8Acting
John Dilson
- Born
- 1891-02-18
- Died
- 1944-06-01
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
163 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Beautiful But Broke
1944 · Movie
Putnam
Gun to Gun
1944 · Movie
Cast
The Ghost That Walks Alone
1944 · Movie
Bascomb (uncredited)
All by Myself
1943 · Movie
Mr. Dilson
Around the World
1943 · Movie
Colonel
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943 · Movie
Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Happy Land
1943 · Movie
Charles Clayton (uncredited)
Idaho
1943 · Movie
Board Member
King of the Cowboys
1943 · Movie
Bryson
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Movie
American Senator (uncredited)
Princess O'Rourke
1943 · Movie
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
She Has What It Takes
1943 · Movie
Chamberlain Jones (as John H. Dilson)
Slightly Dangerous
1943 · Movie
'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)
So's Your Uncle
1943 · Movie
Stevens
The Leopard Man
1943 · Movie
Coroner (uncredited)
This Land Is Mine
1943 · Movie
Mayor's Secretary
A Night to Remember
1942 · Movie
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Fly By Night
1942 · Movie
Police Dr. Tracy
For Me and My Gal
1942 · Movie
Lou (uncredited)
Madame Spy
1942 · Movie
Proprietor Martin
Obliging Young Lady
1942 · Movie
Uncle Joe (uncredited)
Over My Dead Body
1942 · Movie
Editor
Queen of Broadway
1942 · Movie
Bickel
Sabotage Squad
1942 · Movie
Guthrie
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942 · Movie
Senator (uncredited)
The Great Gildersleeve
1942 · Movie
Mayor Appleton
The Mayor of 44th Street
1942 · Movie
Carter, the General Manager (as John H. Dilson)
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
1942 · Movie
Judge Smith
Wildcat
1942 · Movie
Gus Sloane
You Can't Escape Forever
1942 · Movie
Pop (uncredited)
1-2-3-Go!
1941 · Movie
Mayor
Across the Sierras
1941 · Movie
Dan Woodworth
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941 · Movie
Mr. Davis
Citizen Kane
1941 · Movie
Ward Heeler (uncredited)
Cyclone on Horseback
1941 · Movie
Mr. Williams
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1941 · Movie
Henry Weldon
Doctors Don't Tell
1941 · Movie
Cast
Father Steps Out
1941 · Movie
Tom Oliver
Highway West
1941 · Movie
The Judge (uncredited)
I'll Fix It
1941 · Movie
Burger, the lawyer
Jesse James at Bay
1941 · Movie
Collins (uncredited)
Johnny Eager
1941 · Movie
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Man-Made Monster
1941 · Movie
Medical Examiner
Manpower
1941 · Movie
Jail Clerk (uncredited)
Naval Academy
1941 · Movie
John Frazier
New York Town
1941 · Movie
Doctor (uncredited)
Sergeant York
1941 · Movie
Reporter (uncredited)
Sunset in Wyoming
1941 · Movie
Phipps
The Deadly Game
1941 · Movie
Harkness
The Face Behind the Mask
1941 · Movie
Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941 · Movie
Pawnbroker
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941 · Movie
Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick
The Monster and the Girl
1941 · Movie
Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941 · Movie
Minister (uncredited)
They Meet Again
1941 · Movie
William Merrill Sr.
Two Latins from Manhattan
1941 · Movie
Jerome Kittleman
Unfinished Rainbows
1941 · Movie
Prof. Jewett
Whistling in the Dark
1941 · Movie
Hugo in Show (uncredited)
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940 · Movie
Hale
Beyond the Sacramento
1940 · Movie
Jason Perry
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940 · Movie
Pawnbroker
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940 · Movie
Police Doctor at Hotel
City for Conquest
1940 · Movie
Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
Danger Ahead
1940 · Movie
Thomas Hatch
Dark Command
1940 · Movie
Town Leader
Drums of Fu Manchu
1940 · Movie
Prof. Ezra Howard
Edison, the Man
1940 · Movie
Broker
Five Little Peppers at Home
1940 · Movie
Daniels
Gallant Sons
1940 · Movie
Druggist (uncredited)
Girls Under 21
1940 · Movie
Albert Carter, School Principal
Glamour for Sale
1940 · Movie
Wilson (uncredited)
Hold That Woman!
