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Acting

Moroni Olsen

Career: Active from 1935 to 1954, busiest in 1936 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 5
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Notorious
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 57 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Moroni Olsen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.4, average 5.4
Dark Humor
1.5, average 2.8
Absurdist Humor
0.9, average 2.0
Uncanny
1.4, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Moral Ambiguity 3
Crime Drama 2
Social Commentary 2
Psychological Drama 2
Unreliable Narrator 2
Claustrophobic Atmosphere 2
Nostalgic 2
Biographical Drama 2
Classic Hollywood 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

101

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1950s

13 titles · average score 61

The Long, Long Trailer

63

as Mr. Tewitt

Sign of the Pagan

48

as Pope Leo I

So This Is Love

34

as Arnold Reuben

Lone Star

58

as Sam Houston

At Sword's Point

56

as Porthos

Washington Story

63

as Speaker Of The House

Father's Little Dividend

75

as Herbert Dunstan

I Love Lucy

81

TV show · as Judge

No Questions Asked

64

as Henry Manston

Payment on Demand

62

as Mr. Barton

Submarine Command

47

as Rear Adm. Joshua Rice

Father of the Bride

76

as Herbert Dunstan

1940s

50 titles · average score 64

Possessed

77

as Dr. Ames

The Long Night

57

as Chief of Police Bob McManus

High Wall

60

as Dr. Philip Dunlap

Black Gold

43

as Don Toland

Notorious

89

as Walter Beardsley

It's a Wonderful Life

89

as Senior Angel (voice) (uncredited)

Buffalo Bill

55

as Sen. Frederici

Sundown Jim

as Andrew Barr

Respect the Law

as Dr. Walter Terriss

Dangerously They Live

56

as Mr. John Goodwin

East of the River

62

as Judge R.D. Davis

If I Had My Way

58

as Mr. Blair

1930s

38 titles · average score 60

The Bill of Rights

as Royal Governor Dunmore

Rose of Washington Square

63

as Buck Russell

Susannah of the Mounties

63

as Andrew Standing

That's Right – You're Wrong

61

as Jonathan Forbes

Code of the Secret Service

48

as The friar

What Do You Think? Tupapaoo

as Kurt Larsen

Kentucky

52

as John Dillon - 1938

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

85

as Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited)

Yellow Dust

51

as Missouri

Mummy's Boys

50

as Dr. Edward Sterling

Two in Revolt

as Cyrus Benton

Annie Oakley

62

as Buffalo Bill