Moroni Olsen
Moroni Olsen
Born and educated in Utah, tall, piercing-eyed actor Moroni Olsen learned how to entertain an audience as a Chautaqua tent-show performer. In the 1920s, he organized the Moroni Olsen Players, one of the most prestigious touring stock companies in the business. After several successful seasons on Broadway, Olsen came to films in the role of Porthos in the 1935 version of The Three Musketeers. Though many of his subsequent roles were not on this plateau, Olsen nearly always transcended his material: In the otherwise middling Wheeler and Woolsey comedy Mummy's Boys (1936), for example, Olsen all but ignites the screen with his terrifying portrayal of a lunatic. Thanks to his aristocratic bearing and classically trained voice, Olsen was often called upon to play famous historical personages: he was Buffalo Bill in Annie Oakley (1935), Robert E. Lee in Santa Fe Trail (1940), and Sam Houston in Lone Star (1952). Throughout his Hollywood career, Moroni Olsen was active as a director and performer with the Pasadena Playhouse, and was the guiding creative force behind Hollywood's annual Pilgrimage Play. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Moroni Olsen:
- Call Northside 777 with James Stewart , Richard Conte , Lee J. Cobb , Helen Walker , E.G. Marshall , John McIntire , Paul Harvey , Joseph M. Kerrigan , Samuel S. Hinds , John Bleifer , Addison W. Richards , Richard Rober , Eddie Dunn , Percy Helton , Charles Lane , Jonathan Hale , Henry Kulky , Dick Ryan , Lionel Stander , George H. Melford
- Notorious with Cary Grant , Ingrid Bergman , Claude Rains , Louis Calhern , Reinhold Schunzel , Ivan Triesault , Wally Brown , Charles D. Brown , Paul Bryar , Lester Dorr , Virginia Gregg , Harry Hayden , George Lynn , Francis J. McDonald , Frank Marlowe , Howard M. Mitchell , Antonio Moreno , Garry Owen , Emmett Vogan , Frank Wilcox , Howard J. Negley
- Rose of Washington Square with Tyrone Power , Alice Faye , Al Jolson , William Frawley , Joyce Compton , Hobart Cavanaugh , E.E. Clive , Louis Prima , Charles Wilson , Ben Welden , Paul Stanton , Maurice Cass , Bert Roach , Harry Hayden , Charles Lane , Adrian Morris , John Hamilton , Murray Alper , Paul E. Burns , Chick Chandler , Edgar Dearing , Ralph Dunn , James Flavin , Horace McMahon
- Mildred Pierce with Joan Crawford , Jack Carson , Zachary Scott , Eve Arden , Ann Blyth , Bruce Bennett , Lee Patrick , Veda Ann Borg , Barbara Brown , Charles Trowbridge , Butterfly McQueen , Chester Clute , Ramsay Ames , Wheaton Chambers , Wallis Clark , Joyce Compton , Clancy Cooper , James Flavin , Charles Jordan , George Meader , Garry Owen , Paul Panzer , William H. Ruhl , George Tobias
- The Fountainhead with Gary Cooper , Patricia Neal , Raymond Massey , Kent Smith , Henry Hull , Robert Douglas , Ray Collins , Jerome Cowan , Paul Harvey , Harry Woods , Paul Stanton , Morris Ankrum , Griff Barnett , Dorothy Christy , Tristram Coffin , Ann Doran , John Doucette , Roy Gordon , William Haade , Creighton Hale , Jonathan Hale , Thurston Hall , Selmer Jackson , Fred A. Kelsey , Douglas Kennedy , Paul "Tiny" Newlan , Almira Sessions , Harlan Warde , Pierre Watkin , Josephine Whittell , Frank Wilcox , Isabel Withers
- Father of the Bride with Spencer Tracy , Elizabeth Taylor , Joan Bennett , Don Taylor , Billie Burke , Russ Tamblyn , Leo G. Carroll , Melville Cooper , Taylor Holmes , Frank Orth , Richard Alexander , Carleton Carpenter , Edward Gargan , William Haade , Sherry Hall , Paul Harvey , Paul Maxey , Gil Perkins , Ralph Peters , William "Bill" Phillips , Dewey Robinson , Douglas Spencer , Harry Dean Stanton , John Welsh , Dick Wessel , Jeff York , Betty Farrington
