
Acting · Brooklyn, New York, USA · Born February 18, 1891
John Dilson (February 18, 1891 – June 1, 1944) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1934 and 1944.
MovieThe Ghost That Walks Alone
1944
as Bascomb (uncredited)
MovieBeautiful But Broke
1944
as Putnam
MovieGun to Gun
1944
MovieAround the World
1943
as Colonel
MovieHappy Land
1943
as Charles Clayton (uncredited)
MoviePrincess O'Rourke
1943
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
MovieSo's Your Uncle
1943
as Stevens
MovieAll by Myself
1943
as Mr. Dilson
MovieThe Leopard Man
1943
as Coroner (uncredited)
MovieDr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
as Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited)
MovieThis Land Is Mine
1943
as Mayor's Secretary
MovieMission to Moscow
1943
as American Senator (uncredited)
MovieShe Has What It Takes
1943
as Chamberlain Jones (as John H. Dilson)
MovieKing of the Cowboys
1943
as Bryson
MovieSlightly Dangerous
1943
as 'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)
MovieIdaho
1943
as Board Member
MovieThe Great Gildersleeve
1942
as Mayor Appleton
MovieMadame Spy
1942
as Proprietor Martin
MovieA Night to Remember
1942
as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
MovieQueen of Broadway
1942
as Bickel
MovieFor Me and My Gal
1942
as Lou (uncredited)
MovieThe Mayor of 44th Street
1942
as Carter, the General Manager (as John H. Dilson)
MovieYou Can't Escape Forever
1942
as Pop (uncredited)
MovieWildcat
1942
as Gus Sloane
MovieSabotage Squad
1942
as Guthrie
MovieTen Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Senator (uncredited)
MovieTramp, Tramp, Tramp!
1942
as Judge Smith
MovieObliging Young Lady
1942
as Uncle Joe (uncredited)
MovieFly By Night
1942
as Police Dr. Tracy
MovieOver My Dead Body
1942
as Editor
MovieDick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1941
as Henry Weldon
MovieJohnny Eager
1941
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Unfinished Rainbows
1941
as Prof. Jewett
MovieNew York Town
1941
as Doctor (uncredited)
MovieJesse James at Bay
1941
as Collins (uncredited)
I'll Fix It
1941
as Burger, the lawyer
MovieTwo Latins from Manhattan
1941
as Jerome Kittleman
MovieSergeant York
1941
as Reporter (uncredited)
MovieDoctors Don't Tell
1941
MovieManpower
1941
as Jail Clerk (uncredited)
MovieThe Deadly Game
1941
as Harkness
MovieWhistling in the Dark
1941
as Hugo in Show (uncredited)
MovieHighway West
1941
as The Judge (uncredited)
MovieFather Steps Out
1941
as Tom Oliver
MovieSunset in Wyoming
1941
as Phipps
MovieThey Meet Again
1941
as William Merrill Sr.
MovieCyclone on Horseback
1941
as Mr. Williams
MovieNaval Academy
1941
as John Frazier
Movie1-2-3-Go!
1941
as Mayor
MovieThe Wagons Roll at Night
1941
as Minister (uncredited)
MovieCitizen Kane
1941
as Ward Heeler (uncredited)
MovieThe Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick
MovieMan-Made Monster
1941
as Medical Examiner
MovieThe Monster and the Girl
1941
as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
MovieAndy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941
as Mr. Davis
MovieThe Great Mr. Nobody
1941
as Pawnbroker
MovieAcross the Sierras
1941
as Dan Woodworth
MovieThe Face Behind the Mask
1941
as Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)
MovieNo, No, Nanette
1940
as Desk Clerk
MovieThundering Frontier
1940
as Carter Filmore
MovieYou, the People
1940
as Mr. Sanders
MoviePhantom of Chinatown
1940
as Charlie Frasier
MovieGirls Under 21
1940
as Albert Carter, School Principal
MovieGallant Sons
1940
as Druggist (uncredited)
MovieBeyond the Sacramento
1940
as Jason Perry
MovieMarked Men
1940
as Dr. James Prentiss Harkness
MovieGlamour for Sale
1940
as Wilson (uncredited)
MovieCity for Conquest
1940
as Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
MovieKing of the Royal Mounted
1940
as Wall
MovieThe Leather Pushers
1940
MoviePublic Deb No. 1
1940
as Clerk
MovieThe Great Profile
1940
as Doctor Perkins
MovieThe Golden Fleecing
1940
as Cashier (uncredited)
MovieThe Secret Seven
1940
as Walter W. Carter
MovieI Love You Again
1940
as Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited)
MovieStage to Chino
1940
as Jim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
MovieMy Love Came Back
1940
as Accountant (uncredited)
MovieMillionaires in Prison
1940
as Observer at Train Station (uncredited)
MoviePrivate Affairs
1940
as Stock Buyer (uncredited)
MovieAdventures of Red Ryder
1940
as Hale
MovieHold That Woman!
