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