About
John Dilson
Overview
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
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| 1944 | The Ghost That Walks Alone | Actor | Bascomb (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1944 | Beautiful But Broke | Actor | Putnam | N/A N/A |
| 1944 | Gun to Gun | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1943 | Around the World | Actor | Colonel | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Happy Land | Actor | Charles Clayton (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1943 | Princess O'Rourke | Actor | Elevator Operator (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1943 | So's Your Uncle | Actor | Stevens | 58 Average |
| 1943 | All by Myself | Actor | Mr. Dilson | N/A N/A |
| 1943 | The Leopard Man | Actor | The Coroner | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Actor | Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1943 | This Land Is Mine | Actor | Mayor's Secretary | 60 Fair |
| 1943 | Mission to Moscow | Actor | American Senator (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1943 | She Has What It Takes | Actor | Chamberlain Jones (as John H. Dilson) | N/A N/A |
| 1943 | King of the Cowboys | Actor | Bryson | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Actor | 'Telegram' reporter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Idaho | Actor | Board Member | 59 Average |
| 1942 | The Great Gildersleeve | Actor | Mayor Appleton | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Madame Spy | Actor | Proprietor Martin | 59 Average |
| 1942 | A Night to Remember | Actor | Medical Examiner (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Queen of Broadway | Actor | Bickel | 58 Average |
| 1942 | For Me and My Gal | Actor | Lou (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1942 | The Mayor of 44th Street | Actor | Carter, the General Manager (as John H. Dilson) | 58 Average |
| 1942 | You Can't Escape Forever | Actor | Pop (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Wildcat | Actor | Gus Sloane | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Sabotage Squad | Actor | Guthrie | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Actor | Senator (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! | Actor | Judge Smith | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Obliging Young Lady | Actor | Uncle Joe (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Fly-By-Night | Actor | Police Dr. Tracy | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Over My Dead Body | Actor | Editor | N/A N/A |
| 1941 | Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. | Actor | Henry Weldon | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Johnny Eager | Actor | Pawnbroker (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1941 | New York Town | Actor | Doctor (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Jesse James at Bay | Actor | Collins (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1941 | I'll Fix It | Actor | Burger, the lawyer | N/A N/A |
| 1941 | Two Latins from Manhattan | Actor | Jerome Kittleman | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Actor | Reporter (uncredited) | 62 Fair |
| 1941 | Doctors Don't Tell | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1941 | Manpower | Actor | Jail Clerk (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Whistling in the Dark | Actor | Hugo in Show (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1941 | The Deadly Game | Actor | Harkness | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Highway West | Actor | The Judge (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Father Steps Out | Actor | Tom Oliver | 58 Average |
| 1941 | Sunset in Wyoming | Actor | Phipps | N/A N/A |
| 1941 | They Meet Again | Actor | William Merrill Sr. | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Cyclone on Horseback | Actor | Mr. Williams | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Naval Academy | Actor | John Frazier | N/A N/A |
| 1941 | 1-2-3-Go! | Actor | Mayor | 58 Average |
| 1941 | The Wagons Roll at Night | Actor | Minister (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Citizen Kane | Actor | Ward Heeler (uncredited) | 78 Good |
| 1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne | Actor | Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Man-Made Monster | Actor | Medical Examiner | 59 Average |
| 1941 | The Monster and the Girl | Actor | Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1941 | Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | Actor | Mr. Davis | 58 Average |
| 1941 | The Great Mr. Nobody | Actor | Pawnbroker | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Across the Sierras | Actor | Dan Woodworth | 58 Average |
| 1940 | No, No, Nanette | Actor | Desk Clerk | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Thundering Frontier | Actor | Carter Filmore | N/A N/A |
| 1940 | You, the People | Actor | Mr. Sanders | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Phantom of Chinatown | Actor | Charlie Frasier | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Girls Under 21 | Actor | Albert Carter, School Principal | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Gallant Sons | Actor | Druggist (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Beyond the Sacramento | Actor | Jason Perry | N/A N/A |
| 1940 | Marked Men | Actor | Dr. James Prentiss Harkness | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Glamour for Sale | Actor | Wilson (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Actor | Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | King of the Royal Mounted | Actor | Wall | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Public Deb No. 1 | Actor | Clerk | 58 Average |
| 1940 | The Leather Pushers | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1940 | The Great Profile | Actor | Doctor Perkins | 59 Average |
| 1940 | The Golden Fleecing | Actor | Cashier (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1940 | The Secret Seven | Actor | Walter W. Carter | N/A N/A |
| 1940 | I Love You Again | Actor | Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1940 | Stage to Chino | Actor | Jim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1940 | My Love Came Back | Actor | Accountant (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Millionaires in Prison | Actor | Observer at Train Station (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Private Affairs | Actor | Stock Buyer (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1940 | Adventures of Red Ryder | Actor | Hale | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Hold That Woman! | Actor | Bill Lannigan | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Edison, the Man | Actor | Broker | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise | Actor | Police Doctor at Hotel | 59 Average |
