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