
John Dilson
Known for Acting · 163 credits
- Born
- 1891-02-18
- Died
- 1944-06-01
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Also known as
- John H. 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
Movies (163)

Citizen Kane
1941
as Ward Heeler (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Secretary (uncredited)

Sergeant York
1941
as Reporter (uncredited)

The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Bookseller (uncredited)

Special Agent
1935
as Gus (uncredited)

Manpower
1941
as Jail Clerk (uncredited)

Racket Busters
1938
as Mr. Robbins (uncredited)

Sabotage Squad
1942
as Guthrie

Johnny Eager
1941
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)

This Land Is Mine
1943
as Mayor's Secretary

Dark Command
1940
as Town Leader

The Man They Could Not Hang
1939
as King - City Editor (uncredited)

King of the Royal Mounted
1940
as Wall

Mission to Moscow
1943
as American Senator (uncredited)

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
as Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited)

The Monster and the Girl
1941
as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous
1943
as 'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)

Edison, the Man
1940
as Broker

Drums of Fu Manchu
1940
as Prof. Ezra Howard

City for Conquest
1940
as Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)

The Country Doctor
1936
as City Editor (uncredited)

Ex-Champ
1939
as Lawton

Easy Living
1937
as Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)

The Leopard Man
1943
as Coroner (uncredited)

Whistling in the Dark
1941
as Hugo in Show (uncredited)

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
1942
as Judge Smith

Happy Land
1943
as Charles Clayton (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful World
1939
as Doctor (uncredited)

Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Senator (uncredited)

For Me and My Gal
1942
as Lou (uncredited)

The Golden Fleecing
1940
as Cashier (uncredited)

The Great Gildersleeve
1942
as Mayor Appleton

Midnight Taxi
1937
as Doc Wilson

The Wagons Roll at Night
1941
as Minister (uncredited)

Idaho
1943
as Board Member

Fly By Night
1942
as Police Dr. Tracy

The Man with Nine Lives
1940
as John Hawthorne

New York Town
1941
as Doctor (uncredited)

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
as Analyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle
1938
as Film Developing Laboratory Foreman (uncredited)

Princess O'Rourke
1943
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Wildcat
1942
as Gus Sloane

I Love You Again
1940
as Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited)

Jesse James at Bay
1941
as Collins (uncredited)

Millionaires in Prison
1940
as Observer at Train Station (uncredited)

The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
as City Editor Edison (uncredited)

Love Is on the Air
1937
as Meeting Chairman

In Name Only
1939
as Head Train Steward (uncredited)

Man-Made Monster
1941
as Medical Examiner

The Shadow Strikes
1937
as Bill Gordan

Love Is News
1937
as Clerk (uncredited)

Dick Tracy
1937
as Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]

My Love Came Back
1940
as Accountant (uncredited)

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940
as Police Doctor at Hotel

Brother Rat and a Baby
1940
as Pawnbroker

Each Dawn I Die
1939
as Parole Board Member (uncredited)

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
as Mr. Davis (uncredited)

You Can't Escape Forever
1942
as Pop (uncredited)

They Made Me a Criminal
1939
as Doctor (uncredited)

The Face Behind the Mask
1941
as Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)

Private Affairs
1940
as Stock Buyer (uncredited)

Gang Bullets
1938
as Capt. Brown

Madame Spy
1942
as Proprietor Martin

Doctors Don't Tell
1941

Adventures of Red Ryder
1940
as Hale

Kentucky
1938
as Man at Race Track

A Night to Remember
1942
as Medical Examiner (uncredited)

Stand Up and Fight
1939
as Auctioneer

Music in My Heart
1940
as City Editor (uncredited)

King of the Cowboys
1943
as Bryson

Blackwell's Island
1939
as Finlay (uncredited)

No, No, Nanette
1940
as Desk Clerk

The Public Pays
1936
as Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)

Easy Money
1936
as Lawyer Rusick

Wives Never Know
1936
as Doctor (uncredited)

Great Guy
1936
as City Editor (Uncredited)

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941
as Mr. Davis

Public Deb No. 1
1940
as Clerk

Sabotage
1939
as (uncredited)

Marked Men
1940
as Dr. James Prentiss Harkness

The Secret Seven
1940
as Walter W. Carter

I'll Tell the World
1934
as Legendre

Gallant Sons
1940
as Druggist (uncredited)

Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939
as Deputy Coroner (uncredited)

Woman Wanted
1935
as Juror Talking to Mike (uncredited)

Fixer Dugan
1939
as Steve

Three of a Kind
1936
as Doc Adams

The Great Profile
1940
as Doctor Perkins

Highway West
1941
as The Judge (uncredited)

Obliging Young Lady
1942
as Uncle Joe (uncredited)

Racketeers of the Range
1939
as Wiliam J. Benson

Reno
1939
as Mr. Jones - Casino Manager

Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
1936
as E.G. Ellsworth

The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick

Father Steps Out
1941
as Tom Oliver

The President's Mystery
1936
as Banker (uncredited)

Around the World
1943
as Colonel

Phantom of Chinatown
1940
as Charlie Frasier
Unfinished Rainbows
1941
as Prof. Jewett

Five Little Peppers at Home
1940
as Daniels

The Deadly Game
1941
as Harkness

Women Without Names
1940
as Sheriff

Women in Prison
1938
as Henry Russell

Over My Dead Body
1942
as Editor

The Chaser
1938
as Process Server

You, the People
1940
as Mr. Sanders

S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
as Appleby

Trouble in Sundown
1939
as Edward Simmons

Stage to Chino
1940
as Jim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited)

Hold That Woman!
1940
as Bill Lannigan

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1941
as Henry Weldon

Beautiful But Broke
1944
as Putnam

A Woman is the Judge
1939
as Ramsey

Beyond the Sacramento
1940
as Jason Perry

Scandal Sheet
1939
as Chris Durk

Cheers of the Crowd
1935
as Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson)

The Girl Who Came Back
1935
as Henchman Waddy

Bad Little Angel
1939
as Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)

We're Only Human
1935
as Ballistics Expert

Across the Sierras
1941
as Dan Woodworth
About John Dilson
John Dilson (February 18, 1891 – June 1, 1944) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1934 and 1944. With 163 credits spanning from 1934 to 1944, John Dilson has appeared in 163 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Citizen Kane (1941) — as Ward Heeler (uncredited)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) — as Secretary (uncredited)
- Sergeant York (1941) — as Reporter (uncredited)
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — as Bookseller (uncredited)
- Special Agent (1935) — as Gus (uncredited)
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