Birthday
1889/06/26
Day of death
1954/11/22 (65 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Ogden, Utah, USA
Also know as
Maroni Olsen, Moroni Olson, John Willard
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 ...Read more
(1946) Notorious
as Walter Beardsley
(1938) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
as Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited)
(1940) Santa Fe Trail
as Robert E. Lee
(1945) Mildred Pierce
as Inspector Peterson
(1947) Possessed
as Dr. Ames - Mrs. Smith's psychiatrist
(1950) Father of the Bride
as Herbert Dunstan
(1951) Father's Little Dividend
as Herbert Dunstan
(1949) The Fountainhead
as Chairman
(1954) The Long, Long Trailer
as Mr. Tewitt
(1938) What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
as Kurt Larsen
(1939) Dust Be My Destiny
as Slim Jones
(1948) Call Northside 777
as Parole Board Chairman
(1946) The Strange Woman
as Rev. Thatcher
(1947) High Wall
as Dr. Philip Dunlap
(1947) Life with Father
as Dr. Humphries
(1944) Buffalo Bill
as Sen. Frederici
(1939) Allegheny Uprising
as Tom Calhoon
(1939) Rose of Washington Square
as Buck Russell
(1944) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Caliph Hassan
(1935) Annie Oakley
as Col. William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
(1947) The Long Night
as Chief of Police Bob McManus
(1942) Nazi Agent
as Brenner
(1942) The Glass Key
as Ralph Henry
(1941) Dive Bomber
as Senior Surgeon at San Diego
(1937) The Last Gangster
as Detective Danny Shea (uncredited)
(1941) Dangerously They Live
as Mr. John Goodwin
(1945) Pride of the Marines
as Capt. Burroughs
(1951) No Questions Asked
as Henry Manston
(1940) Brigham Young
as Doc Richards
(1941) One Foot in Heaven
as Dr. John Romer
(1945) Week-End at the Waldorf
as House Detective
(1953) Marry Me Again
as Mr. Courtney
(1946) The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as Bishop Martin
(1944) Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
as General (uncredited)
(1935) The Three Musketeers
as Porthos
(1944) Roger Touhy, Gangster
as Riley
(1952) At Sword's Point
as Porthos
(1940) East of the River
as Judge R.D. Davis
(1952) Washington Story
as Speaker Of The House
(1935) Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Mayor Jim Cargen
(1936) Grand Jury
as Davis, the bodyguard
(1946) Boys' Ranch
as Judge Henderson
(1939) Code of the Secret Service
as The friar
(1939) Barricade
as Managing Editor
(1947) That Hagen Girl
as Trenton Gateley
(1953) So This Is Love
as Arnold Reuben
(1941) Life with Henry
as Sylvanus Q. Sattherwaite
(1948) Up in Central Park
as Big Jim Fitts
(1942) Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Dr. Henry Olcott
(1935) We're Only Human
as R.J. Curran
(1936) M'Liss
as Jake
(1949) Samson and Delilah
as Targil
(1936) Yellow Dust
as Missouri
(1938) Submarine Patrol
as The Fleet Captain
(1938) Kentucky
as John Dillon - 1938
(1939) Susannah of the Mounties
as Supt. Andrew Standing
(1936) Mary of Scotland
as John Knox
(1952) Lone Star
as Sam Houston
(1938) There Goes My Heart
as Fisherman (uncredited)
(1939) That's Right – You're Wrong
as Jonathan Forbes
(1948) Command Decision
as Congressman Stone
(1939) Homicide Bureau
as Captain Haines
(1936) Two in Revolt
as Cyrus Benton
(1936) Mummy's Boys
as Dr. Edward Sterling
(1940) Virginia City
as Cameron
(1939) The Three Musketeers
as Bailiff
(1941) Three Sons o' Guns
as Philip G. Talbot
(1936) The Witness Chair
as Lt. Poole
(1945) Don't Fence Me In
as Henry Bennett
(1937) Adventure's End
as First Mate Rand Husk
(1938) Kidnapped
as Douglas
(1946) It's a Wonderful Life
as Senior Angel (voice) (uncredited)
(1943) Air Force
as Col. Blake
(1949) Task Force
as Adm. Ames
(1940) Brother Rat and a Baby
as Major Terry
(1936) The Farmer in the Dell
as Chester Hart
(1951) Submarine Command
as Rear Adm. Joshua Rice
(1936) The Plough and the Stars
as General Connally
(1938) Gold Is Where You Find It
as Senator Hearst
(1938) That Certain Age
as Fullerton's Associate (uncredited)
(1947) Black Gold
as Don Toland
(1942) My Favorite Spy
as Major Allen
(1941) Respect the Law
as Dr. Walter Terriss
(1942) Sundown Jim
as Andrew Barr
(1951) Payment on Demand
as Mr. Barton
(1937) The Soldier and the Lady
as Tartar Chief (Voice) (Uncredited)
(1954) Sign of the Pagan
as Pope Leo I
(1939) Off the Record
as Juvenal Court Judge
(1940) If I Had My Way
as Mr. Blair
(1939) The Bill of Rights
as Royal Governor Dunmore
(1943) Mission to Moscow
as Col. Faymonville
(1943) Madame Curie
as President of Businessman's Board (uncredited)
(1943) We've Never Been Licked
as Commandant
(1946) From This Day Forward
as Tim Bagley
(1944) Cobra Woman
as MacDonald
(1942) Reunion in France
as Paul Grebeau
(1939) Invisible Stripes
as The Warden
(1938) Marie Antoinette
as Bearded Leader of the People (uncredited)
(1934) Death Takes a Holiday
as Cardinal De Valle (uncredited)
(1951) I Love Lucy
as Judge