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John Dilson

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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedFeb 18, 1891 (Died at 53)
Zodiac Sign♒Aquarius
Place of BirthBrooklyn, New York, USA
Career Span1934 – 1944
Known Credits160 Titles
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ActingPopularity Score 0.7

John Dilson

Also known as:John H. Dilson
Total Works

160

160 movies • 0 shows

Avg Rating

6.5 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Citizen Kane
8.0
Citizen Kane
1941•movie
as Ward Heeler (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
7.8
as Secretary (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
7.8
as Bookseller (uncredited)
Sergeant York
7.2
Sergeant York
1941•movie
as Reporter (uncredited)

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 160 titles featuring John Dilson

Citizen Kane
8.0
Citizen Kane
1941•movie

as Ward Heeler (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
7.8

as Secretary (uncredited)

The Grapes of Wrath
7.8

as Bookseller (uncredited)

Sergeant York
7.2
Sergeant York
1941•movie

as Reporter (uncredited)

The Leopard Man
6.5
The Leopard Man
1943•movie

as Coroner (uncredited)

This Land Is Mine
7.1
This Land Is Mine
1943•movie

as Mayor's Secretary

Easy Living
7.2
Easy Living
1937•movie

as Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)

Each Dawn I Die
6.9
Each Dawn I Die
1939•movie

as Parole Board Member (uncredited)

In Name Only
7.0
In Name Only
1939•movie

as Head Train Steward (uncredited)

Dark Command
6.4
Dark Command
1940•movie

as Town Leader

I Love You Again
7.2
I Love You Again
1940•movie

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

For Me and My Gal
6.5
For Me and My Gal
1942•movie

as Lou (uncredited)

Johnny Eager
6.2
Johnny Eager
1941•movie

as Pawnbroker (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful World
6.5

as Doctor (uncredited)

The Man They Could Not Hang
6.6

as King - City Editor (uncredited)

The Face Behind the Mask
6.5

as Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)

Man-Made Monster
6.1
Man-Made Monster
1941•movie

as Medical Examiner

They Made Me a Criminal
6.3

as Doctor (uncredited)

City for Conquest
6.9
City for Conquest
1940•movie

as Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)

The Monster and the Girl
5.7

as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
6.2

as Analyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited)

Nancy Drew... Reporter
6.0

as Deputy Coroner (uncredited)

Edison, the Man
6.8
Edison, the Man
1940•movie

as Broker

The Man with Nine Lives
6.3

as John Hawthorne

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
6.8

as Police Doctor at Hotel

The Shadow Strikes
4.7
The Shadow Strikes
1937•movie

as Bill Gordan

Great Guy
6.3
Great Guy
1936•movie

as City Editor (Uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle
6.1
Too Hot to Handle
1938•movie

as Film Developing Laboratory Foreman (uncredited)

Mission to Moscow
5.7
Mission to Moscow
1943•movie

as American Senator (uncredited)

Princess O'Rourke
6.5
Princess O'Rourke
1943•movie

as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Manpower
6.5
Manpower
1941•movie

as Jail Clerk (uncredited)

The Wagons Roll at Night
6.5

as Minister (uncredited)

Phantom of Chinatown
6.0

as Charlie Frasier

A Night to Remember
6.7

as Medical Examiner (uncredited)

Racket Busters
5.6
Racket Busters
1938•movie

as Mr. Robbins (uncredited)

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
5.7

as Mr. Davis (uncredited)

Whistling in the Dark
5.9

as Hugo in Show (uncredited)

Special Agent
6.2
Special Agent
1935•movie

as Gus (uncredited)

Kentucky
6.1
Kentucky
1938•movie

as Man at Race Track

Music in My Heart
6.5
Music in My Heart
1940•movie

as City Editor (uncredited)

Love Is News
6.3
Love Is News
1937•movie

as Clerk (uncredited)

The Public Pays
7.0
The Public Pays
1936•movie

as Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)

Dick Tracy
5.2
Dick Tracy
1937•movie

as Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]

Gang Bullets
5.9
Gang Bullets
1938•movie

as Capt. Brown

Jesse James at Bay
4.8
Jesse James at Bay
1941•movie

as Collins (uncredited)

Drunk Driving
5.8
Drunk Driving
1939•movie

as Doctor (uncredited)

