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