John Dilson

Acting

Born February 18, 1891, Brooklyn, New York, USA

John Dilson (February 18, 1891 – June 1, 1944) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1934 and 1944.

Filmography

• 1944Beautiful But Broke — Putnam
• 1944Gun to Gun
• 1944The Ghost That Walks Alone — Bascomb (uncredited)
• 1943All by Myself — Mr. Dilson
• 1943Around the World — Colonel
• 1943Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case — Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited)
• 1943Happy Land — Charles Clayton (uncredited)
• 1943Idaho — Board Member
• 1943King of the Cowboys — Bryson
• 1943Mission to Moscow — American Senator (uncredited)
• 1943Princess O'Rourke — Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• 1943She Has What It Takes — Chamberlain Jones (as John H. Dilson)
• 1943Slightly Dangerous — 'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)
• 1943So's Your Uncle — Stevens
• 1943The Leopard Man — Coroner (uncredited)
• 1943This Land Is Mine — Mayor's Secretary
• 1942A Night to Remember — Medical Examiner (uncredited)
• 1942Fly By Night — Police Dr. Tracy
• 1942For Me and My Gal — Lou (uncredited)
• 1942Madame Spy — Proprietor Martin
• 1942Obliging Young Lady — Uncle Joe (uncredited)
• 1942Over My Dead Body — Editor
• 1942Queen of Broadway — Bickel
• 1942Sabotage Squad — Guthrie
• 1942Ten Gentlemen from West Point — Senator (uncredited)
• 1942The Great Gildersleeve — Mayor Appleton
• 1942The Mayor of 44th Street — Carter, the General Manager (as John H. Dilson)
• 1942Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! — Judge Smith
• 1942Wildcat — Gus Sloane
• 1942You Can't Escape Forever — Pop (uncredited)
• 19411-2-3-Go! — Mayor
• 1941Across the Sierras — Dan Woodworth
• 1941Andy Hardy's Private Secretary — Mr. Davis
• 1941Citizen Kane — Ward Heeler (uncredited)
• 1941Cyclone on Horseback — Mr. Williams
• 1941Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. — Henry Weldon
• 1941Doctors Don't Tell
• 1941Father Steps Out — Tom Oliver
• 1941Highway West — The Judge (uncredited)
• 1941I'll Fix It — Burger, the lawyer
• 1941Jesse James at Bay — Collins (uncredited)
• 1941Johnny Eager — Pawnbroker (uncredited)
• 1941Man-Made Monster — Medical Examiner
• 1941Manpower — Jail Clerk (uncredited)
• 1941Naval Academy — John Frazier
• 1941New York Town — Doctor (uncredited)
• 1941Sergeant York — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1941Sunset in Wyoming — Phipps
• 1941The Deadly Game — Harkness
• 1941The Face Behind the Mask — Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)
• 1941The Great Mr. Nobody — Pawnbroker
• 1941The Lady from Cheyenne — Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick
• 1941The Monster and the Girl — Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
• 1941The Wagons Roll at Night — Minister (uncredited)
• 1941They Meet Again — William Merrill Sr.
• 1941Two Latins from Manhattan — Jerome Kittleman
• 1941Unfinished Rainbows — Prof. Jewett
• 1941Whistling in the Dark — Hugo in Show (uncredited)
• 1940Adventures of Red Ryder — Hale
• 1940Beyond the Sacramento — Jason Perry
• 1940Brother Rat and a Baby — Pawnbroker
• 1940Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise — Police Doctor at Hotel
• 1940City for Conquest — Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
• 1940Danger Ahead — Thomas Hatch
• 1940Dark Command — Town Leader
• 1940Drums of Fu Manchu — Prof. Ezra Howard
• 1940Edison, the Man — Broker
• 1940Five Little Peppers at Home — Daniels
• 1940Gallant Sons — Druggist (uncredited)
• 1940Girls Under 21 — Albert Carter, School Principal
• 1940Glamour for Sale — Wilson (uncredited)
• 1940Hold That Woman! — Bill Lannigan
• 1940I Love You Again — Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited)
• 1940King of the Royal Mounted — Wall
• 1940Legion of the Lawless — Surveyor Dave Martin (uncredited)
• 1940Marked Men — Dr. James Prentiss Harkness
• 1940Millionaires in Prison — Observer at Train Station (uncredited)