Doctors Don't Tell
5.2
Doctors Don't Tell
1941•movie
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
5.7

as Mr. Davis

The President's Mystery
5.8

as Banker (uncredited)

Three of a Kind
5.8
Three of a Kind
1936•movie

as Doc Adams

Woman Wanted
6.8
Woman Wanted
1935•movie

as Juror Talking to Mike (uncredited)

Blackwell's Island
5.5
Blackwell's Island
1939•movie

as Finlay (uncredited)

My Love Came Back
4.9
My Love Came Back
1940•movie

as Accountant (uncredited)

Ten Gentlemen from West Point
6.4

as Senator (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous
6.0
Slightly Dangerous
1943•movie

as 'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)

Marked Men
5.6
Marked Men
1940•movie

as Dr. James Prentiss Harkness

The Drag Net
5.4
The Drag Net
1936•movie

as Arnold Crane

Gallant Sons
7.4
Gallant Sons
1940•movie

as Druggist (uncredited)

The Golden Fleecing
5.9

as Cashier (uncredited)

Millionaires in Prison
6.1

as Observer at Train Station (uncredited)

King of the Cowboys
6.0

as Bryson

Tarnished Angel
5.3
Tarnished Angel
1938•movie

as Mr. Greer

You, the People
6.2
You, the People
1940•movie

as Mr. Sanders

Drums of Fu Manchu
6.2
Drums of Fu Manchu
1940•movie

as Prof. Ezra Howard

Legion of the Lawless
6.2

as Surveyor Dave Martin (uncredited)

Easy Money
4.8
Easy Money
1936•movie

as Lawyer Rusick

The Great Gildersleeve
6.2

as Mayor Appleton

You Can't Escape Forever
6.0

as Pop (uncredited)

Fly By Night
6.7
Fly By Night
1942•movie

as Police Dr. Tracy

Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
7.3

as E.G. Ellsworth

Racketeers of the Range
6.7

as Wiliam J. Benson

The Girl Who Came Back
6.0

as Henchman Waddy

Stand Up and Fight
6.0
Stand Up and Fight
1939•movie

as Auctioneer

Cheers of the Crowd
5.8

as Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson)

Stage to Chino
5.9
Stage to Chino
1940•movie

as Jim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited)

Bad Little Angel
5.5
Bad Little Angel
1939•movie

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

Fixer Dugan
6.5
Fixer Dugan
1939•movie

as Steve

Five Little Peppers at Home
7.0

as Daniels

Money to Loan
6.8
Money to Loan
1939•movie

as Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant

The Lady from Cheyenne
5.7

as Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick

No, No, Nanette
6.2
No, No, Nanette
1940•movie

as Desk Clerk

Women Without Names
4.7

as Sheriff

The Mayor of 44th Street
5.0

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

Sabotage
6.6
Sabotage
1939•movie

as (uncredited)

The Great Mr. Nobody
6.0

as Pawnbroker

Public Deb No. 1
4.9
Public Deb No. 1
1940•movie

as Clerk

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
6.0

as Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited)

Glamour for Sale
5.0
Glamour for Sale
1940•movie

as Wilson (uncredited)

Highway West
6.6
Highway West
1941•movie

as The Judge (uncredited)

1-2-3-Go!
6.6
1-2-3-Go!
1941•movie

as Mayor

Death from a Distance
5.2
Think It Over
7.2
Think It Over
1938•movie
Girls Under 21
4.8
Girls Under 21
1940•movie

as Albert Carter, School Principal

Every Night at Eight
7.0

as Huxley

Midnight Taxi
6.2
Midnight Taxi
1937•movie

as Doc Wilson

We're Only Human
6.5
We're Only Human
1935•movie

as Ballistics Expert

Love Is on the Air
6.2
Love Is on the Air
1937•movie

as Meeting Chairman

The Ghost That Walks Alone
4.8

as Bascomb (uncredited)

The Country Doctor
6.5
The Country Doctor
1936•movie

as City Editor (uncredited)

Brother Rat and a Baby
6.1

as Pawnbroker

Happy Land
7.1
Happy Land
1943•movie

as Charles Clayton (uncredited)

