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John Dilson
Born
February 18, 1891
Died: June 1, 1944
Lived 53 years
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
163
Movies
0
TV Shows
Also Known As
John H. Dilson
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John Dilson
Acting
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.
Movies
163
TV Shows
0
3.7
The Ghost That Walks Alone
as
Bascomb (uncredited)
1944
5.0
Beautiful But Broke
as
Putnam
1944
0
Gun to Gun
Cast
1944
5.0
Around the World
as
Colonel
1943
6.2
Happy Land
as
Charles Clayton (uncredited)
1943
6.3
Princess O'Rourke
as
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1943
5.0
So's Your Uncle
as
Stevens
1943
0
All by Myself
as
Mr. Dilson
1943
6.5
The Leopard Man
as
Coroner (uncredited)
1943
5.5
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as
Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited)
1943
7.2
This Land Is Mine
as
Mayor's Secretary
1943
5.3
Mission to Moscow
as
American Senator (uncredited)
1943
0
She Has What It Takes
as
Chamberlain Jones (as John H. Dilson)
1943
5.5
King of the Cowboys
as
Bryson
1943
6.0
Slightly Dangerous
as
'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)
1943
5.7
Idaho
as
Board Member
1943
6.1
The Great Gildersleeve
as
Mayor Appleton
1942
6.0
Madame Spy
as
Proprietor Martin
1942
6.6
A Night to Remember
as
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
1942
5.0
Queen of Broadway
as
Bickel
1942
6.4
For Me and My Gal
as
Lou (uncredited)
1942
4.3
The Mayor of 44th Street
as
Carter, the General Manager (as John H. Dilson)
1942
5.4
You Can't Escape Forever
as
Pop (uncredited)
1942
3.5
Wildcat
as
Gus Sloane
1942
6.0
Sabotage Squad
as
Guthrie
1942
5.8
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as
Senator (uncredited)
1942
3.5
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
as
Judge Smith
1942
5.0
Obliging Young Lady
as
Uncle Joe (uncredited)
1942
6.4
Fly By Night
as
Police Dr. Tracy
1942
0
Over My Dead Body
as
Editor
1942
5.7
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
as
Henry Weldon
1941
6.1
Johnny Eager
as
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
1941
0
Unfinished Rainbows
as
Prof. Jewett
1941
10.0
New York Town
as
Doctor (uncredited)
1941
4.2
Jesse James at Bay
as
Collins (uncredited)
1941
0
I'll Fix It
as
Burger, the lawyer
1941
5.0
Two Latins from Manhattan
as
Jerome Kittleman
1941
7.2
Sergeant York
as
Reporter (uncredited)
1941
4.9
Doctors Don't Tell
Cast
1941
6.7
Manpower
as
Jail Clerk (uncredited)
1941
6.0
The Deadly Game
as
Harkness
1941
5.8
Whistling in the Dark
as
Hugo in Show (uncredited)
1941
5.8
Highway West
as
The Judge (uncredited)
1941
3.0
Father Steps Out
as
Tom Oliver
1941
0
Sunset in Wyoming
as
Phipps
1941
5.0
They Meet Again
as
William Merrill Sr.
1941
5.8
Cyclone on Horseback
as
Mr. Williams
1941
0
Naval Academy
as
John Frazier
1941
6.5
1-2-3-Go!
as
Mayor
1941
6.5
The Wagons Roll at Night
as
Minister (uncredited)
1941
8.0
Citizen Kane
as
Ward Heeler (uncredited)
1941
4.6
The Lady from Cheyenne
as
Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick
1941
6.1
Man-Made Monster
as
Medical Examiner
1941
5.7
The Monster and the Girl
as
Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
1941
5.4
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
as
Mr. Davis
1941
5.3
The Great Mr. Nobody
as
Pawnbroker
1941
2.2
Across the Sierras
as
Dan Woodworth
1941
6.5
The Face Behind the Mask
as
Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)
1941
6.0
No, No, Nanette
as
Desk Clerk
1940
0
Thundering Frontier
as
Carter Filmore
1940
5.8
You, the People
as
Mr. Sanders
1940
5.8
Phantom of Chinatown
as
Charlie Frasier
1940
4.0
Girls Under 21
as
Albert Carter, School Principal
1940
7.2
Gallant Sons
as
Druggist (uncredited)
1940
0
Beyond the Sacramento
as
Jason Perry
1940
5.0
Marked Men
as
Dr. James Prentiss Harkness
1940
4.3
Glamour for Sale
as
Wilson (uncredited)
1940
6.8
City for Conquest
as
Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
1940
6.0
King of the Royal Mounted
as
Wall
1940
0
The Leather Pushers
Cast
1940
4.4
Public Deb No. 1
as
Clerk
1940
6.3
The Great Profile
as
Doctor Perkins
1940
5.3
The Golden Fleecing
as
Cashier (uncredited)
1940
0
The Secret Seven
as
Walter W. Carter
1940
7.2
I Love You Again
as
Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited)
1940
5.4
Stage to Chino
as
Jim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
1940
4.6
My Love Came Back
as
Accountant (uncredited)
1940
6.0
Millionaires in Prison
as
Observer at Train Station (uncredited)
1940
0
Private Affairs
as
Stock Buyer (uncredited)
1940
5.5
Adventures of Red Ryder
as
Hale
1940
5.0
Hold That Woman!