- Reunion in France with Joan Crawford , John Wayne , Philip Dorn , Reginald Owen , Albert Basserman , John Carradine , J. Edward Bromberg , Henry Daniell , Howard DaSilva , Charles Arnt , Morris Ankrum , Peter Whitney , Barbara Bedford , Ann Codee , Jean DelVal , Claudia Drake , William Edmunds , Ava Gardner , Jody Gilbert , Henry Kolker , Louis Mercier , Natalie Schafer , Arthur Space , Philip vanZandt , Michael Visaroff , Paul Weigel , Jacqueline White
- Mary of Scotland with Katharine Hepburn , Fredric March , Florence Eldridge , Douglas Walton , John Carradine , Robert H. Barrat , Gavin Muir , Ian Keith , William Stack , Ralph Forbes , Alan Mowbray , Frieda Inescort , Donald Crisp , David Torrence , Alec Craig , Mary Gordon , Monte Blue , Leonard Mudie , Brandon Hurst , Wilfred Lucas , Doris Lloyd , Robert Warwick , Lawrence Grant , Ivan Simpson , Nigel DeBrulier , Walter Byron , Wyndham Standing , Earl Foxe , Lionel Belmore , Robert Emmett Homans , Bobby Watson
- Brigham Young with Tyrone Power , Linda Darnell , Dean Jagger , Brian Donlevy , Jane Darwell , John Carradine , Mary Astor , Vincent Price , Jean Rogers , Ann E. Todd , Willard Robertson , Marc Lawrence , Stanley Andrews , Fuzzy Knight , Selmer Jackson , Russell Simpson , Arthur Aylesworth , Davison Clark , Tully Marshall , Dick Rich , Ralph Dunn , Edwin Maxwell , George H. Melford , Charles Halton , Frank LaRue , Charles B. Middleton , Philip Morris , Lee Shumway , Frank M. Thomas , Cecil Weston , Hank Worden
- Santa Fe Trail with Errol Flynn , Olivia DeHavilland , Raymond Massey , Ronald W. Reagan , Alan Sr. Hale , Ward Bond , Van Heflin , William Lundigan , Gene Reynolds , Henry O'Neill , Guinn "Big Boy" Williams , Alan Baxter , John Litel , David Bruce , Hobart Cavanaugh , Charles D. Brown , Joseph Sawyer , Frank Wilcox , Russell Simpson , Charles B. Middleton , Erville Alderson , Spencer Charters , Luis Alberni , Arthur Aylesworth , Roy Barcroft , Trevor Bardette , Al Bridge , Eddy Chandler , Lane R. Chandler , Cliff Clark , Edmund Cobb , Harry Cording , Joseph Crehan , James Farley , Mitzi Green , Creighton Hale , Theresa Harris , Edward Hearn , Louis Jean Heydt , Russell Hicks , William Hopper , Selmer Jackson , Victor Kilian , Wilfred Lucas , Lafe McKee , Mira McKinney , Jack Mower , Nestor Paiva , Edward Sr. Peil , Susan Peters , Addison W. Richards , Walter Soderling , Harry Strang , Emmett Vogan , Eddy C. Waller , Maris Wrixon
- Air Force with John Ridgely , Gig Young , Arthur Kennedy , Harry Sr. Carey , Charles Drake , George Tobias , John Garfield , Ray Montgomery , James Brown , Willard Robertson , Edward S. Brophy , Richard Lane , Faye Emerson , Addison W. Richards , James Flavin , Ann Doran , Dorothy Peterson , Murray Alper , James Bush , Warren Douglas , Ruth Ford , William Forrest , Saul Gorss , William Hopper , James Millican , Tom Neal , Walter Sande , Theodore vonEltz , Stanley Ridges , Rand Brooks
- Life With Father with William Powell , Irene Dunne , Monte Blue , ZaSu Pitts , Clara Blandick , Emma Dunn , Edmund Gwenn , Elizabeth Taylor , Mary Field , Jimmy Lydon , Elizabeth Risdon , Martin Milner , Joseph Bernard , Arlene Dahl , Jean DelVal , Creighton Hale , Douglas Kennedy , George Meader , Philip vanZandt
- Dive Bomber with Errol Flynn , Fred MacMurray , Ralph Bellamy , Louis Jean Heydt , Craig Stevens , Robert Armstrong , Charles Drake , Allen Jenkins , Addison W. Richards , Ann Doran , William Forrest , Saul Gorss , Creighton Hale , Howard C. Hickman , Russell Hicks , William Hopper , George Meeker , David Newell , Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton , Jane Randolph , Walter Sande , Alexis Smith , Regis Toomey , Richard Travis , Charlotte Wynters , Gig Young , Alan Jr. Hale , Tom Dugan
