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Moroni Olsen is a Actor American born on 26 june 1889 at Ogden (USA)

Moroni Olsen

Moroni Olsen
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Nationality USA
Birth 26 june 1889 at Ogden (USA)
Death 22 november 1954 (at 65 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Moroni Olsen (June 27, 1889 – November 22, 1954) was an American actor.

Biography

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 State 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.

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 St Joseph in It's a Wonderful Life.

Best films

Kentucky (1938)
(Actor)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Moroni Olsen (104 films)

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Actor

The Long, Long Trailer, 1h36
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, Moroni Olsen, Madge Blake
Roles Mr. Tewitt
Rating68% 3.448373.448373.448373.448373.44837
As Nicholas Collini (Desi Arnaz) takes a new job as a civil engineer, his new bride Tacy (Lucille Ball) comes up with an idea to buy a trailer to travel around the USA to various work projects on which Nicky is employed, as well as to save money that would otherwise be spent on a house. Tacy also hopes to haul the trailer themselves to Nicky's new place of work in Colorado, as part of their honeymoon trip to the Sierra Nevada mountains. But the honeymoon trip, as well as happenings leading up to it, rapidly become a catalog of disasters.
Sign of the Pagan, 1h40
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Jeff Chandler, Jack Palance, Ludmila Tcherina, Rita Gam, Jeff Morrow, George Dolenz
Roles Pope Leo I
Rating59% 2.950932.950932.950932.950932.95093
During the fifth century the Roman Empire has been split in two and come under attack of the Huns under Attila. Roman centurion Marcian is captured by Hun soldiers and interrogated by Attila, who wishes to learn the ways of the Romans. Marcian manages to escape on a horse by charming Attila's daughter Kubra. He goes to Constantinople to warn the Eastern Empire about the Huns. However Emperor Theodosius is intent on doing deals with the barbarians.
Marry Me Again, 1h13
Directed by Frank Tashlin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Robert Cummings, Marie Wilson, Lloyd Corrigan, Moroni Olsen, Mary Costa, Ray Walker
Roles Mr. Courtney
Rating70% 3.515973.515973.515973.515973.51597
Bill has an unusual dilemma when he returns home from the war in Korea, where he'd been a pilot. Out of pride, he wants to provide the sole support for Doris and their family, but Doris isn't sure what to do because she has just inherited a fortune.
At Sword's Point, 1h21
Directed by Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Swashbuckler, Adventure
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Cornel Wilde, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Douglas, Gladys Cooper, Dan O'Herlihy, Alan Hale Jr.
Roles Porthos
Rating60% 3.045433.045433.045433.045433.04543
The sons (and a daughter) of the original Four Musketeers ride to the rescue of besieged Queen Anne in 1648 France.
Lone Star
Lone Star (1952)
, 1h34
Directed by Vincent Sherman, John Waters
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Historical, Western
Actors Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford, Ed Begley, Lionel Barrymore, Beulah Bondi
Roles Sam Houston
Rating60% 3.046923.046923.046923.046923.04692
Devereaux Burke gets a personal request from former President Andrew Jackson to help keep Texas from entering into annexation with Mexico. The movement is gaining favor because it is mistakenly believed that Texas pioneer Sam Houston supports it.
Washington Story
Directed by Robert Pirosh
Origin USA
Actors Van Johnson, Patricia Neal, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer, Elizabeth Patterson, Patricia Collinge
Roles Speaker Of The House
Rating63% 3.192983.192983.192983.192983.19298
On her first trip to Washington, D.C., aspiring reporter Alice Kingsley is shown around by Gilbert Nunnally, a successful radio commentator. Nunnally has a cynical view of the Capitol and everybody in it, expressing his belief that every politician can be bought.
Father's Little Dividend, 1h22
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor, Billie Burke, Moroni Olsen
Roles Herbert Dunstan
Rating64% 3.2484853.2484853.2484853.2484853.248485
In this sequel to Father of the Bride, newly married Kay Dunstan (Elizabeth Taylor) announces that she and her husband are going to have a baby, leaving her father, Stanley Banks (Spencer Tracy), having to come to grips with becoming a grandfather.
