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John Dilson

John Dilson

John Dilson (February 18, 1891 – June 1, 1944) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1934 and 1944.

Born

Feb 18, 1891

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died

Jun 01, 1944

Known For

Acting

Movies

163 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.4

movie

Known For

Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

1941

as Ward Heeler (uncredited)
Sergeant York

Sergeant York

1941

as Reporter (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

as Bookseller (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

as Secretary (uncredited)
The Leopard Man

The Leopard Man

1943

as Coroner (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane
1941 • as Ward Heeler (uncredited)
★ 8.0
Sergeant York
Sergeant York
1941 • as Reporter (uncredited)
★ 7.2
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 • as Bookseller (uncredited)
★ 7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 • as Secretary (uncredited)
★ 7.8
Happy Land
Happy Land
1943 • as Charles Clayton (uncredited)
★ 7.1
Johnny Eager
Johnny Eager
1941 • as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Sabotage Squad
Sabotage Squad
1942 • as Guthrie
★ 7.5
Private Affairs
Private Affairs
1940 • as Stock Buyer (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy
1937 • as Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]
★ 5.2
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943 • as Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Kentucky
Kentucky
1938 • as Man at Race Track
★ 6.1
Princess O'Rourke
Princess O'Rourke
1943 • as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Ex-Champ
Ex-Champ
1939 • as Lawton
★ 7.3
Special Agent
Special Agent
1935 • as Gus (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Easy Living
Easy Living
1937 • as Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)
★ 7.1
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939 • as Deputy Coroner (uncredited)
★ 6.0
This Land Is Mine
This Land Is Mine
1943 • as Mayor's Secretary
★ 7.2
Drunk Driving
Drunk Driving
1939 • as Doctor (uncredited)
★ 5.8
The Face Behind the Mask
The Face Behind the Mask
1941 • as Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Borrowing Trouble
Borrowing Trouble
1937 • as Clark
★ 7.0
Woman Wanted
Woman Wanted
1935 • as Juror Talking to Mike (uncredited)
★ 6.8
The Man with Nine Lives
The Man with Nine Lives
1940 • as John Hawthorne
★ 6.3
I Love You Again
I Love You Again
1940 • as Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited)
★ 7.2
Tarnished Angel
Tarnished Angel
1938 • as Mr. Greer
★ 5.3
Love Is News
Love Is News
1937 • as Clerk (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Dark Command
Dark Command
1940 • as Town Leader
★ 6.4
Brother Rat and a Baby
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940 • as Pawnbroker
★ 6.1
My Love Came Back
My Love Came Back
1940 • as Accountant (uncredited)
★ 4.9
Thundering Frontier
Thundering Frontier
1940 • as Carter Filmore
★ 10.0
Sabotage
Sabotage
1939 • as (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Racket Busters
Racket Busters
1938 • as Mr. Robbins (uncredited)
★ 5.6
It's a Wonderful World
It's a Wonderful World
1939 • as Doctor (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Slightly Dangerous
Slightly Dangerous
1943 • as 'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)
★ 6.0
The Leopard Man
The Leopard Man
1943 • as Coroner (uncredited)
★ 6.5
King of the Cowboys
King of the Cowboys
1943 • as Bryson
★ 6.0
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
1942 • as Judge Smith
★ 5.3
King of the Royal Mounted
King of the Royal Mounted
1940 • as Wall
★ 7.5
Weather Wizards
Weather Wizards
1939 • as California Meteorologist
★ 7.0
Manpower
Manpower
1941 • as Jail Clerk (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Edison, the Man
Edison, the Man
1940 • as Broker
★ 6.8
Women in Prison
Women in Prison
1938 • as Henry Russell
★ 8.0
Every Night at Eight
Every Night at Eight
1935 • as Huxley
★ 7.0
No, No, Nanette
No, No, Nanette
1940 • as Desk Clerk
★ 6.2
In Name Only
In Name Only
1939 • as Head Train Steward (uncredited)
★ 7.0
The Man They Could Not Hang
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939 • as King - City Editor (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Around the World
Around the World
1943 • as Colonel
★ 6.3
The Deadly Game
The Deadly Game
1941 • as Harkness
