Moroni Olsen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 26, 1889, Ogden, Utah, USA
- Died
- November 22, 1954
- Movies
- 100
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1954 | Sign of the Pagan | Pope Leo I |
| 1954 | The Long, Long Trailer | Mr. Tewitt |
| 1953 | Marry Me Again | Mr. Courtney |
| 1953 | So This Is Love | Arnold Reuben |
| 1952 | Lone Star | Sam Houston |
| 1952 | Washington Story | Speaker Of The House |
| 1952 | At Sword's Point | Porthos |
| 1951 | Submarine Command | Rear Adm. Joshua Rice |
| 1951 | No Questions Asked | Henry Manston |
| 1951 | Father's Little Dividend | Herbert Dunstan |
| 1951 | Payment on Demand | Mr. Barton |
| 1950 | Father of the Bride | Herbert Dunstan |
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah | Targil |
| 1949 | Task Force | Adm. Ames |
| 1949 | The Fountainhead | Chairman |
| 1948 | Command Decision | Congressman Stone |
| 1948 | Up in Central Park | Big Jim Fitts |
| 1948 | Call Northside 777 | Parole Board Chairman |
| 1947 | High Wall | Dr. Philip Dunlap |
| 1947 | That Hagen Girl | Trenton Gateley |
| 1947 | Black Gold | Don Toland |
| 1947 | Life with Father | Dr. Humphries |
| 1947 | Possessed | Dr. Ames |
| 1947 | The Long Night | Chief of Police Bob McManus |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life | Senior Angel (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Strange Woman | Rev. Thatcher |
| 1946 | Notorious | Walter Beardsley |
| 1946 | Boys' Ranch | Judge Henderson |
| 1946 | The Walls Came Tumbling Down | Bishop Martin |
| 1946 | From This Day Forward | Tim Bagley |
| 1945 | Mildred Pierce | Inspector Peterson |
| 1945 | Don't Fence Me In | Henry Bennett |
| 1945 | Week-End at the Waldorf | House Detective |
| 1945 | Behind City Lights | Curtis Holbrook |
| 1945 | Pride of the Marines | Capt. Burroughs |
| 1944 | Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | General (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Roger Touhy, Gangster | Riley |
| 1944 | Cobra Woman | MacDonald |
| 1944 | Buffalo Bill | Sen. Frederici |
| 1944 | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Caliph Hassan |
| 1943 | Madame Curie | President of Businessman's Board (uncredited) |
| 1943 | We've Never Been Licked | Commandant |
| 1943 | Mission to Moscow | Col. Faymonville |
| 1943 | Air Force | Col. Blake |
| 1942 | Reunion in France | Paul Grebeau |
| 1942 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Dr. Henry Olcott |
| 1942 | The Glass Key | Ralph Henry |
| 1942 | My Favorite Spy | Major Allen |
| 1942 | Sundown Jim | Andrew Barr |
| 1942 | Nazi Agent | Brenner |
| 1941 | Dangerously They Live | Mr. John Goodwin |
| 1941 | One Foot in Heaven | Dr. John Romer |
| 1941 | Dive Bomber | Senior Surgeon at San Diego |
| 1941 | Three Sons o' Guns | Philip G. Talbot |
| 1941 | Life with Henry | Sylvanus Q. Sattherwaite |
| 1941 | Respect the Law | Dr. Walter Terriss |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail | Robert E. Lee |
| 1940 | East of the River | Judge R.D. Davis |
| 1940 | Brigham Young | Doc Richards |
| 1940 | If I Had My Way | Mr. Blair |
| 1940 | Virginia City | Cameron |
| 1940 | Brother Rat and a Baby | Major Terry |
| 1939 | Invisible Stripes | The Warden |
| 1939 | Barricade | Managing Editor |
| 1939 | That's Right – You're Wrong | Jonathan Forbes |
| 1939 | Allegheny Uprising | Tom Calhoon |
| 1939 | Dust Be My Destiny | Slim Jones |
| 1939 | The Bill of Rights | Royal Governor Dunmore |
| 1939 | Susannah of the Mounties | Andrew Standing |
| 1939 | Code of the Secret Service | The friar |
| 1939 | Rose of Washington Square | Buck Russell |
| 1939 | The Three Musketeers | Bailiff |
| 1939 | Off the Record | Juvenal Court Judge |
| 1939 | Homicide Bureau | Captain Haines |
| 1938 | Kentucky | John Dillon - 1938 |
| 1938 | Submarine Patrol | The Fleet Captain |
| 1938 | There Goes My Heart | Fisherman (uncredited) |
| 1938 | That Certain Age | Fullerton's Associate (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette | Bearded Leader of the People (uncredited) |
| 1938 | What Do You Think? Tupapaoo | Kurt Larsen |
| 1938 | Kidnapped | Douglas |
| 1938 | Gold Is Where You Find It | Senator Hearst |
| 1938 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Adventure's End | First Mate Rand Husk |
| 1937 | The Last Gangster | Detective Danny Shea (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Soldier and the Lady | Tartar Chief (Voice) (Uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Plough and the Stars | General Connally |
| 1936 | Mummy's Boys | Dr. Edward Sterling |
| 1936 | Grand Jury | Davis, the bodyguard |
| 1936 | Mary of Scotland | John Knox |
| 1936 | M'Liss | Jake |
| 1936 | The Witness Chair | Lt. Poole |
| 1936 | Two in Revolt | Cyrus Benton |
| 1936 | The Farmer in the Dell | Chester Hart |
| 1936 | Yellow Dust | Missouri |
| 1935 | We're Only Human | R.J. Curran |
| 1935 | Seven Keys to Baldpate | Mayor Jim Cargen |
| 1935 | Annie Oakley | Buffalo Bill |
| 1935 | The Three Musketeers | Porthos |
| 1934 | Death Takes a Holiday | Cardinal De Valle (uncredited) |
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