• 1940Music in My Heart — City Editor (uncredited)
• 1940My Love Came Back — Accountant (uncredited)
• 1940No, No, Nanette — Desk Clerk
• 1940Phantom of Chinatown — Charlie Frasier
• 1940Pioneers of the West — Morgan
• 1940Private Affairs — Stock Buyer (uncredited)
• 1940Public Deb No. 1 — Clerk
• 1940Stage to Chino — Jim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
• 1940The Big Premiere — Theater Owner
• 1940The Golden Fleecing — Cashier (uncredited)
• 1940The Grapes of Wrath — Bookseller (uncredited)
• 1940The Great Profile — Doctor Perkins
• 1940The Leather Pushers
• 1940The Man with Nine Lives — John Hawthorne
• 1940The Secret Seven — Walter W. Carter
• 1940Thundering Frontier — Carter Filmore
• 1940Women Without Names — Sheriff
• 1940You, the People — Mr. Sanders
• 1939A Woman is the Judge — Ramsey
• 1939Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever — Mr. Davis (uncredited)
• 1939Bad Little Angel — Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
• 1939Blackwell's Island — Finlay (uncredited)
• 1939Drunk Driving — Doctor (uncredited)
• 1939Each Dawn I Die — Parole Board Member (uncredited)
• 1939Ex-Champ — Lawton
• 1939Fixer Dugan — Steve
• 1939Flying G-Men — Dr. Alexander Craig
• 1939Here I Am a Stranger — Professor
• 1939In Name Only — Head Train Steward (uncredited)
• 1939It's a Wonderful World — Doctor (uncredited)
• 1939Money to Loan — Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant
• 1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington — Secretary (uncredited)
• 1939Nancy Drew... Reporter — Deputy Coroner (uncredited)
• 1939North of Shanghai — Editor
• 1939Racketeers of the Range — Wiliam J. Benson
• 1939Reno — Mr. Jones - Casino Manager
• 1939S.O.S Tidal Wave — Appleby
• 1939Sabotage — (uncredited)
• 1939Scandal Sheet — Chris Durk
• 1939Stand Up and Fight — Auctioneer
• 1939The Man They Could Not Hang — King - City Editor (uncredited)
• 1939They Made Me a Criminal — Doctor (uncredited)
• 1939Trouble in Sundown — Edward Simmons
• 1939Weather Wizards — California Meteorologist
• 1938A Clean Sweep — Bank Manager
• 1938Gang Bullets — Capt. Brown
• 1938Kentucky — Man at Race Track
• 1938Racket Busters — Mr. Robbins (uncredited)
• 1938Tarnished Angel — Mr. Greer
• 1938The Chaser — Process Server
• 1938Think It Over
• 1938Too Hot to Handle — Film Developing Laboratory Foreman (uncredited)
• 1938Who Killed Gail Preston? — Mr. Curran
• 1938Women in Prison — Henry Russell
• 1937Borrowing Trouble — Clark
• 1937Dick Tracy — Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]
• 1937Easy Living — Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)
• 1937Love Is News — Clerk (uncredited)
• 1937Love Is on the Air — Meeting Chairman
• 1937Midnight Taxi — Doc Wilson
• 1937The Shadow Strikes — Bill Gordan
• 1936And Sudden Death — Judge
• 1936Easy Money — Lawyer Rusick
• 1936Great Guy — City Editor (Uncredited)
• 1936Hitch Hike To Heaven — Charlie Reed
• 1936Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island — E.G. Ellsworth
• 1936The Country Doctor — City Editor (uncredited)
• 1936The Drag Net — Arnold Crane
• 1936The Ex-Mrs. Bradford — Analyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited)
• 1936The President's Mystery — Banker (uncredited)
• 1936The Public Pays — Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)
• 1936Three of a Kind — Doc Adams
• 1936Wives Never Know — Doctor (uncredited)
• 1935Cheers of the Crowd — Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson)
• 1935Death from a Distance
• 1935Every Night at Eight — Huxley
• 1935Happiness C.O.D. — Snyder
• 1935Special Agent — Gus (uncredited)
• 1935The Calling of Dan Matthews — City Editor Edison (uncredited)
• 1935The Girl Who Came Back — Henchman Waddy
• 1935Twin Triplets — J. Benton, City Editor
• 1935We're Only Human — Ballistics Expert
• 1935Woman Wanted — Juror Talking to Mike (uncredited)
• 1934A Man's Game — John T. Bradley
• 1934I'll Tell the World — Legendre
• 1934The Westerner — Senator Lockhart