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