Moroni Olsen
Moroni Olsen ( * June 27, 1889 in Ogden, Utah, † November 22, 1954 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American actor.
Life
Moroni Olsen was born to Mormon parents in Ogden. Its name is derived from the prophet Moroni, the church founder Joseph Smith, according to the the writings of the Book of Mormon is said to have summarized. Early on, he began to work on the tent stage as an actor. Until the age of 30 he was with this form of Acting on the go. The " Moroni Players' at the time were a term as Moroni Olsen also played several years on Broadway stages.
In 1935, he came to the film. His debut as Porthos in The Three Musketeers was how the whole movie, rather weak. Nevertheless showed Hollywood producers because of his deep and sonorous voice, which was also trained by his stage performances, interest in him. In the following years he was often booked for historical roles. He starred in his second film role as Buffalo Bill in the Western Annie Oakley on the side of Barbara Stanwyck. A year later, an appearance on Katharine Hepburn's page as John Knox in the historical drama Mary of Scotland. He had already played successfully on Broadway Role. In 1940 he starred in a film for which he was predestined by his faith. As the only Mormon, he played in Brigham Young, the history of the train of the Mormons to Utah with. Shortly thereafter, he was seen as Southern General Robert E. Lee in the land of the wicked, in 1952 as a Texas General Sam Houston in man against man. In the same year he played again the Porthos. In The sons of the Three Musketeers, he is seen as an old Porthos in a small supporting role. This was his third film appearance in a Musketierfilm. In 1939, he played a small role as a bailiff in the comedy version by Allan Dwan. Moroni Olsen was repeatedly heard as a speaker in movies. He was the voice of the magic mirror in the original version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He also said one of the two entertaining galaxies in Is not life beautiful?.
Olsen's role spectrum was set to villains, dogged officials, humorless physicians and important men. In his last film, he again played a historical person: Pope Leo I. Attila the Hun by Douglas Sirk. Moroni Olsen, who also supervised the annual Pilgrim Fathers performances of Hollywood as a director in addition to his work as an actor, died on 22 November 1954 of a heart attack.