1940
as Bill Lannigan
MovieEdison, the Man
1940
as Broker
MovieCharlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940
as Police Doctor at Hotel
MovieThe Man with Nine Lives
1940
as John Hawthorne
MovieDark Command
1940
as Town Leader
MovieDrums of Fu Manchu
1940
as Prof. Ezra Howard
MovieThe Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Bookseller (uncredited)
MovieWomen Without Names
1940
as Sheriff
MoviePioneers of the West
1940
as Morgan
MovieThe Big Premiere
1940
as Theater Owner
MovieFive Little Peppers at Home
1940
as Daniels
MovieDanger Ahead
1940
as Thomas Hatch
MovieBrother Rat and a Baby
1940
as Pawnbroker
MovieLegion of the Lawless
1940
as Surveyor Dave Martin (uncredited)
MovieMusic in My Heart
1940
as City Editor (uncredited)
MovieReno
1939
as Mr. Jones - Casino Manager
MovieDrunk Driving
1939
as Doctor (uncredited)
MovieBad Little Angel
1939
as Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
MovieMr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Secretary (uncredited)
MovieScandal Sheet
1939
as Chris Durk
MovieSabotage
1939
as (uncredited)
MovieA Woman is the Judge
1939
as Ramsey
MovieHere I Am a Stranger
1939
as Professor
MovieEach Dawn I Die
1939
as Parole Board Member (uncredited)
MovieIn Name Only
1939
as Head Train Steward (uncredited)
MovieThe Man They Could Not Hang
1939
as King - City Editor (uncredited)
MovieAndy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
MovieS.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
as Appleby
MovieRacketeers of the Range
1939
as Wiliam J. Benson
MovieIt's a Wonderful World
1939
as Doctor (uncredited)
MovieEx-Champ
1939
as Lawton
MovieFixer Dugan
1939
as Steve
MovieWeather Wizards
1939
as California Meteorologist
MovieTrouble in Sundown
1939
as Edward Simmons
MovieMoney to Loan
1939
as Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant
MovieNancy Drew... Reporter
1939
as Deputy Coroner (uncredited)
MovieFlying G-Men
1939
as Dr. Alexander Craig
MovieNorth of Shanghai
1939
as Editor
MovieBlackwell's Island
1939
as Finlay (uncredited)
MovieThey Made Me a Criminal
1939
as Doctor (uncredited)
MovieStand Up and Fight
1939
as Auctioneer
MovieKentucky
1938
as Man at Race Track
A Clean Sweep
1938
as Bank Manager
MovieGang Bullets
1938
as Capt. Brown
MovieTarnished Angel
1938
as Mr. Greer
MovieToo Hot to Handle
1938
as Film Developing Laboratory Foreman (uncredited)
MovieThe Chaser
1938
as Process Server
MovieThink It Over
1938
MovieRacket Busters
1938
as Mr. Robbins (uncredited)
MovieWomen in Prison
1938
as Henry Russell
MovieWho Killed Gail Preston?
1938
as Mr. Curran
MovieBorrowing Trouble
1937
as Clark
MovieThe Shadow Strikes
1937
as Bill Gordan
MovieLove Is on the Air
1937
as Meeting Chairman
MovieEasy Living
1937
as Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)
MovieMidnight Taxi
1937
as Doc Wilson
MovieLove Is News
1937
as Clerk (uncredited)
MovieDick Tracy
1937
as Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]
MovieGreat Guy
1936
as City Editor (Uncredited)
MovieRobinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
1936
as E.G. Ellsworth
MovieThe Public Pays
1936
as Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)
MovieThe President's Mystery
1936
as Banker (uncredited)
MovieWives Never Know
1936
as Doctor (uncredited)
MovieAnd Sudden Death
1936
as Judge
MovieEasy Money
1936
as Lawyer Rusick
MovieThree of a Kind
1936
as Doc Adams
MovieThe Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
as Analyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited)
MovieThe Drag Net
1936
as Arnold Crane
MovieThe Country Doctor
1936
as City Editor (uncredited)
MovieHitch Hike To Heaven
1936
as Charlie Reed
MovieWe're Only Human
1935
as Ballistics Expert
MovieThe Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
as City Editor Edison (uncredited)
MovieHappiness C.O.D.
1935
as Snyder
MovieTwin Triplets
1935
as J. Benton, City Editor
MovieThe Girl Who Came Back
1935
as Henchman Waddy
MovieSpecial Agent
1935
as Gus (uncredited)
MovieCheers of the Crowd
1935
as Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson)
MovieEvery Night at Eight
1935
as Huxley
MovieWoman Wanted
1935
as Juror Talking to Mike (uncredited)
MovieDeath from a Distance
1935
MovieThe Westerner
1934
as Senator Lockhart
MovieA Man's Game
1934
as John T. Bradley
MovieI'll Tell the World
1934
as Legendre