Actor

John Dilson

Birthday: February 18, 1891

Born 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.

Movie Credits

The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944) as Bascomb (uncredited)
Age: 52
Beautiful But Broke (1944) as Putnam
Age: 52
Gun to Gun (1944)
Age: 52
Around the World (1943) as Colonel
Age: 52
Happy Land (1943) as Charles Clayton (uncredited)
Age: 52
Princess O'Rourke (1943) as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Age: 52
So's Your Uncle (1943) as Stevens
Age: 52
All by Myself (1943) as Mr. Dilson
Age: 52
The Leopard Man (1943) as Coroner (uncredited)
Age: 52
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943) as Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Age: 52
This Land Is Mine (1943) as Mayor's Secretary
Age: 52
Mission to Moscow (1943) as American Senator (uncredited)
Age: 52
She Has What It Takes (1943) as Chamberlain Jones (as John H. Dilson)
Age: 52
King of the Cowboys (1943) as Bryson
Age: 52
Slightly Dangerous (1943) as 'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)
Age: 52
Idaho (1943) as Board Member
Age: 52
The Great Gildersleeve (1942) as Mayor Appleton
Age: 51
Madame Spy (1942) as Proprietor Martin
Age: 51
A Night to Remember (1942) as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Age: 51
Queen of Broadway (1942) as Bickel
Age: 51
For Me and My Gal (1942) as Lou (uncredited)
Age: 51
The Mayor of 44th Street (1942) as Carter, the General Manager (as John H. Dilson)
Age: 51
You Can't Escape Forever (1942) as Pop (uncredited)
Age: 51
Wildcat (1942) as Gus Sloane
Age: 51
Sabotage Squad (1942) as Guthrie
Age: 51
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) as Senator (uncredited)
Age: 51
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (1942) as Judge Smith
Age: 51
Obliging Young Lady (1942) as Uncle Joe (uncredited)
Age: 51
Fly By Night (1942) as Police Dr. Tracy
Age: 50
Over My Dead Body (1942) as Editor
Age: 50
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (1941) as Henry Weldon
Age: 50
Johnny Eager (1941) as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Age: 50
Unfinished Rainbows (1941) as Prof. Jewett
Age: 50
New York Town (1941) as Doctor (uncredited)
Age: 50
Jesse James at Bay (1941) as Collins (uncredited)
Age: 50
I'll Fix It (1941) as Burger, the lawyer
Age: 50
Two Latins from Manhattan (1941) as Jerome Kittleman
Age: 50
Sergeant York (1941) as Reporter (uncredited)
Age: 50
Doctors Don't Tell (1941)
Age: 50
Manpower (1941) as Jail Clerk (uncredited)
Age: 50
The Deadly Game (1941) as Harkness
Age: 50
Whistling in the Dark (1941) as Hugo in Show (uncredited)
Age: 50
Highway West (1941) as The Judge (uncredited)
Age: 50
Father Steps Out (1941) as Tom Oliver
Age: 50
Sunset in Wyoming (1941) as Phipps
Age: 50
They Meet Again (1941) as William Merrill Sr.
Age: 50
Cyclone on Horseback (1941) as Mr. Williams
Age: 50
Naval Academy (1941) as John Frazier
Age: 50
1-2-3-Go! (1941) as Mayor
Age: 50
The Wagons Roll at Night (1941) as Minister (uncredited)
Age: 50
Citizen Kane (1941) as Ward Heeler (uncredited)
Age: 50
The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) as Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick
Age: 50
Man-Made Monster (1941) as Medical Examiner
Age: 50
The Monster and the Girl (1941) as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
Age: 50
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941) as Mr. Davis
Age: 50
The Great Mr. Nobody (1941) as Pawnbroker
Age: 49
Across the Sierras (1941) as Dan Woodworth
Age: 49
The Face Behind the Mask (1941) as Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)
Age: 49
No, No, Nanette (1940) as Desk Clerk
Age: 49
Thundering Frontier (1940) as Carter Filmore
Age: 49
You, the People (1940) as Mr. Sanders
Age: 49
Phantom of Chinatown (1940) as Charlie Frasier
Age: 49
Girls Under 21 (1940) as Albert Carter, School Principal
Age: 49
Gallant Sons (1940) as Druggist (uncredited)
Age: 49
Beyond the Sacramento (1940) as Jason Perry
Age: 49
Marked Men (1940) as Dr. James Prentiss Harkness
Age: 49
Glamour for Sale (1940) as Wilson (uncredited)
Age: 49
City for Conquest (1940) as Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
Age: 49
King of the Royal Mounted (1940) as Wall
Age: 49
The Leather Pushers (1940)
Age: 49
Public Deb No. 1 (1940) as Clerk
Age: 49
The Great Profile (1940) as Doctor Perkins
Age: 49
The Golden Fleecing (1940) as Cashier (uncredited)
Age: 49
The Secret Seven (1940) as Walter W. Carter
Age: 49
I Love You Again (1940) as Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited)
Age: 49
Stage to Chino (1940) as Jim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
Age: 49
My Love Came Back (1940) as Accountant (uncredited)
Age: 49
Millionaires in Prison (1940) as Observer at Train Station (uncredited)
Age: 49
Private Affairs (1940) as Stock Buyer (uncredited)
Age: 49
Adventures of Red Ryder (1940) as Hale