- Command Decision with Clark Gable , Walter Pidgeon , Van Johnson , Brian Donlevy , Charles Bickford , John Hodiak , Edward Arnold , Richard Quine , Cameron Mitchell , Clinton Sundberg , Ray Collins , Warner Anderson , John McIntire , John Ridgely , Edward Earle , James Millican , Sam Flint , Don Haggerty , Holmes E. Herbert , John James , Barry Nelson , William "Bill" Phillips , Marshall Thompson
- The Song of Bernadette with Jennifer Jones , Charles Bickford , Gladys Cooper , Vincent Price , Lee J. Cobb , Anne Revere , Blanche Yurka , Mary Anderson , William Eythe , Edith Barrett , Aubrey Mather , Sig Rumann , Fortunio Bonanova , Marcel Dalio , Jean DelVal , Roman Bohnen , Eugene Borden , Nana Bryant , Davison Clark , Harry Cording , Jerome Cowan , Linda Darnell , Pedro DeCordoba , John Dilson , Charles Dingle , Arthur Hohl , Edward Keane , Frank Lackteen , Fritz Sr. Leiber , Mae Marsh , Alphonse Martell , Louis Mercier , Belle Mitchell , Dickie Moore , Patricia Morison , Alan Napier , Alla Nazimova , Nestor Paiva , Frank Reicher , Julian Rivero , Ruth Robinson , George Sorel , Edwin Stanley , Minerva Urecal , Edward vanSloan , Charles Wagenheim , Ruth Warren , Cecil Weston , Ian Wolfe
- Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo with Van Johnson , Robert Walker , Phyllis Thaxter , Robert Mitchum , Spencer Tracy , Don DeFore , Horace McNally , Louis Jean Heydt , William "Bill" Phillips , Paul Langton , Leon Ames , June Allyson , Morris Ankrum , Steve Brodie , Wally Cassell , Myrna Dell , Benson Fong , Harry Hayden , John G. Kellogg , Alan Napier , Selena Royle , Ann Shoemaker , Jacqueline White , Bill Williams , Blake Edwards
- Marie Antoinette with Norma Shearer , Tyrone Power , John Barrymore , Robert Morley , Anita Louise , Gladys George , Joseph Schildkraut , Henry Stephenson , Cora Witherspoon , Henry Daniell , Alma Kruger , Joseph Calleia , George Meeker , Scotty Beckett , Erville Alderson , Richard Alexander , Trevor Bardette , Robert H. Barrat , Al Bridge , Mae Busch , Lane R. Chandler , Dorothy Christy , Cecil Cunningham , Harry Davenport , Nigel DeBrulier , Albert Dekker , Barry Fitzgerald , Reginald Gardiner , Lawrence Grant , Ben Hall , Ben Jr. Hendricks , Holmes E. Herbert , Esther Howard , Ruth Hussey , Olaf Hytten , Frank Jaquet , Edward Keane , Victor Kilian , Henry Kolker , Horace McMahon , Rafaela Ottiano , Herbert Rawlinson , Buddy Roosevelt , Lionel Royce , Ivan Simpson , Zeffie Tilbury , Theodore vonEltz , Gustav vonSeyffertitz , Walter Walker , Anthony Warde , Ian Wolfe , George Zucco , Peter Bull
- Madame Curie with Greer Garson , Walter Pidgeon , Robert Walker , Albert Basserman , Van Johnson , Margaret O'Brien , C. Aubrey Smith , Henry Travers , May Whitty , Reginald Owen , William Edmunds , Al Ferguson , Victor Francen , Howard Freeman , Lumsden Hare , Teddy Infur , James Sr. Kirkwood , Gene Lockhart , Miles Mander , George Meader , Alan Napier , Ghislaine "Gigi" Perreau , Francis Pierlot , Almira Sessions , Arthur Shields , Wyndham Standing , Ray Teal , Charles Trowbridge , Michael Visaroff , Frederic Worlock , Ray Collins
- The Life of Emile Zola with Paul Muni , Gloria Holden , Gale Sondergaard , Joseph Schildkraut , Robert Warwick , Robert H. Barrat , Donald Crisp , Henry O'Neill , Harry Davenport , Ralph Morgan , Gilbert Emery , Marcia Mae Jones , Morris Carnovsky , Vladimir Sokoloff , Grant Mitchell , Montagu Love , Louis Calhern , Dickie Moore , Arthur Aylesworth , Egon Brecher , Robert Cummings , Frank Darien , Lumsden Hare , Holmes E. Herbert , Walter Kingsford , John Litel , Erin O'Brien-Moore , Frank Reicher , William vonBrincken , Pierre Watkin
Moroni Olsen Trivia
When was Moroni Olsen born?
