John Dilson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1891-02-18
Day of Death
1944-06-01 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
John Dilson
Biography
John Dilson (February 18, 1891 – June 1, 1944) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1934 and 1944.
Known For
Acting
(1944)
Beautiful But Broke
as Putnam
(1944)
The Ghost That Walks Alone
as Bascomb (uncredited)
(1944)
(1943)
This Land Is Mine
as Mayor's Secretary
(1943)
The Leopard Man
as Coroner (uncredited)
(1943)
Mission to Moscow
as American Senator (uncredited)
(1943)
Slightly Dangerous
as 'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)
(1943)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited)
(1943)
Around the World
as Colonel
(1943)
Princess O'Rourke
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
(1943)
Happy Land
as Charles Clayton (uncredited)
(1943)
Idaho
as Board Member
(1943)
All by Myself
as Mr. Dilson
(1943)
King of the Cowboys
as Bryson
(1943)
So's Your Uncle
as Stevens
(1943)
She Has What It Takes
as Chamberlain Jones (as John H. Dilson)
(1942)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Senator (uncredited)
(1942)
Obliging Young Lady
as Uncle Joe (uncredited)
(1942)
For Me and My Gal
as Lou (uncredited)
(1942)
A Night to Remember
as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
(1942)
Fly By Night
as Police Dr. Tracy
(1942)
The Mayor of 44th Street
as Carter, the General Manager (as John H. Dilson)
(1942)
Over My Dead Body
as Editor
(1942)
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
as Judge Smith
(1942)
Wildcat
as Gus Sloane
(1942)
The Great Gildersleeve
as Mayor Appleton
(1942)
You Can't Escape Forever
as Pop (uncredited)
(1942)
Madame Spy
as Proprietor Martin
(1942)
Queen of Broadway
as Bickel
(1942)
Sabotage Squad
as Guthrie
(1941)
Citizen Kane
as Ward Heeler (uncredited)
(1941)
Sergeant York
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1941)
Johnny Eager
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
(1941)
Manpower
as Jail Clerk (uncredited)
(1941)
The Monster and the Girl
as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
(1941)
Jesse James at Bay
as Collins (uncredited)
(1941)
The Face Behind the Mask
as Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)
(1941)
Whistling in the Dark
as Hugo in Show (uncredited)
(1941)
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick
(1941)
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
as Mr. Davis
(1941)
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
as Henry Weldon
(1941)
The Wagons Roll at Night
as Minister (uncredited)
(1941)
Man-Made Monster
as Medical Examiner
(1941)
Highway West
as The Judge (uncredited)
(1941)
Cyclone on Horseback
as Mr. Williams
(1941)
(1941)
New York Town
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1941)
The Great Mr. Nobody
as Pawnbroker
(1941)
Two Latins from Manhattan
as Jerome Kittleman
(1941)
They Meet Again
as William Merrill Sr.
(1941)
Sunset in Wyoming
as Phipps
(1941)
Father Steps Out
as Tom Oliver
(1941)
1-2-3-Go!
as Mayor
(1941)
The Deadly Game
as Harkness
(1941)
Across the Sierras
as Dan Woodworth
(1941)
Naval Academy
as John Frazier
(1941)
Unfinished Rainbows
as Prof. Jewett
(1941)
I'll Fix It
as Burger, the lawyer
(1940)
The Grapes of Wrath
as Bookseller (uncredited)
(1940)
Edison, the Man
as Broker
(1940)
Dark Command
as Town Leader
(1940)
The Golden Fleecing
as Cashier (uncredited)
(1940)
City for Conquest
as Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
(1940)
I Love You Again
as Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited)
(1940)
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
as Police Doctor at Hotel
(1940)
My Love Came Back
as Accountant (uncredited)
(1940)
Phantom of Chinatown
as Charlie Frasier
(1940)
King of the Royal Mounted
as Wall
(1940)
The Man with Nine Lives
as John Hawthorne
(1940)
Adventures of Red Ryder
as Hale
(1940)
Legion of the Lawless
as Surveyor Dave Martin (uncredited)
(1940)
Hold That Woman!