Age: 49
Hold That Woman! (1940) as Bill Lannigan
Age: 49
Edison, the Man (1940) as Broker
Age: 49
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940) as Police Doctor at Hotel
Age: 49
The Man with Nine Lives (1940) as John Hawthorne
Age: 49
Dark Command (1940) as Town Leader
Age: 49
Drums of Fu Manchu (1940) as Prof. Ezra Howard
Age: 49
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) as Bookseller (uncredited)
Age: 49
Women Without Names (1940) as Sheriff
Age: 49
Pioneers of the West (1940) as Morgan
Age: 49
The Big Premiere (1940) as Theater Owner
Age: 49
Five Little Peppers at Home (1940) as Daniels
Age: 48
Danger Ahead (1940) as Thomas Hatch
Age: 48
Brother Rat and a Baby (1940) as Pawnbroker
Age: 48
Legion of the Lawless (1940) as Surveyor Dave Martin (uncredited)
Age: 48
Music in My Heart (1940) as City Editor (uncredited)
Age: 48
Reno (1939) as Mr. Jones - Casino Manager
Age: 48
Drunk Driving (1939) as Doctor (uncredited)
Age: 48
Bad Little Angel (1939) as Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
Age: 48
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) as Secretary (uncredited)
Age: 48
Scandal Sheet (1939) as Chris Durk
Age: 48
Sabotage (1939) as (uncredited)
Age: 48
A Woman is the Judge (1939) as Ramsey
Age: 48
Here I Am a Stranger (1939) as Professor
Age: 48
Each Dawn I Die (1939) as Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Age: 48
In Name Only (1939) as Head Train Steward (uncredited)
Age: 48
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) as King - City Editor (uncredited)
Age: 48
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939) as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
Age: 48
S.O.S Tidal Wave (1939) as Appleby
Age: 48
Racketeers of the Range (1939) as Wiliam J. Benson
Age: 48
It's a Wonderful World (1939) as Doctor (uncredited)
Age: 48
Ex-Champ (1939) as Lawton
Age: 48
Fixer Dugan (1939) as Steve
Age: 48
Weather Wizards (1939) as California Meteorologist
Age: 48
Trouble in Sundown (1939) as Edward Simmons
Age: 48
Money to Loan (1939) as Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant
Age: 48
Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939) as Deputy Coroner (uncredited)
Age: 48
Flying G-Men (1939) as Dr. Alexander Craig
Age: 47
North of Shanghai (1939) as Editor
Age: 47
Blackwell's Island (1939) as Finlay (uncredited)
Age: 47
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) as Doctor (uncredited)
Age: 47
Stand Up and Fight (1939) as Auctioneer
Age: 47
Kentucky (1938) as Man at Race Track
Age: 47
A Clean Sweep (1938) as Bank Manager
Age: 47
Gang Bullets (1938) as Capt. Brown
Age: 47
Tarnished Angel (1938) as Mr. Greer
Age: 47
Too Hot to Handle (1938) as Film Developing Laboratory Foreman (uncredited)
Age: 47
The Chaser (1938) as Process Server
Age: 47
Think It Over (1938)
Age: 47
Racket Busters (1938) as Mr. Robbins (uncredited)
Age: 47
Women in Prison (1938) as Henry Russell
Age: 47
Who Killed Gail Preston? (1938) as Mr. Curran
Age: 47
Borrowing Trouble (1937) as Clark
Age: 46
The Shadow Strikes (1937) as Bill Gordan
Age: 46
Love Is on the Air (1937) as Meeting Chairman
Age: 46
Easy Living (1937) as Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)
Age: 46
Midnight Taxi (1937) as Doc Wilson
Age: 46
Love Is News (1937) as Clerk (uncredited)
Age: 46
Dick Tracy (1937) as Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]
Age: 46
Great Guy (1936) as City Editor (Uncredited)
Age: 45
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936) as E.G. Ellsworth
Age: 45
The Public Pays (1936) as Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)
Age: 45
The President's Mystery (1936) as Banker (uncredited)
Age: 45
Wives Never Know (1936) as Doctor (uncredited)
Age: 45
And Sudden Death (1936) as Judge
Age: 45
Easy Money (1936) as Lawyer Rusick
Age: 45
Three of a Kind (1936) as Doc Adams
Age: 45
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936) as Analyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited)
Age: 45
The Drag-Net (1936) as Arnold Crane
Age: 45
The Country Doctor (1936) as City Editor (uncredited)
Age: 45
Hitch Hike To Heaven (1936) as Charlie Reed
Age: 45
We're Only Human (1935) as Ballistics Expert
Age: 44
The Calling of Dan Matthews (1935) as City Editor Edison (uncredited)
Age: 44
Happiness C.O.D. (1935) as Snyder
Age: 44
Twin Triplets (1935) as J. Benton, City Editor
Age: 44
The Girl Who Came Back (1935) as Henchman Waddy
Age: 44
Special Agent (1935) as Gus (uncredited)
Age: 44
Cheers of the Crowd (1935) as Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson)
Age: 44
Every Night at Eight (1935) as Huxley
Age: 44
Woman Wanted (1935) as Juror Talking to Mike (uncredited)
Age: 44
Death from a Distance (1935)
Age: 44
The Westerner (1934) as Senator Lockhart
Age: 43
A Man's Game (1934) as John T. Bradley
Age: 43
I'll Tell the World (1934) as Legendre
Age: 43