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