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
6.8

as Henry Weldon

The Great Profile
6.8
The Great Profile
1940•movie

as Doctor Perkins

Weather Wizards
7.0
Weather Wizards
1939•movie

as California Meteorologist

Cyclone on Horseback
6.4

as Mr. Williams

Idaho
6.2
Idaho
1943•movie

as Board Member

S.O.S Tidal Wave
6.8
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939•movie

as Appleby

Around the World
6.8
Around the World
1943•movie

as Colonel

Adventures of Red Ryder
6.7

as Hale

Wildcat
5.7
Wildcat
1942•movie

as Gus Sloane

Reno
6.7
Reno
1939•movie

as Mr. Jones - Casino Manager

The Big Premiere
6.7
The Big Premiere
1940•movie

as Theater Owner

Here I Am a Stranger
7.3

as Professor

Across the Sierras
4.5
Across the Sierras
1941•movie

as Dan Woodworth

Queen of Broadway
6.3
Queen of Broadway
1942•movie

as Bickel

Obliging Young Lady
6.0

as Uncle Joe (uncredited)

Beautiful But Broke
6.0

as Putnam

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
5.3

as Judge Smith

Ex-Champ
7.3
Ex-Champ
1939•movie

as Lawton

The Calling of Dan Matthews
4.7

as City Editor Edison (uncredited)

Two Latins from Manhattan
6.0

as Jerome Kittleman

Flying G-Men
8.0
Flying G-Men
1939•movie

as Dr. Alexander Craig

They Meet Again
7.5
They Meet Again
1941•movie

as William Merrill Sr.

Women in Prison
8.0
Women in Prison
1938•movie

as Henry Russell

Who Killed Gail Preston?
6.5

as Mr. Curran

Happiness C.O.D.
7.5
Happiness C.O.D.
1935•movie

as Snyder

King of the Royal Mounted
7.5

as Wall

Father Steps Out
6.5
Father Steps Out
1941•movie

as Tom Oliver

Madame Spy
6.5
Madame Spy
1942•movie

as Proprietor Martin

Hold That Woman!
7.0
Hold That Woman!
1940•movie

as Bill Lannigan

The Deadly Game
7.0
The Deadly Game
1941•movie

as Harkness

Sabotage Squad
7.5
Sabotage Squad
1942•movie

as Guthrie

New York Town
8.5
New York Town
1941•movie

as Doctor (uncredited)

Borrowing Trouble
7.0
Borrowing Trouble
1937•movie

as Clark

So's Your Uncle
6.0
So's Your Uncle
1943•movie

as Stevens

The Chaser
8.0
The Chaser
1938•movie

as Process Server

The Secret Seven
10.0
The Secret Seven
1940•movie

as Walter W. Carter

North of Shanghai
8.0
North of Shanghai
1939•movie

as Editor

Gun to Gun
8.0
Gun to Gun
1944•movie
Scandal Sheet
7.0
Scandal Sheet
1939•movie

as Chris Durk

A Man's Game
10.0
A Man's Game
1934•movie

as John T. Bradley

Pioneers of the West
7.0

as Morgan

The Leather Pushers
8.0
Twin Triplets
8.0
Twin Triplets
1935•movie

as J. Benton, City Editor

I'll Tell the World
7.0

as Legendre

Danger Ahead
8.0
Danger Ahead
1940•movie

as Thomas Hatch

Thundering Frontier
10.0

as Carter Filmore

Sunset in Wyoming
7.0
Sunset in Wyoming
1941•movie

as Phipps

Trouble in Sundown
8.0
Trouble in Sundown
1939•movie

as Edward Simmons

All by Myself
8.0
All by Myself
1943•movie

as Mr. Dilson

Beyond the Sacramento
9.0

as Jason Perry

And Sudden Death
8.0
And Sudden Death
1936•movie

as Judge

Hitch Hike To Heaven
10.0

as Charlie Reed

Over My Dead Body
8.0
Over My Dead Body
1942•movie

as Editor

A Woman is the Judge
7.0

as Ramsey

Naval Academy
9.0
Naval Academy
1941•movie

as John Frazier

Private Affairs
7.0
Private Affairs
1940•movie

as Stock Buyer (uncredited)

She Has What It Takes
9.0

as Chamberlain Jones (as John H. Dilson)

The Westerner
8.0
The Westerner
1934•movie

as Senator Lockhart

Wives Never Know
9.0
Wives Never Know
1936•movie

as Doctor (uncredited)