1940 · Movie
Bill Lannigan
I Love You Again
1940 · Movie
Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited)
King of the Royal Mounted
1940 · Movie
Wall
Legion of the Lawless
1940 · Movie
Surveyor Dave Martin (uncredited)
Marked Men
1940 · Movie
Dr. James Prentiss Harkness
Millionaires in Prison
1940 · Movie
Observer at Train Station (uncredited)
Music in My Heart
1940 · Movie
City Editor (uncredited)
My Love Came Back
1940 · Movie
Accountant (uncredited)
No, No, Nanette
1940 · Movie
Desk Clerk
Phantom of Chinatown
1940 · Movie
Charlie Frasier
Pioneers of the West
1940 · Movie
Morgan
Private Affairs
1940 · Movie
Stock Buyer (uncredited)
Public Deb No. 1
1940 · Movie
Clerk
Stage to Chino
1940 · Movie
Jim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
The Big Premiere
1940 · Movie
Theater Owner
The Golden Fleecing
1940 · Movie
Cashier (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Movie
Bookseller (uncredited)
The Great Profile
1940 · Movie
Doctor Perkins
The Leather Pushers
1940 · Movie
Cast
The Man with Nine Lives
1940 · Movie
John Hawthorne
The Secret Seven
1940 · Movie
Walter W. Carter
Thundering Frontier
1940 · Movie
Carter Filmore
Women Without Names
1940 · Movie
Sheriff
You, the People
1940 · Movie
Mr. Sanders
A Woman is the Judge
1939 · Movie
Ramsey
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939 · Movie
Mr. Davis (uncredited)
Bad Little Angel
1939 · Movie
Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
Blackwell's Island
1939 · Movie
Finlay (uncredited)
Drunk Driving
1939 · Movie
Doctor (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die
1939 · Movie
Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Ex-Champ
1939 · Movie
Lawton
Fixer Dugan
1939 · Movie
Steve
Flying G-Men
1939 · Movie
Dr. Alexander Craig
Here I Am a Stranger
1939 · Movie
Professor
In Name Only
1939 · Movie
Head Train Steward (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World
1939 · Movie
Doctor (uncredited)
Money to Loan
1939 · Movie
Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Movie
Secretary (uncredited)
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939 · Movie
Deputy Coroner (uncredited)
North of Shanghai
1939 · Movie
Editor
Racketeers of the Range
1939 · Movie
Wiliam J. Benson
Reno
1939 · Movie
Mr. Jones - Casino Manager
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939 · Movie
Appleby
Sabotage
1939 · Movie
(uncredited)
Scandal Sheet
1939 · Movie
Chris Durk
Stand Up and Fight
1939 · Movie
Auctioneer
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939 · Movie
King - City Editor (uncredited)
They Made Me a Criminal
1939 · Movie
Doctor (uncredited)
Trouble in Sundown
1939 · Movie
Edward Simmons
Weather Wizards
1939 · Movie
California Meteorologist
A Clean Sweep
1938 · Movie
Bank Manager
Gang Bullets
1938 · Movie
Capt. Brown
Kentucky
1938 · Movie
Man at Race Track
Racket Busters
1938 · Movie
Mr. Robbins (uncredited)
Tarnished Angel
1938 · Movie
Mr. Greer
The Chaser
1938 · Movie
Process Server
Think It Over
1938 · Movie
Cast
Too Hot to Handle
1938 · Movie
Film Developing Laboratory Foreman (uncredited)
Who Killed Gail Preston?
1938 · Movie
Mr. Curran
Women in Prison
1938 · Movie
Henry Russell
Borrowing Trouble
1937 · Movie
Clark
Dick Tracy
1937 · Movie
Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]
Easy Living
1937 · Movie
Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)
Love Is News
1937 · Movie
Clerk (uncredited)
Love Is on the Air
1937 · Movie
Meeting Chairman
Midnight Taxi
1937 · Movie
Doc Wilson
The Shadow Strikes
1937 · Movie
Bill Gordan
And Sudden Death
1936 · Movie
Judge
Easy Money
1936 · Movie
Lawyer Rusick
Great Guy
1936 · Movie
City Editor (Uncredited)
Hitch Hike To Heaven
1936 · Movie
Charlie Reed
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
1936 · Movie
E.G. Ellsworth
The Country Doctor
1936 · Movie
City Editor (uncredited)
The Drag Net
1936 · Movie
Arnold Crane
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936 · Movie
Analyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited)
The President's Mystery
1936 · Movie
Banker (uncredited)
The Public Pays
1936 · Movie
Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)
Three of a Kind
1936 · Movie
Doc Adams
Wives Never Know
1936 · Movie
Doctor (uncredited)
Cheers of the Crowd
1935 · Movie
Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson)
Death from a Distance
1935 · Movie
Cast
Every Night at Eight
1935 · Movie
Huxley
Happiness C.O.D.
1935 · Movie
Snyder
Special Agent
1935 · Movie
Gus (uncredited)
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935 · Movie
City Editor Edison (uncredited)
The Girl Who Came Back
1935 · Movie
Henchman Waddy
Twin Triplets
1935 · Movie
J. Benton, City Editor
We're Only Human
1935 · Movie
Ballistics Expert
Woman Wanted
1935 · Movie
Juror Talking to Mike (uncredited)
A Man's Game
1934 · Movie
John T. Bradley
I'll Tell the World
1934 · Movie
Legendre
The Westerner
1934 · Movie
Senator Lockhart