Moroni Olsen

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

6/26/1889

Place of Birth

Ogden, Utah, USA

Also Known As

Maroni OlsenMoroni OlsonJohn 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. During World War I, he sold ...

Career Timeline

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

I Love Lucy

as Judge

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

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

Dive Bomber

as Senior Surgeon at San Diego

Three Sons o' Guns

as Philip G. Talbot

Life with Henry

as Sylvanus Q. Sattherwaite

Respect the Law

as Dr. Walter Terriss

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

The Three Musketeers

as Porthos

1934

Death Takes a Holiday

as Cardinal De Valle (uncredited)