Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

162

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-02-18

Deathday

1944-06-01 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also Known As

John H. Dilson

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

8.0%

Citizen Kane

Apr 17, 1941

7.9%

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Oct 19, 1939

7.8%

The Grapes of Wrath

Mar 15, 1940

7.2%

Sergeant York

Sep 27, 1941

6.5%

The Leopard Man

May 19, 1943

7.1%

This Land Is Mine

May 7, 1943

7.0%

Easy Living

Jul 16, 1937

7.0%

In Name Only

Aug 18, 1939

6.8%

Each Dawn I Die

Aug 19, 1939

6.3%

Dark Command

Apr 15, 1940

7.2%

I Love You Again

Aug 9, 1940

6.4%

For Me and My Gal

Oct 21, 1942

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Acting

1944		The Ghost That Walks Alone as Bascomb (uncredited)
1944		Beautiful But Broke as Putnam
1944		Gun to Gun

1943		Around the World as Colonel
1943		Happy Land as Charles Clayton (uncredited)
1943		Princess O'Rourke as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1943		So's Your Uncle as Stevens
1943		All by Myself as Mr. Dilson
1943		The Leopard Man as Coroner (uncredited)
1943		Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited)
1943		This Land Is Mine as Mayor's Secretary
1943		Mission to Moscow as American Senator (uncredited)
1943		She Has What It Takes as Chamberlain Jones (as John H. Dilson)
1943		King of the Cowboys as Bryson
1943		Slightly Dangerous as 'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)
1943		Idaho as Board Member

1942		The Great Gildersleeve as Mayor Appleton
1942		Madame Spy as Proprietor Martin
1942		A Night to Remember as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
1942		Queen of Broadway as Bickel
1942		For Me and My Gal as Lou (uncredited)
1942		The Mayor of 44th Street as Carter, the General Manager (as John H. Dilson)
1942		You Can't Escape Forever as Pop (uncredited)
1942		Wildcat as Gus Sloane
1942		Sabotage Squad as Guthrie
1942		Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Senator (uncredited)
1942		Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! as Judge Smith
1942		Obliging Young Lady as Uncle Joe (uncredited)
1942		Fly By Night as Police Dr. Tracy
1942		Over My Dead Body as Editor

1941		Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. as Henry Weldon
1941		Johnny Eager as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
1941		Unfinished Rainbows as Prof. Jewett
1941		New York Town as Doctor (uncredited)
1941		Jesse James at Bay as Collins (uncredited)
1941		I'll Fix It as Burger, the lawyer
1941		Two Latins from Manhattan as Jerome Kittleman
1941		Sergeant York as Reporter (uncredited)
1941		Doctors Don't Tell
1941		Manpower as Jail Clerk (uncredited)
1941		Whistling in the Dark as Hugo in Show (uncredited)
1941		The Deadly Game as Harkness
1941		Highway West as The Judge (uncredited)
1941		Father Steps Out as Tom Oliver
1941		Sunset in Wyoming as Phipps
1941		They Meet Again as William Merrill Sr.
1941		Cyclone on Horseback as Mr. Williams
1941		Naval Academy as John Frazier
1941		1-2-3-Go! as Mayor
1941		The Wagons Roll at Night as Minister (uncredited)
1941		Citizen Kane as Ward Heeler (uncredited)
1941		The Lady from Cheyenne as Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick
1941		Man-Made Monster as Medical Examiner
1941		The Monster and the Girl as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
1941		Andy Hardy's Private Secretary as Mr. Davis
1941		The Great Mr. Nobody as Pawnbroker
1941		Across the Sierras as Dan Woodworth
1941		The Face Behind the Mask as Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)