| 1940 | The Man with Nine Lives | Actor | John Hawthorne | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Dark Command | Actor | Town Leader | 59 Average |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Actor | Bookseller | 71 Good |
| 1940 | Drums of Fu Manchu | Actor | Prof. Ezra Howard | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Women Without Names | Actor | Sheriff | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Pioneers of the West | Actor | Morgan | N/A N/A |
| 1940 | The Big Premiere | Actor | Theater Owner | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Five Little Peppers at Home | Actor | Daniels | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Danger Ahead | Actor | Thomas Hatch | N/A N/A |
| 1940 | Brother Rat and a Baby | Actor | Pawnbroker | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Legion of the Lawless | Actor | Surveyor Dave Martin (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Music in My Heart | Actor | City Editor (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Reno | Actor | Mr. Jones - Casino Manager | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Drunk Driving | Actor | Doctor (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Bad Little Angel | Actor | Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Actor | Secretary (uncredited) | 72 Good |
| 1939 | Scandal Sheet | Actor | Chris Durk | N/A N/A |
| 1939 | Sabotage | Actor | (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | A Woman is the Judge | Actor | Ramsey | N/A N/A |
| 1939 | Here I Am a Stranger | Actor | Professor | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Each Dawn I Die | Actor | Parole Board Member (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | In Name Only | Actor | Head Train Steward (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1939 | The Man They Could Not Hang | Actor | King - City Editor (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever | Actor | Mr. Davis (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1939 | S.O.S Tidal Wave | Actor | Appleby | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Racketeers of the Range | Actor | Wiliam J. Benson | 59 Average |
| 1939 | It's a Wonderful World | Actor | Doctor (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Ex-Champ | Actor | Lawton | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Fixer Dugan | Actor | Steve | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Weather Wizards | Actor | California Meteorologist | N/A N/A |
| 1939 | Trouble in Sundown | Actor | Edward Simmons | N/A N/A |
| 1939 | Money to Loan | Actor | Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Nancy Drew... Reporter | Actor | Deputy Coroner (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Flying G-Men | Actor | Dr. Alexander Craig | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Blackwell's Island | Actor | Finlay (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1939 | North of Shanghai | Actor | Editor | N/A N/A |
| 1939 | They Made Me a Criminal | Actor | Doctor (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight | Actor | Auctioneer | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Kentucky | Actor | Man at Race Track | 59 Average |
| 1938 | A Clean Sweep | Actor | Bank Manager | N/A N/A |
| 1938 | Gang Bullets | Actor | Capt. Brown | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Tarnished Angel | Actor | Mr. Greer | 59 Average |
| 1938 | The Chaser | Actor | Process Server | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Think It Over | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1938 | Racket Busters | Actor | Mr. Robbins (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1938 | Women in Prison | Actor | Henry Russell | N/A N/A |
| 1938 | Who Killed Gail Preston? | Actor | Mr. Curran | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Borrowing Trouble | Actor | Clark | 59 Average |
| 1937 | The Shadow Strikes | Actor | Bill Gordan | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Love Is on the Air | Actor | Meeting Chairman | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Easy Living | Actor | Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1937 | Midnight Taxi | Actor | Doc Wilson | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Love Is News | Actor | Clerk (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Dick Tracy | Actor | Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12] | 58 Average |
| 1936 | Great Guy | Actor | City Editor (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island | Actor | E.G. Ellsworth | 59 Average |
| 1936 | The Public Pays | Actor | Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1936 | The President's Mystery | Actor | Banker (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1936 | And Sudden Death | Actor | Judge | N/A N/A |
| 1936 | Easy Money | Actor | Lawyer Rusick | 58 Average |
| 1936 | Three of a Kind | Actor | Doc Adams | 58 Average |
| 1936 | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | Actor | Analyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1936 | The Drag-Net | Actor | Arnold Crane | 59 Average |
| 1936 | The Country Doctor | Actor | City Editor (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Hitch Hike To Heaven | Actor | Charlie Reed | N/A N/A |
| 1935 | We're Only Human | Actor | Ballistics Expert | 59 Average |
| 1935 | The Calling of Dan Matthews | Actor | City Editor Edison (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1935 | Happiness C.O.D. | Actor | Snyder | 59 Average |
| 1935 | Twin Triplets | Actor | J. Benton, City Editor | N/A N/A |
| 1935 | The Girl Who Came Back | Actor | Henchman Waddy | 59 Average |
| 1935 | Special Agent | Actor | Gus (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1935 | Cheers of the Crowd | Actor | Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson) | 58 Average |
| 1935 | Woman Wanted | Actor | Juror Talking to Mike (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1935 | Every Night at Eight | Actor | Huxley | 59 Average |
| 1934 | The Westerner | Actor | Senator Lockhart | N/A N/A |
| 1934 | A Man's Game | Actor | John T. Bradley | N/A N/A |
| 1934 | I'll Tell the World | Actor | Legendre | N/A N/A |