John Dilson

Feb 18, 1891 - Jun 01, 1944 (53 years old) in Brooklyn, New York, USA

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

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Citizen Kane

Ward Heeler (uncredited)

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The Grapes of Wrath

Bookseller

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Secretary (uncredited)

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Nancy Drew... Reporter

Deputy Coroner (uncredited)

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In Name Only

Head Train Steward (uncredited)

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Sergeant York

Reporter (uncredited)

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Slightly Dangerous

'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)

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Dick Tracy

Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]

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They Made Me a Criminal

Doctor (uncredited)

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Each Dawn I Die

Parole Board Member (uncredited)

Credits

The Ghost That Walks Alone 1944

Bascomb (uncredited)

★ 3.7
Beautiful But Broke 1944

Putnam

★ 5
Gun to Gun 1944

★ NR
Around the World 1943

Colonel

★ 5
Happy Land 1943

Charles Clayton (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Princess O'Rourke 1943

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

★ 6.4
So's Your Uncle 1943

Stevens

★ 5
All by Myself 1943

Mr. Dilson

★ NR
The Leopard Man 1943

Coroner (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case 1943

Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited)

★ 5.5
This Land Is Mine 1943

Mayor's Secretary

★ 7.1
Mission to Moscow 1943

American Senator (uncredited)

★ 5.3
She Has What It Takes 1943

Chamberlain Jones (as John H. Dilson)

★ NR
King of the Cowboys 1943

Bryson

★ 5.5
Slightly Dangerous 1943

'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Idaho 1943

Board Member

★ 5.7
The Great Gildersleeve 1942

Mayor Appleton

★ 5.9
Madame Spy 1942

Proprietor Martin

★ 6
A Night to Remember 1942

Medical Examiner (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Queen of Broadway 1942

Bickel

★ 5
For Me and My Gal 1942

Lou (uncredited)

★ 6.4
The Mayor of 44th Street 1942

Carter, the General Manager (as John H. Dilson)

★ 4.3
You Can't Escape Forever 1942

Pop (uncredited)

★ 5.4
Wildcat 1942

Gus Sloane

★ 3.5
Sabotage Squad 1942

Guthrie

★ 6
Ten Gentlemen from West Point 1942

Senator (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! 1942

Judge Smith

★ 3.5
Obliging Young Lady 1942

Uncle Joe (uncredited)

★ 5
Fly By Night 1942

Police Dr. Tracy

★ 6.4
Over My Dead Body 1942

Editor

★ NR
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. 1941

Henry Weldon

★ 5.7
Johnny Eager 1941

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Unfinished Rainbows 1941

Prof. Jewett

★ NR
New York Town 1941

Doctor (uncredited)

★ 10
Jesse James at Bay 1941

Collins (uncredited)

★ 4.5
I'll Fix It 1941

Burger, the lawyer

★ NR
Two Latins from Manhattan 1941

Jerome Kittleman

★ 5
Sergeant York 1941

Reporter (uncredited)

★ 7.2
Doctors Don't Tell 1941

★ 4.9
Manpower 1941

Jail Clerk (uncredited)

★ 6.7
The Deadly Game 1941

Harkness

★ 6
Whistling in the Dark 1941

Hugo in Show (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Highway West 1941

The Judge (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Father Steps Out 1941

Tom Oliver

★ 3
Sunset in Wyoming 1941

Phipps

★ NR
They Meet Again 1941

William Merrill Sr.

★ 5
Cyclone on Horseback 1941

Mr. Williams

★ 5.8
Naval Academy 1941

John Frazier

★ NR
1-2-3-Go! 1941

Mayor

★ 6.7
The Wagons Roll at Night 1941

Minister (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Citizen Kane 1941

Ward Heeler (uncredited)

★ 8
The Lady from Cheyenne 1941

Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick

★ 5.2
Man-Made Monster 1941

Medical Examiner

★ 6.1
The Monster and the Girl 1941

Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary 1941

Mr. Davis

★ 5.4
The Great Mr. Nobody 1941

Pawnbroker

★ 5.3
Across the Sierras 1941

Dan Woodworth

★ 2.2
The Face Behind the Mask 1941

Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)

★ 6.5
No, No, Nanette 1940

Desk Clerk

★ 6
Thundering Frontier 1940

Carter Filmore

★ NR
You, the People 1940

Mr. Sanders

★ 5.8
Phantom of Chinatown 1940

Charlie Frasier

★ 5.7
Girls Under 21 1940

Albert Carter, School Principal

★ 4.5
Gallant Sons 1940

Druggist (uncredited)

★ 7.2
Beyond the Sacramento 1940

Jason Perry

★ NR
Marked Men 1940

Dr. James Prentiss Harkness

★ 5
Glamour for Sale 1940

Wilson (uncredited)

★ 4
City for Conquest 1940

Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)

★ 6.8
King of the Royal Mounted 1940

Wall

★ 6
The Leather Pushers 1940

★ NR
Public Deb No. 1 1940

Clerk

★ 4.2
The Great Profile 1940

Doctor Perkins

★ 6.3
The Golden Fleecing 1940

Cashier (uncredited)

★ 5.3
The Secret Seven 1940

Walter W. Carter

★ NR
I Love You Again 1940

Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited)

★ 7.2
Stage to Chino 1940

Jim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited)

★ 4.8
My Love Came Back 1940

Accountant (uncredited)

