John Dilson

Known for: Acting

Born: 1891-02-18 – 1944-06-01 (aged 53)

From: 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 (163)

MOVIE★ 4.8
The Ghost That Walks Alone
1944
as Bascomb (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Beautiful But Broke
1944
as Putnam
MOVIE★ 8.0
Gun to Gun
1944
MOVIE★ 6.3
Around the World
1943
as Colonel
MOVIE★ 7.1
Happy Land
1943
as Charles Clayton (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Princess O'Rourke
1943
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
So's Your Uncle
1943
as Stevens
MOVIE★ 8.0
All by Myself
1943
as Mr. Dilson
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Leopard Man
1943
as Coroner (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
as Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.2
This Land Is Mine
1943
as Mayor's Secretary
MOVIE★ 5.7
Mission to Moscow
1943
as American Senator (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 9.0
She Has What It Takes
1943
as Chamberlain Jones (as John H. Dilson)
MOVIE★ 6.0
King of the Cowboys
1943
as Bryson
MOVIE★ 6.0
Slightly Dangerous
1943
as 'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Idaho
1943
as Board Member
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Great Gildersleeve
1942
as Mayor Appleton
MOVIE★ 6.5
Madame Spy
1942
as Proprietor Martin
MOVIE★ 6.7
A Night to Remember
1942
as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Queen of Broadway
1942
as Bickel
MOVIE★ 6.5
For Me and My Gal
1942
as Lou (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Mayor of 44th Street
1942
as Carter, the General Manager (as John H. Dilson)
MOVIE★ 6.0
You Can't Escape Forever
1942
as Pop (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.7
Wildcat
1942
as Gus Sloane
MOVIE★ 7.5
Sabotage Squad
1942
as Guthrie
MOVIE★ 6.4
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Senator (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.3
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
1942
as Judge Smith
MOVIE★ 6.0
Obliging Young Lady
1942
as Uncle Joe (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Fly By Night
1942
as Police Dr. Tracy
MOVIE★ 8.0
Over My Dead Body
1942
as Editor
MOVIE★ 6.8
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1941
as Henry Weldon
MOVIE★ 6.2
Johnny Eager
1941
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Unfinished Rainbows
1941
as Prof. Jewett
MOVIE★ 8.5
New York Town
1941
as Doctor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.8
Jesse James at Bay
1941
as Collins (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 10.0
I'll Fix It
1941
as Burger, the lawyer
MOVIE★ 6.0
Two Latins from Manhattan
1941
as Jerome Kittleman
MOVIE★ 7.2
Sergeant York
1941
as Reporter (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.2
Doctors Don't Tell
1941
MOVIE★ 6.8
Manpower
1941
as Jail Clerk (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Deadly Game
1941
as Harkness
MOVIE★ 5.9
Whistling in the Dark
1941
as Hugo in Show (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Highway West
1941
as The Judge (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Father Steps Out
1941
as Tom Oliver
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sunset in Wyoming
1941
as Phipps
MOVIE★ 7.5
They Meet Again
1941
as William Merrill Sr.
MOVIE★ 6.4
Cyclone on Horseback
1941
as Mr. Williams
MOVIE★ 9.0
Naval Academy
1941
as John Frazier
MOVIE★ 6.6
1-2-3-Go!
1941
as Mayor
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941
as Minister (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Citizen Kane
1941
as Ward Heeler (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick
MOVIE★ 6.2
Man-Made Monster
1941
as Medical Examiner
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Monster and the Girl
1941
as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.7
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941
as Mr. Davis
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941
as Pawnbroker
MOVIE★ 4.5
Across the Sierras
1941
as Dan Woodworth
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
as Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.2
No, No, Nanette
1940
as Desk Clerk
MOVIE★ 10.0
Thundering Frontier
1940
as Carter Filmore
MOVIE★ 6.2
You, the People
1940
as Mr. Sanders
MOVIE★ 6.0
Phantom of Chinatown
1940
as Charlie Frasier
MOVIE★ 4.8
Girls Under 21
1940
as Albert Carter, School Principal
MOVIE★ 7.4
Gallant Sons
1940
as Druggist (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Beyond the Sacramento
1940
as Jason Perry
MOVIE★ 5.6
Marked Men
1940
as Dr. James Prentiss Harkness
MOVIE★ 5.0
Glamour for Sale
1940
as Wilson (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
City for Conquest
1940
as Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.5
King of the Royal Mounted
1940
as Wall
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Leather Pushers
1940
MOVIE★ 4.9
Public Deb No. 1
1940
as Clerk
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Great Profile
1940
as Doctor Perkins
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Golden Fleecing
1940
as Cashier (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Secret Seven
1940
as Walter W. Carter
MOVIE★ 7.2
I Love You Again
1940
as Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Stage to Chino
1940
as Jim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.9
My Love Came Back
1940
as Accountant (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Millionaires in Prison
1940
as Observer at Train Station (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Private Affairs
1940
as Stock Buyer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940