1940		No, No, Nanette as Desk Clerk
1940		Thundering Frontier as Carter Filmore
1940		You, the People as Mr. Sanders
1940		Phantom of Chinatown as Charlie Frasier
1940		Gallant Sons as Druggist (uncredited)
1940		Girls Under 21 as Albert Carter, School Principal
1940		Beyond the Sacramento as Jason Perry
1940		Marked Men as Dr. James Prentiss Harkness
1940		Glamour for Sale as Wilson (uncredited)
1940		City for Conquest as Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
1940		King of the Royal Mounted as Wall
1940		Public Deb No. 1 as Clerk
1940		The Leather Pushers
1940		The Great Profile as Doctor Perkins
1940		The Golden Fleecing as Cashier (uncredited)
1940		The Secret Seven as Walter W. Carter
1940		I Love You Again as Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited)
1940		Stage to Chino as Jim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
1940		My Love Came Back as Accountant (uncredited)
1940		Millionaires in Prison as Observer at Train Station (uncredited)
1940		Private Affairs as Stock Buyer (uncredited)
1940		Adventures of Red Ryder as Hale
1940		Hold That Woman! as Bill Lannigan
1940		Edison, the Man as Broker
1940		Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise as Police Doctor at Hotel
1940		The Man with Nine Lives as John Hawthorne
1940		Dark Command as Town Leader
1940		The Grapes of Wrath as Bookseller
1940		Drums of Fu Manchu as Prof. Ezra Howard
1940		Women Without Names as Sheriff
1940		Pioneers of the West as Morgan
1940		The Big Premiere as Theater Owner
1940		Five Little Peppers at Home as Daniels
1940		Danger Ahead as Thomas Hatch
1940		Brother Rat and a Baby as Pawnbroker
1940		Legion of the Lawless as Surveyor Dave Martin (uncredited)
1940		Music in My Heart as City Editor (uncredited)

1939		Reno as Mr. Jones - Casino Manager
1939		Drunk Driving as Doctor (uncredited)
1939		Bad Little Angel as Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
1939		Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Secretary (uncredited)
1939		Scandal Sheet as Chris Durk
1939		Sabotage as (uncredited)
1939		A Woman is the Judge as Ramsey
1939		Here I Am a Stranger as Professor
1939		Each Dawn I Die as Parole Board Member (uncredited)
1939		In Name Only as Head Train Steward (uncredited)
1939		The Man They Could Not Hang as King - City Editor (uncredited)
1939		Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
1939		S.O.S Tidal Wave as Appleby
1939		Racketeers of the Range as Wiliam J. Benson
1939		It's a Wonderful World as Doctor (uncredited)
1939		Ex-Champ as Lawton
1939		Fixer Dugan as Steve
1939		Weather Wizards as California Meteorologist
1939		Trouble in Sundown as Edward Simmons
1939		Money to Loan as Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant
1939		Nancy Drew... Reporter as Deputy Coroner (uncredited)
1939		Flying G-Men as Dr. Alexander Craig
1939		Blackwell's Island as Finlay (uncredited)
1939		North of Shanghai as Editor
1939		They Made Me a Criminal as Doctor (uncredited)
1939		Stand Up and Fight as Auctioneer

1938		Kentucky as Man at Race Track
1938		A Clean Sweep as Bank Manager
1938		Gang Bullets as Capt. Brown
1938		Tarnished Angel as Mr. Greer
1938		The Chaser as Process Server
1938		Think It Over
1938		Racket Busters as Mr. Robbins (uncredited)
1938		Women in Prison as Henry Russell
1938		Who Killed Gail Preston? as Mr. Curran

1937		Borrowing Trouble as Clark
1937		The Shadow Strikes as Bill Gordan
1937		Love Is on the Air as Meeting Chairman
1937		Easy Living as Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)
1937		Midnight Taxi as Doc Wilson
1937		Love Is News as Clerk (uncredited)
1937		Dick Tracy as Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]

1936		Great Guy as City Editor (Uncredited)
1936		Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island as E.G. Ellsworth
1936		The Public Pays as Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)
1936		The President's Mystery as Banker (uncredited)
1936		Wives Never Know as Doctor (uncredited)
1936		And Sudden Death as Judge
1936		Easy Money as Lawyer Rusick
1936		Three of a Kind as Doc Adams
1936		The Ex-Mrs. Bradford as Analyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited)
1936		The Drag-Net as Arnold Crane
1936		The Country Doctor as City Editor (uncredited)
1936		Hitch Hike To Heaven as Charlie Reed

1935		We're Only Human as Ballistics Expert
1935		The Calling of Dan Matthews as City Editor Edison (uncredited)
1935		Happiness C.O.D. as Snyder
1935		Twin Triplets as J. Benton, City Editor
1935		The Girl Who Came Back as Henchman Waddy
1935		Special Agent as Gus (uncredited)
1935		Cheers of the Crowd as Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson)
1935		Woman Wanted as Juror Talking to Mike (uncredited)
1935		Every Night at Eight as Huxley
1935		Death from a Distance

1934		The Westerner as Senator Lockhart
1934		A Man's Game as John T. Bradley
1934		I'll Tell the World as Legendre