★ 5.2
Millionaires in Prison 1940

Observer at Train Station (uncredited)

★ 6
Private Affairs 1940

Stock Buyer (uncredited)

★ NR
Adventures of Red Ryder 1940

Hale

★ 5.5
Hold That Woman! 1940

Bill Lannigan

★ 5
Edison, the Man 1940

Broker

★ 6.6
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise 1940

Police Doctor at Hotel

★ 6.7
The Man with Nine Lives 1940

John Hawthorne

★ 6.2
Dark Command 1940

Town Leader

★ 6.3
Drums of Fu Manchu 1940

Prof. Ezra Howard

★ 6.1
The Grapes of Wrath 1940

Bookseller

★ 7.8
Women Without Names 1940

Sheriff

★ 4.8
Pioneers of the West 1940

Morgan

★ NR
The Big Premiere 1940

Theater Owner

★ 6
Five Little Peppers at Home 1940

Daniels

★ 6.3
Danger Ahead 1940

Thomas Hatch

★ NR
Brother Rat and a Baby 1940

Pawnbroker

★ 5.2
Legion of the Lawless 1940

Surveyor Dave Martin (uncredited)

★ 5.2
Music in My Heart 1940

City Editor (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Reno 1939

Mr. Jones - Casino Manager

★ 6
Drunk Driving 1939

Doctor (uncredited)

★ 5.4
Bad Little Angel 1939

Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)

★ 4.9
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939

Secretary (uncredited)

★ 7.9
Scandal Sheet 1939

Chris Durk

★ NR
Sabotage 1939

(uncredited)

★ 7
A Woman is the Judge 1939

Ramsey

★ NR
Here I Am a Stranger 1939

Professor

★ 7
Each Dawn I Die 1939

Parole Board Member (uncredited)

★ 6.8
In Name Only 1939

Head Train Steward (uncredited)

★ 7
The Man They Could Not Hang 1939

King - City Editor (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever 1939

Mr. Davis (uncredited)

★ 5.7
S.O.S Tidal Wave 1939

Appleby

★ 5.7
Racketeers of the Range 1939

Wiliam J. Benson

★ 6.2
It's a Wonderful World 1939

Doctor (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Ex-Champ 1939

Lawton

★ 6
Fixer Dugan 1939

Steve

★ 6.5
Weather Wizards 1939

California Meteorologist

★ 6
Trouble in Sundown 1939

Edward Simmons

★ NR
Money to Loan 1939

Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant

★ 6.7
Nancy Drew... Reporter 1939

Deputy Coroner (uncredited)

★ 6
Flying G-Men 1939

Dr. Alexander Craig

★ 6
North of Shanghai 1939

Editor

★ NR
Blackwell's Island 1939

Finlay (uncredited)

★ 5
They Made Me a Criminal 1939

Doctor (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Stand Up and Fight 1939

Auctioneer

★ 5.8
Kentucky 1938

Man at Race Track

★ 5.8
A Clean Sweep 1938

Bank Manager

★ NR
Gang Bullets 1938

Capt. Brown

★ 5.7
Tarnished Angel 1938

Mr. Greer

★ 5.3
The Chaser 1938

Process Server

★ 6
Think It Over 1938

★ 6.3
Racket Busters 1938

Mr. Robbins (uncredited)

★ 5.1
Women in Prison 1938

Henry Russell

★ 6
Who Killed Gail Preston? 1938

Mr. Curran

★ 6
Borrowing Trouble 1937

Clark

★ 6
The Shadow Strikes 1937

Bill Gordan

★ 4.4
Love Is on the Air 1937

Meeting Chairman

★ 5
Easy Living 1937

Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)

★ 7
Midnight Taxi 1937

Doc Wilson

★ 5
Love Is News 1937

Clerk (uncredited)

★ 6
Dick Tracy 1937

Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]

★ 4.6
Great Guy 1936

City Editor (Uncredited)

★ 6.2
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island 1936

E.G. Ellsworth

★ 7.4
The Public Pays 1936

Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)

★ 7.1
The President's Mystery 1936

Banker (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Wives Never Know 1936

Doctor (uncredited)

★ NR
And Sudden Death 1936

Judge

★ NR
Easy Money 1936

Lawyer Rusick

★ 4.4
Three of a Kind 1936

Doc Adams

★ 5.2
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford 1936

Analyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Drag-Net 1936

Arnold Crane

★ 4.7
The Country Doctor 1936

City Editor (uncredited)

★ 6
Hitch Hike To Heaven 1936

Charlie Reed

★ NR
We're Only Human 1935

Ballistics Expert

★ 6.5
The Calling of Dan Matthews 1935

City Editor Edison (uncredited)

★ 3
Happiness C.O.D. 1935

Snyder

★ 6
Twin Triplets 1935

J. Benton, City Editor

★ NR
The Girl Who Came Back 1935

Henchman Waddy

★ 5.7
Special Agent 1935

Gus (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Cheers of the Crowd 1935

Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson)

★ 5.5
Every Night at Eight 1935

Huxley

★ 7.5
Woman Wanted 1935

Juror Talking to Mike (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Death from a Distance 1935

★ 4.8
The Westerner 1934

Senator Lockhart

★ NR
A Man's Game 1934

John T. Bradley

★ NR
I'll Tell the World 1934

Legendre

★ NR