as Bill Lannigan
(1940)
Women Without Names
as Sheriff
(1940)
No, No, Nanette
as Desk Clerk
(1940)
Public Deb No. 1
as Clerk
(1940)
Brother Rat and a Baby
as Pawnbroker
(1940)
Drums of Fu Manchu
as Prof. Ezra Howard
(1940)
Private Affairs
as Stock Buyer (uncredited)
(1940)
Gallant Sons
as Druggist (uncredited)
(1940)
Stage to Chino
as Jim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
(1940)
Millionaires in Prison
as Observer at Train Station (uncredited)
(1940)
Glamour for Sale
as Wilson (uncredited)
(1940)
The Secret Seven
as Walter W. Carter
(1940)
The Great Profile
as Doctor Perkins
(1940)
Music in My Heart
as City Editor (uncredited)
(1940)
Thundering Frontier
as Carter Filmore
(1940)
Marked Men
as Dr. James Prentiss Harkness
(1940)
Danger Ahead
as Thomas Hatch
(1940)
You, the People
as Mr. Sanders
(1940)
Beyond the Sacramento
as Jason Perry
(1940)
Girls Under 21
as Albert Carter, School Principal
(1940)
Pioneers of the West
as Morgan
(1940)
The Big Premiere
as Theater Owner
(1940)
(1940)
Five Little Peppers at Home
as Daniels
(1939)
Nancy Drew... Reporter
as Deputy Coroner (uncredited)
(1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Secretary (uncredited)
(1939)
It's a Wonderful World
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1939)
In Name Only
as Head Train Steward (uncredited)
(1939)
The Man They Could Not Hang
as King - City Editor (uncredited)
(1939)
Each Dawn I Die
as Parole Board Member (uncredited)
(1939)
They Made Me a Criminal
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1939)
Reno
as Mr. Jones - Casino Manager
(1939)
Racketeers of the Range
as Wiliam J. Benson
(1939)
Stand Up and Fight
as Auctioneer
(1939)
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
(1939)
S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Appleby
(1939)
Fixer Dugan
as Steve
(1939)
Sabotage
as (uncredited)
(1939)
Bad Little Angel
as Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
(1939)
North of Shanghai
as Editor
(1939)
Drunk Driving
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1939)
Trouble in Sundown
as Edward Simmons
(1939)
Flying G-Men
as Dr. Alexander Craig
(1939)
Blackwell's Island
as Finlay (uncredited)
(1939)
Weather Wizards
as California Meteorologist
(1939)
Money to Loan
as Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant
(1939)
A Woman is the Judge
as Ramsey
(1939)
Ex-Champ
as Lawton
(1939)
Here I Am a Stranger
as Professor
(1939)
Scandal Sheet
as Chris Durk
(1938)
Gang Bullets
as Capt. Brown
(1938)
Kentucky
as Man at Race Track
(1938)
Racket Busters
as Mr. Robbins (uncredited)
(1938)
(1938)
Who Killed Gail Preston?
as Mr. Curran
(1938)
The Chaser
as Process Server
(1938)
Women in Prison
as Henry Russell
(1938)
Tarnished Angel
as Mr. Greer
(1938)
A Clean Sweep
as Bank Manager
(1937)
Dick Tracy
as Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]
(1937)
Easy Living
as Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)
(1937)
Love Is News
as Clerk (uncredited)
(1937)
The Shadow Strikes
as Bill Gordan
(1937)
Love Is on the Air
as Meeting Chairman
(1937)
Midnight Taxi
as Doc Wilson
(1937)
Borrowing Trouble
as Clark
(1936)
Great Guy
as City Editor (Uncredited)
(1936)
Wives Never Know
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1936)
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as Analyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited)
(1936)
Easy Money
as Lawyer Rusick
(1936)
The Country Doctor
as City Editor (uncredited)
(1936)
Three of a Kind
as Doc Adams
(1936)
The Drag-Net
as Arnold Crane
(1936)
And Sudden Death
as Judge
(1936)
The Public Pays
as Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)
(1936)
The President's Mystery
as Banker (uncredited)
(1936)
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
as E.G. Ellsworth
(1936)
Hitch Hike To Heaven
as Charlie Reed
(1935)
Special Agent
as Gus (uncredited)
(1935)
Every Night at Eight
as Huxley
(1935)
Woman Wanted
as Juror Talking to Mike (uncredited)
(1935)
(1935)
We're Only Human
as Ballistics Expert
(1935)
Twin Triplets
as J. Benton, City Editor
(1935)
The Girl Who Came Back
as Henchman Waddy
(1935)
The Calling of Dan Matthews
as City Editor Edison (uncredited)
(1935)
Happiness C.O.D.
as Snyder
(1935)
Cheers of the Crowd
as Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson)
(1934)
A Man's Game
as John T. Bradley
(1934)
I'll Tell the World
as Legendre
(1934)
The Westerner
as Senator Lockhart