★ 7.0
Whistling in the Dark
Whistling in the Dark
1941 • as Hugo in Show (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1941 • as Henry Weldon
★ 6.8
Great Guy
Great Guy
1936 • as City Editor (Uncredited)
★ 6.3
Each Dawn I Die
Each Dawn I Die
1939 • as Parole Board Member (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Obliging Young Lady
Obliging Young Lady
1942 • as Uncle Joe (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Women Without Names
Women Without Names
1940 • as Sheriff
★ 4.7
City for Conquest
City for Conquest
1940 • as Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
★ 6.9
The Wagons Roll at Night
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941 • as Minister (uncredited)
★ 6.5
The Chaser
The Chaser
1938 • as Process Server
★ 8.0
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940 • as Police Doctor at Hotel
★ 6.8
Beautiful But Broke
Beautiful But Broke
1944 • as Putnam
★ 6.0
Drums of Fu Manchu
Drums of Fu Manchu
1940 • as Prof. Ezra Howard
★ 6.3
Mission to Moscow
Mission to Moscow
1943 • as American Senator (uncredited)
★ 5.7
The Monster and the Girl
The Monster and the Girl
1941 • as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Jesse James at Bay
Jesse James at Bay
1941 • as Collins (uncredited)
★ 4.8
The Shadow Strikes
The Shadow Strikes
1937 • as Bill Gordan
★ 4.7
The President's Mystery
The President's Mystery
1936 • as Banker (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Too Hot to Handle
Too Hot to Handle
1938 • as Film Developing Laboratory Foreman (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Sunset in Wyoming
Sunset in Wyoming
1941 • as Phipps
★ 7.0
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942 • as Senator (uncredited)
★ 6.4
The Ghost That Walks Alone
The Ghost That Walks Alone
1944 • as Bascomb (uncredited)
★ 4.8
North of Shanghai
North of Shanghai
1939 • as Editor
★ 8.0
Wives Never Know
Wives Never Know
1936 • as Doctor (uncredited)
★ 9.0
Doctors Don't Tell
Doctors Don't Tell
1941
★ 5.2
1-2-3-Go!
1-2-3-Go!
1941 • as Mayor
★ 6.6
Across the Sierras
Across the Sierras
1941 • as Dan Woodworth
★ 4.5
You, the People
You, the People
1940 • as Mr. Sanders
★ 6.2
Glamour for Sale
Glamour for Sale
1940 • as Wilson (uncredited)
★ 5.0
A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember
1942 • as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
★ 6.7
A Man's Game
A Man's Game
1934 • as John T. Bradley
★ 10.0
Man-Made Monster
Man-Made Monster
1941 • as Medical Examiner
★ 6.2
For Me and My Gal
For Me and My Gal
1942 • as Lou (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Fly By Night
Fly By Night
1942 • as Police Dr. Tracy
★ 6.7
Gang Bullets
Gang Bullets
1938 • as Capt. Brown
★ 5.9
Madame Spy
Madame Spy
1942 • as Proprietor Martin
★ 6.5
The Calling of Dan Matthews
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935 • as City Editor Edison (uncredited)
★ 4.7
Wildcat
Wildcat
1942 • as Gus Sloane
★ 5.7
All by Myself
All by Myself
1943 • as Mr. Dilson
★ 8.0
Midnight Taxi
Midnight Taxi
1937 • as Doc Wilson
★ 6.3
Beyond the Sacramento
Beyond the Sacramento
1940 • as Jason Perry
★ 9.0
Millionaires in Prison
Millionaires in Prison
1940 • as Observer at Train Station (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Reno
Reno
1939 • as Mr. Jones - Casino Manager
★ 6.7
The Public Pays
The Public Pays
1936 • as Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)
★ 7.1
Marked Men
Marked Men
1940 • as Dr. James Prentiss Harkness
★ 5.6
Love Is on the Air
Love Is on the Air
1937 • as Meeting Chairman
★ 6.3
They Made Me a Criminal
They Made Me a Criminal
1939 • as Doctor (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Idaho
Idaho
1943 • as Board Member
★ 6.3
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
1936 • as E.G. Ellsworth
★ 7.3
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941 • as Mr. Davis
★ 5.7
Racketeers of the Range
Racketeers of the Range
1939 • as Wiliam J. Benson
★ 6.7
The Secret Seven
The Secret Seven
1940 • as Walter W. Carter
★ 10.0
Flying G-Men
Flying G-Men
1939 • as Dr. Alexander Craig
★ 8.0
She Has What It Takes
She Has What It Takes
1943 • as Chamberlain Jones (as John H. Dilson)
★ 9.0
We're Only Human
We're Only Human
1935 • as Ballistics Expert
★ 7.3
The Great Gildersleeve
The Great Gildersleeve
1942 • as Mayor Appleton
★ 6.3
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936 • as Analyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Gun to Gun
Gun to Gun