as Hale
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hold That Woman!
1940
as Bill Lannigan
MOVIE★ 6.8
Edison, the Man
1940
as Broker
MOVIE★ 6.8
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940
as Police Doctor at Hotel
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Man with Nine Lives
1940
as John Hawthorne
MOVIE★ 6.4
Dark Command
1940
as Town Leader
MOVIE★ 6.3
Drums of Fu Manchu
1940
as Prof. Ezra Howard
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Bookseller (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.7
Women Without Names
1940
as Sheriff
MOVIE★ 7.0
Pioneers of the West
1940
as Morgan
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Big Premiere
1940
as Theater Owner
MOVIE★ 7.0
Five Little Peppers at Home
1940
as Daniels
MOVIE★ 8.0
Danger Ahead
1940
as Thomas Hatch
MOVIE★ 6.1
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940
as Pawnbroker
MOVIE★ 6.2
Legion of the Lawless
1940
as Surveyor Dave Martin (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Music in My Heart
1940
as City Editor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Reno
1939
as Mr. Jones - Casino Manager
MOVIE★ 5.8
Drunk Driving
1939
as Doctor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Bad Little Angel
1939
as Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Secretary (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Scandal Sheet
1939
as Chris Durk
MOVIE★ 6.6
Sabotage
1939
as (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Woman is the Judge
1939
as Ramsey
MOVIE★ 7.3
Here I Am a Stranger
1939
as Professor
MOVIE★ 6.8
Each Dawn I Die
1939
as Parole Board Member (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
In Name Only
1939
as Head Train Steward (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939
as King - City Editor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.7
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.8
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
as Appleby
MOVIE★ 6.7
Racketeers of the Range
1939
as Wiliam J. Benson
MOVIE★ 6.5
It's a Wonderful World
1939
as Doctor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Ex-Champ
1939
as Lawton
MOVIE★ 6.5
Fixer Dugan
1939
as Steve
MOVIE★ 7.0
Weather Wizards
1939
as California Meteorologist
MOVIE★ 8.0
Trouble in Sundown
1939
as Edward Simmons
MOVIE★ 6.8
Money to Loan
1939
as Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant
MOVIE★ 6.0
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939
as Deputy Coroner (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Flying G-Men
1939
as Dr. Alexander Craig
MOVIE★ 8.0
North of Shanghai
1939
as Editor
MOVIE★ 5.5
Blackwell's Island
1939
as Finlay (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
as Doctor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Stand Up and Fight
1939
as Auctioneer
MOVIE★ 6.1
Kentucky
1938
as Man at Race Track
MOVIE★ 10.0
A Clean Sweep
1938
as Bank Manager
MOVIE★ 5.9
Gang Bullets
1938
as Capt. Brown
MOVIE★ 5.3
Tarnished Angel
1938
as Mr. Greer
MOVIE★ 6.0
Too Hot to Handle
1938
as Film Developing Laboratory Foreman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Chaser
1938
as Process Server
MOVIE★ 7.3
Think It Over
1938
MOVIE★ 5.6
Racket Busters
1938
as Mr. Robbins (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Women in Prison
1938
as Henry Russell
MOVIE★ 6.5
Who Killed Gail Preston?
1938
as Mr. Curran
MOVIE★ 7.0
Borrowing Trouble
1937
as Clark
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Shadow Strikes
1937
as Bill Gordan
MOVIE★ 6.3
Love Is on the Air
1937
as Meeting Chairman
MOVIE★ 7.1
Easy Living
1937
as Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Midnight Taxi
1937
as Doc Wilson
MOVIE★ 6.3
Love Is News
1937
as Clerk (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.2
Dick Tracy
1937
as Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]
MOVIE★ 6.3
Great Guy
1936
as City Editor (Uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
1936
as E.G. Ellsworth
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Public Pays
1936
as Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.8
The President's Mystery
1936
as Banker (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Wives Never Know
1936
as Doctor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
And Sudden Death
1936
as Judge
MOVIE★ 4.8
Easy Money
1936
as Lawyer Rusick
MOVIE★ 5.8
Three of a Kind
1936
as Doc Adams
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
as Analyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Drag Net
1936
as Arnold Crane
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Country Doctor
1936
as City Editor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Hitch Hike To Heaven
1936
as Charlie Reed
MOVIE★ 6.5
We're Only Human
1935
as Ballistics Expert
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
as City Editor Edison (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Happiness C.O.D.
1935
as Snyder
MOVIE★ 8.0
Twin Triplets
1935
as J. Benton, City Editor
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Girl Who Came Back
1935
as Henchman Waddy
MOVIE★ 6.2
Special Agent
1935
as Gus (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Cheers of the Crowd
1935
as Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Every Night at Eight
1935
as Huxley
MOVIE★ 6.8
Woman Wanted
1935
as Juror Talking to Mike (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.2
Death from a Distance
1935
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Westerner
1934
as Senator Lockhart
MOVIE★ 10.0
A Man's Game
1934
as John T. Bradley
MOVIE★ 7.0
I'll Tell the World
1934
as Legendre