Payment on Demand, 1h30
Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Bette Davis, Barry Sullivan, Kent Taylor, Jane Cowl, Frances Dee, Betty Lynn
Roles Mr. Barton
Rating68% 3.4449253.4449253.4449253.4449253.444925
Submarine Command, 1h27
Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films, Political films
Actors William Holden, Nancy Olson, William Bendix, Don Taylor, Moroni Olsen, Arthur Franz
Roles Rear Adm. Joshua Rice
Rating61% 3.0948953.0948953.0948953.0948953.094895
Holden is cast as Commander White, who during an enemy attack orders that his submarine dive to avoid destruction and thereby loses the captain of the boat on the last day of World War II. The bulk of the movie follows his career in the Navy after the war as his doubt and guilt wear on his marriage. Then, just as he is about to resign from the Navy to escape the ghosts of his past, the Korean War begins and the movie concludes as an action thriller.
No Questions Asked, 1h20
Directed by Harold F. Kress
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Barry Sullivan, Arlene Dahl, George Murphy, Jean Hagen, Richard Anderson, Moroni Olsen
Roles Henry Manston
Rating65% 3.2911653.2911653.2911653.2911653.291165
Ellen Jessman returns from a skiing vacation and Steve Keiver is at the airport to pick her up in his pal Harry's taxi. Keiver wants to marry Ellen, but as an insurance company's investigator, he doesn't make much money and knows that concerns her.
No Questions Asked, 1h20
Directed by Harold F. Kress
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Barry Sullivan, Arlene Dahl, George Murphy, Jean Hagen, Richard Anderson, Moroni Olsen
Roles Henry Manston
Rating65% 3.2911653.2911653.2911653.2911653.291165
Steve Kiever (Barry Sullivan) est un jeune avocat travaillant pour une compagnie d'assurances. Il souhaite obtenir de l'avancement afin de contenter les goûts de luxe de sa petite amie, Ellen (Arlene Dahl). Cette dernière, de retour de voyage, se dérobe une nouvelle fois à la proposition de mariage de Kiever.
Father of the Bride, 1h32
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about marriage
Actors Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor, Billie Burke, Leo G. Carroll
Roles Herbert Dunstan
Rating70% 3.548233.548233.548233.548233.54823
Following the wedding of his daughter Kay (Elizabeth Taylor), Stanley T. Banks (Spencer Tracy), a suburban lawyer, recalls the day, three months earlier, when he first learned of Kay's engagement to Buckley Dunstan (Don Taylor). At the family dinner table, Kay's casual announcement that she is in love with Buckley and has accepted his proposal makes Stanley feel uneasy, but he soon comes to realize that his daughter has grown up and the wedding is inevitable. While Ellie (Joan Bennett), Kay's mother, immediately begins making preparations for the wedding, Stanley lies awake at night, fearing the worst for his daughter.
The Fountainhead, 1h54
Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith, Robert Douglas, Henry Hull
Roles Chairman
Rating69% 3.498633.498633.498633.498633.49863
Howard Roark (Gary Cooper) is an individualistic architect who follows a new artistic path in the face of conformity and vulgar mediocrity.
Samson and Delilah, 2h11
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Henry Wilcoxon, Fay Holden
Roles Targil
Rating67% 3.3962153.3962153.3962153.3962153.396215
Samson, a Danite Hebrew placed under Nazirite vows from birth by his mother Hazelelponit, is engaged to a Philistine woman named Semadar. At their wedding feast, Samson loses a bet with his wedding guests because of Semadar and attacks thirty Philistines to strip them of their cloaks to pay his betting debt. When his deeds become known, Semadar and her father Tubal are killed; Samson becomes a hunted man and in his fury he begins fighting the Philistines. The Saran of Gaza imposes heavy taxes on the Danites, with the purpose of having Samson betrayed by his own people. The Saran's plan works, and frustrated Danites hand over Samson to the Philistines, much to the joy of Delilah, Semadar's younger sister. Samson is taken by Prince Ahtur, the military governor of the land of Dan, and a regiment of Philistine troops. En route back to Gaza, Ahtur decides to taunt Samson. Samson rips apart his chains and ropes and begins to combat the Philistines, toppling Ahtur's war chariot and using the jawbone of an ass to club the Philistine soldiers to death.