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