dunstan

    1949

    Samson and Delilah

    asTargil

    1949

    Task Force

    asAdm. Ames

    1949

    The Fountainhead

    asChairman

    1948

    Command Decision

    asCongressman Stone

    1948

    Up in Central Park

    asBig Jim Fitts

    1948

    Call Northside 777

    asParole Board Chairman

    1947

    High Wall

    asDr. Philip Dunlap

    1947

    That Hagen Girl

    asTrenton Gateley

    1947

    Black Gold

    asDon Toland

    1947

    Life with Father

    asDr. Humphries

    1947

    Possessed

    asDr. Ames - Mrs. Smith's psychiatrist

    1947

    The Long Night

    asChief of Police Bob McManus

    1946

    It's a Wonderful Life

    asSenior Angel (voice) (uncredited)

    1946

    The Strange Woman

    asRev. Thatcher

    1946

    Notorious

    asWalter Beardsley

    1946

    Boys' Ranch

    asJudge Henderson

    1946

    The Walls Came Tumbling Down

    asBishop Martin

    1946

    From This Day Forward

    asTim Bagley

    1945

    Mildred Pierce

    asInspector Peterson

    1945

    Don't Fence Me In

    asHenry Bennett

    1945

    Week-End at the Waldorf

    asHouse Detective

    1945

    Pride of the Marines

    asCapt. Burroughs

    1944

    Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

    asGeneral (uncredited)

    1944

    Roger Touhy, Gangster

    asRiley

    1944

    Cobra Woman

    asMacDonald

    1944

    Buffalo Bill

    asSen. Frederici

    1944

    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

    asCaliph Hassan

    1943

    Madame Curie

    asPresident of Businessman's Board (uncredited)

    1943

    We've Never Been Licked

    asCommandant

    1943

    Mission to Moscow

    asCol. Faymonville

    1943

    Air Force

    asCol. Blake

    1942

    Reunion in France

    asPaul Grebeau

    1942

    Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

    asDr. Henry Olcott

    1942

    The Glass Key

    asRalph Henry

    1942

    My Favorite Spy

    asMajor Allen

    1942

    Sundown Jim

    asAndrew Barr

    1942

    Nazi Agent

    asBrenner

    1941

    Dangerously They Live

    asMr. John Goodwin

    1941

    One Foot in Heaven

    asDr. John Romer

    1941

    Three Sons o' Guns

    asPhilip G. Talbot

    1941

    Life with Henry

    asSylvanus Q. Sattherwaite

    1941

    Respect the Law

    asDr. Walter Terriss

    1941

    Dive Bomber

    asSenior Surgeon at San Diego

    1940

    Santa Fe Trail

    asRobert E. Lee

    1940

    East of the River

    asJudge R.D. Davis

    1940

    Brigham Young

    asDoc Richards

    1940

    If I Had My Way

    asMr. Blair

    1940

    Virginia City

    asCameron

    1940

    Brother Rat and a Baby

    asMajor Terry

    1939

    Invisible Stripes

    asThe Warden

    1939

    Barricade

    asManaging Editor

    1939

    That's Right – You're Wrong

    asJonathan Forbes

    1939

    Allegheny Uprising

    asTom Calhoon

    1939

    Dust Be My Destiny

    asSlim Jones

    1939

    The Bill of Rights

    asRoyal Governor Dunmore

    1939

    Susannah of the Mounties

    asSupt. Andrew Standing

    1939

    Code of the Secret Service

    asThe friar

    1939

    Rose of Washington Square

    asBuck Russell

    1939

    The Three Musketeers

    asBailiff

    1939

    Off the Record

    asJuvenal Court Judge

    1939

    Homicide Bureau

    asCaptain Haines

    1938

    Kentucky

    asJohn Dillon - 1938

    1938

    Submarine Patrol

    asThe Fleet Captain

    1938

    There Goes My Heart

    asFisherman (uncredited)

    1938

    That Certain Age

    asFullerton's Associate (uncredited)

    1938

    Marie Antoinette

    asBearded Leader of the People (uncredited)

    1938

    What Do You Think? Tupapaoo

    asKurt Larsen

    1938

    Kidnapped

    asDouglas

    1938

    Gold Is Where You Find It

    asSenator Hearst

    1938

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    asMagic Mirror (voice) (uncredited)

    1937

    Adventure's End

    asFirst Mate Rand Husk

    1937

    The Last Gangster

    asDetective Danny Shea (uncredited)

    1937

    The Soldier and the Lady

    asTartar Chief (Voice) (Uncredited)

    1936

    The Plough and the Stars

    asGeneral Connally

    1936

    Mummy's Boys

    asDr. Edward Sterling

    1936

    Grand Jury

    asDavis, the bodyguard

    1936

    Mary of Scotland

    asJohn Knox

    1936

    M'Liss

    asJake

    1936

    The Witness Chair

    asLt. Poole

    1936

    Two in Revolt

    asCyrus Benton

    1936

    The Farmer in the Dell

    asChester Hart

    1936

    Yellow Dust

    asMissouri

    1935

    We're Only Human

    asR.J. Curran

    1935

    Seven Keys to Baldpate

    asMayor Jim Cargen

    1935

    Annie Oakley

    asCol. William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

    1935

    The Three Musketeers

    asPorthos

    1934

    Death Takes a Holiday

    asCardinal De Valle (uncredited)

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    (1 episode)asJudge