Moroni Olsen was born on July 27, 1889
Who did Moroni Olsen portray in Annie Oakley?
Moroni Olsen was Buffalo Bill in Annie Oakley
Who did Moroni Olsen play in Don't Fence Me in?
Moroni Olsen was Henry Bennett in Don't Fence Me in
Who did Moroni Olsen portray in The Long Night?
Moroni Olsen was Chief of Police in The Long Night
What role did Moroni Olsen play in Call Northside 777?
Moroni Olsen played Parole Board Chairman in Call Northside 777
What role did Moroni Olsen play in Notorious?
Moroni Olsen played Walter Beardsley in Notorious
Who did Moroni Olsen portray in The Long, Long Trailer?
Moroni Olsen was Mr. Tewitt in The Long, Long Trailer
Who did Moroni Olsen portray in Rose of Washington Square?
Moroni Olsen was Buck Russell in Rose of Washington Square
What role did Moroni Olsen play in Susannah of the Mounties?
Moroni Olsen played Supt. Andrew Standing in Susannah of the Mounties
Who did Moroni Olsen portray in Mildred Pierce?
Moroni Olsen was Inspector Peterson in Mildred Pierce
Who did Moroni Olsen portray in The Fountainhead?
Moroni Olsen was Chairman in The Fountainhead
Who did Moroni Olsen portray in Father of the Bride?
Moroni Olsen was Herbert Dunstan in Father of the Bride
Who did Moroni Olsen play in Allegheny Uprising?
Moroni Olsen was Calhoon in Allegheny Uprising
Who did Moroni Olsen play in Reunion in France?
Moroni Olsen was Paul Grebeau in Reunion in France
What role did Moroni Olsen portray in Mary of Scotland?
Moroni Olsen played John Knox in Mary of Scotland
Who did Moroni Olsen play in Brigham Young?
Moroni Olsen was Doc Richards in Brigham Young
What role did Moroni Olsen portray in Santa Fe Trail?
Moroni Olsen played Robert E. Lee in Santa Fe Trail
Who did Moroni Olsen portray in Air Force?
Moroni Olsen was Col. Blake in Air Force
Who did Moroni Olsen play in Life With Father?
Moroni Olsen was Dr. Humphries in Life With Father
Who did Moroni Olsen portray in Dive Bomber?
Moroni Olsen was Senior Flight Surgeon in Dive Bomber
Who did Moroni Olsen portray in Command Decision?
Moroni Olsen was Congressman Stone in Command Decision
Who did Moroni Olsen portray in The Song of Bernadette?
Moroni Olsen was Chaplain in The Song of Bernadette
What role did Moroni Olsen portray in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo?
Moroni Olsen played General in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Who did Moroni Olsen portray in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
Moroni Olsen was Magic Mirror in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
What role did Moroni Olsen portray in Marie Antoinette?
Moroni Olsen played Bearded Man in Marie Antoinette
Who did Moroni Olsen portray in Madame Curie?
Moroni Olsen was President of Businessmen's Board in Madame Curie
What role did Moroni Olsen play in The Life of Emile Zola?
Moroni Olsen played Capt. Guignet in The Life of Emile Zola
Who did Moroni Olsen portray in Buffalo Bill?
Moroni Olsen was Senator Frederici in Buffalo Bill
