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