as
Bill Lannigan
1940
6.8
Edison, the Man
as
Broker
1940
6.7
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
as
Police Doctor at Hotel
1940
6.2
The Man with Nine Lives
as
John Hawthorne
1940
6.3
Dark Command
as
Town Leader
1940
6.1
Drums of Fu Manchu
as
Prof. Ezra Howard
1940
7.8
The Grapes of Wrath
as
Bookseller (uncredited)
1940
4.1
Women Without Names
as
Sheriff
1940
0
Pioneers of the West
as
Morgan
1940
6.0
The Big Premiere
as
Theater Owner
1940
6.3
Five Little Peppers at Home
as
Daniels
1940
0
Danger Ahead
as
Thomas Hatch
1940
5.2
Brother Rat and a Baby
as
Pawnbroker
1940
5.4
Legion of the Lawless
as
Surveyor Dave Martin (uncredited)
1940
6.2
Music in My Heart
as
City Editor (uncredited)
1940
6.0
Reno
as
Mr. Jones - Casino Manager
1939
5.4
Drunk Driving
as
Doctor (uncredited)
1939
4.9
Bad Little Angel
as
Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
1939
7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as
Secretary (uncredited)
1939
0
Scandal Sheet
as
Chris Durk
1939
7.0
Sabotage
as
(uncredited)
1939
0
A Woman is the Judge
as
Ramsey
1939
7.0
Here I Am a Stranger
as
Professor
1939
6.8
Each Dawn I Die
as
Parole Board Member (uncredited)
1939
7.0
In Name Only
as
Head Train Steward (uncredited)
1939
6.6
The Man They Could Not Hang
as
King - City Editor (uncredited)
1939
5.4
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as
Mr. Davis (uncredited)
1939
5.7
S.O.S Tidal Wave
as
Appleby
1939
6.6
Racketeers of the Range
as
Wiliam J. Benson
1939
6.3
It's a Wonderful World
as
Doctor (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Ex-Champ
as
Lawton
1939
6.5
Fixer Dugan
as
Steve
1939
6.0
Weather Wizards
as
California Meteorologist
1939
0
Trouble in Sundown
as
Edward Simmons
1939
6.7
Money to Loan
as
Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant
1939
6.0
Nancy Drew... Reporter
as
Deputy Coroner (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Flying G-Men
as
Dr. Alexander Craig
1939
0
North of Shanghai
as
Editor
1939
5.0
Blackwell's Island
as
Finlay (uncredited)
1939
6.1
They Made Me a Criminal
as
Doctor (uncredited)
1939
5.8
Stand Up and Fight
as
Auctioneer
1939
5.8
Kentucky
as
Man at Race Track
1938
0
A Clean Sweep
as
Bank Manager
1938
5.7
Gang Bullets
as
Capt. Brown
1938
5.0
Tarnished Angel
as
Mr. Greer
1938
5.8
Too Hot to Handle
as
Film Developing Laboratory Foreman (uncredited)
1938
6.0
The Chaser
as
Process Server
1938
6.3
Think It Over
Cast
1938
5.1
Racket Busters
as
Mr. Robbins (uncredited)
1938
6.0
Women in Prison
as
Henry Russell
1938
6.0
Who Killed Gail Preston?
as
Mr. Curran
1938
6.0
Borrowing Trouble
as
Clark
1937
4.4
The Shadow Strikes
as
Bill Gordan
1937
5.0
Love Is on the Air
as
Meeting Chairman
1937
7.0
Easy Living
as
Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)
1937
5.0
Midnight Taxi
as
Doc Wilson
1937
6.0
Love Is News
as
Clerk (uncredited)
1937
4.7
Dick Tracy
as
Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]
1937
6.2
Great Guy
as
City Editor (Uncredited)
1936
7.4
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
as
E.G. Ellsworth
1936
7.0
The Public Pays
as
Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)
1936
5.3
The President's Mystery
as
Banker (uncredited)
1936
0
Wives Never Know
as
Doctor (uncredited)
1936
0
And Sudden Death
as
Judge
1936
4.4
Easy Money
as
Lawyer Rusick
1936
5.2
Three of a Kind
as
Doc Adams
1936
6.2
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as
Analyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited)
1936
4.7
The Drag-Net
as
Arnold Crane
1936
6.0
The Country Doctor
as
City Editor (uncredited)
1936
0
Hitch Hike To Heaven
as
Charlie Reed
1936
6.5
We're Only Human
as
Ballistics Expert
1935
3.0
The Calling of Dan Matthews
as
City Editor Edison (uncredited)
1935
6.0
Happiness C.O.D.
as
Snyder
1935
0
Twin Triplets
as
J. Benton, City Editor
1935
5.7
The Girl Who Came Back
as
Henchman Waddy
1935
6.2
Special Agent
as
Gus (uncredited)
1935
5.5
Cheers of the Crowd
as
Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson)
1935
6.7
Every Night at Eight
as
Huxley
1935
6.3
Woman Wanted
as
Juror Talking to Mike (uncredited)
1935
4.8
Death from a Distance
Cast
1935
0
The Westerner
as
Senator Lockhart
1934
0
A Man's Game
as
John T. Bradley
1934
0
I'll Tell the World
as
Legendre
1934
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