1944
★ 8.0
I'll Tell the World
I'll Tell the World
1934 • as Legendre
★ 7.0
Adventures of Red Ryder
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940 • as Hale
★ 6.7
Queen of Broadway
Queen of Broadway
1942 • as Bickel
★ 6.3
Public Deb No. 1
Public Deb No. 1
1940 • as Clerk
★ 4.9
Who Killed Gail Preston?
Who Killed Gail Preston?
1938 • as Mr. Curran
★ 6.5
Naval Academy
Naval Academy
1941 • as John Frazier
★ 9.0
The Leather Pushers
The Leather Pushers
1940
★ 8.0
S.O.S Tidal Wave
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939 • as Appleby
★ 6.8
A Woman is the Judge
A Woman is the Judge
1939 • as Ramsey
★ 7.0
Money to Loan
Money to Loan
1939 • as Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant
★ 7.0
Three of a Kind
Three of a Kind
1936 • as Doc Adams
★ 5.8
Music in My Heart
Music in My Heart
1940 • as City Editor (uncredited)
★ 6.5
And Sudden Death
And Sudden Death
1936 • as Judge
★ 8.0
Father Steps Out
Father Steps Out
1941 • as Tom Oliver
★ 6.5
Cheers of the Crowd
Cheers of the Crowd
1935 • as Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson)
★ 5.8
The Girl Who Came Back
The Girl Who Came Back
1935 • as Henchman Waddy
★ 6.0
Phantom of Chinatown
Phantom of Chinatown
1940 • as Charlie Frasier
★ 6.0
Here I Am a Stranger
Here I Am a Stranger
1939 • as Professor
★ 7.3
Bad Little Angel
Bad Little Angel
1939 • as Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
★ 5.5
Easy Money
Easy Money
1936 • as Lawyer Rusick
★ 4.8
The Lady from Cheyenne
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941 • as Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick
★ 5.7
New York Town
New York Town
1941 • as Doctor (uncredited)
★ 8.5
Fixer Dugan
Fixer Dugan
1939 • as Steve
★ 6.6
Hold That Woman!
Hold That Woman!
1940 • as Bill Lannigan
★ 7.0
The Great Mr. Nobody
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941 • as Pawnbroker
★ 6.0
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Unfinished Rainbows
1941 • as Prof. Jewett
★ 9.0
You Can't Escape Forever
You Can't Escape Forever
1942 • as Pop (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939 • as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
★ 5.7
So's Your Uncle
So's Your Uncle
1943 • as Stevens
★ 6.0
Death from a Distance
Death from a Distance
1935
★ 5.2
Stand Up and Fight
Stand Up and Fight
1939 • as Auctioneer
★ 6.0
Over My Dead Body
Over My Dead Body
1942 • as Editor
★ 8.0
The Country Doctor
The Country Doctor
1936 • as City Editor (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Happiness C.O.D.
Happiness C.O.D.
1935 • as Snyder
★ 7.5
Gallant Sons
Gallant Sons
1940 • as Druggist (uncredited)
★ 7.4
Five Little Peppers at Home
Five Little Peppers at Home
1940 • as Daniels
★ 7.0
Blackwell's Island
Blackwell's Island
1939 • as Finlay (uncredited)
★ 5.5
Trouble in Sundown
Trouble in Sundown
1939 • as Edward Simmons
★ 8.0
Cyclone on Horseback
Cyclone on Horseback
1941 • as Mr. Williams
★ 6.4
The Westerner
The Westerner
1934 • as Senator Lockhart
★ 8.0
The Great Profile
The Great Profile
1940 • as Doctor Perkins
★ 6.8
Two Latins from Manhattan
Two Latins from Manhattan
1941 • as Jerome Kittleman
★ 6.0
Girls Under 21
Girls Under 21
1940 • as Albert Carter, School Principal
★ 4.8
Scandal Sheet
Scandal Sheet
1939 • as Chris Durk
★ 7.0
The Golden Fleecing
The Golden Fleecing
1940 • as Cashier (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Legion of the Lawless
Legion of the Lawless
1940 • as Surveyor Dave Martin (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Hitch Hike To Heaven
Hitch Hike To Heaven
1936 • as Charlie Reed
★ 10.0
Pioneers of the West
Pioneers of the West
1940 • as Morgan
★ 7.0
The Big Premiere
The Big Premiere
1940 • as Theater Owner
★ 6.7
Think It Over
Think It Over
1938
★ 7.3
The Mayor of 44th Street
The Mayor of 44th Street
1942 • as Carter, the General Manager (as John H. Dilson)
★ 5.0
Highway West
Highway West
1941 • as The Judge (uncredited)
★ 6.6
They Meet Again
They Meet Again
1941 • as William Merrill Sr.
★ 7.5
Danger Ahead
Danger Ahead
1940 • as Thomas Hatch
★ 8.0
Stage to Chino
Stage to Chino
1940 • as Jim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
★ 5.9
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A Clean Sweep
1938 • as Bank Manager
★ 10.0
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I'll Fix It
1941 • as Burger, the lawyer
★ 10.0
The Drag Net
The Drag Net
1936 • as Arnold Crane
★ 5.4
Twin Triplets
Twin Triplets
1935 • as J. Benton, City Editor
★ 8.0