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