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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

0.3

movie

Known For

Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

1941

as Ward Heeler (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)
Sergeant York

Sergeant York

1941

as Reporter (uncredited)
The Leopard Man

The Leopard Man

1943

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