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John Dilson

John Dilson

John Dilson (February 18, 1891 – June 1, 1944) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1934 and 1944.

Casted
  • Citizen Kane

    Played Ward Heeler (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    8.0
    5828 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 17, 1941
    86 years ago
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    Played Secretary (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.8
    1135 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 19, 1939
    87 years ago
  • The Grapes of Wrath

    Played Bookseller (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.8
    1056 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 15, 1940
    87 years ago
  • Sergeant York

    Played Reporter (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.2
    224 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 27, 1941
    85 years ago
  • The Leopard Man

    Played Coroner (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.5
    123 votes
    Release Date
    May 19, 1943
    84 years ago
  • This Land Is Mine

    Played Mayor's Secretary

    Average Rating
    7.2
    67 votes
    Release Date
    May 07, 1943
    84 years ago
  • Easy Living

    Played Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.0
    61 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 16, 1937
    90 years ago
  • In Name Only

    Played Head Train Steward (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.0
    60 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 18, 1939
    87 years ago
  • Each Dawn I Die

    Played Parole Board Member (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.8
    59 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 19, 1939
    87 years ago
  • Dark Command

    Played Town Leader

    Average Rating
    6.3
    57 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 15, 1940
    87 years ago
  • I Love You Again

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

    Average Rating
    7.2
    54 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 09, 1940
    86 years ago
  • For Me and My Gal

    Played Lou (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.4
    51 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 21, 1942
    84 years ago
  • Johnny Eager

    Played Pawnbroker (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.1
    46 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 09, 1941
    85 years ago
  • The Man They Could Not Hang

    Played King - City Editor (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.6
    46 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 17, 1939
    87 years ago
  • The Face Behind the Mask

    Played Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.5
    45 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 16, 1941
    86 years ago
  • It's a Wonderful World

    Played Doctor (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.3
    44 votes
    Release Date
    May 19, 1939
    88 years ago
  • Man-Made Monster

    Played Medical Examiner

    Average Rating
    6.1
    40 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 28, 1941
    86 years ago
  • They Made Me a Criminal

    Played Doctor (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.1
    37 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 21, 1939
    88 years ago
  • City for Conquest

    Played Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.8
    34 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 21, 1940
    86 years ago
  • The Monster and the Girl

    Played Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.7
    32 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 28, 1941
    86 years ago
  • The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

    Played Analyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.2
    30 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 24, 1936
    91 years ago
  • Nancy Drew... Reporter

    Played Deputy Coroner (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.0
    29 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 18, 1939
    88 years ago
  • Edison, the Man

    Played Broker

    Average Rating
    6.8
    25 votes
    Release Date
    May 10, 1940
    87 years ago
  • The Man with Nine Lives

    Played John Hawthorne

    Average Rating
    6.2
    24 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 18, 1940
    87 years ago
  • Princess O'Rourke

    Played Elevator Operator (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.3
    20 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 23, 1943
    83 years ago
  • The Shadow Strikes

    Played Bill Gordan

    Average Rating
    4.4
    19 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 29, 1937
    89 years ago
  • Great Guy

    Played City Editor (Uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.2
    19 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 01, 1936
    90 years ago
  • Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

    Played Police Doctor at Hotel

    Average Rating
    6.7
    18 votes
    Release Date
    May 02, 1940
    87 years ago
  • Mission to Moscow

    Played American Senator (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.3
    18 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 29, 1943
    84 years ago
  • Too Hot to Handle

    Played Film Developing Laboratory Foreman (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.8
    18 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 16, 1938
    88 years ago
  • Phantom of Chinatown

    Played Charlie Frasier

    Average Rating
    5.8
    17 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 18, 1940
    86 years ago
  • The Wagons Roll at Night

    Played Minister (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.5
    16 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 25, 1941
    86 years ago
  • Manpower

    Played Jail Clerk (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.7
    15 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 09, 1941
    85 years ago
  • A Night to Remember

    Played Medical Examiner (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.6
    15 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 10, 1942
    84 years ago
  • Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

    Played Mr. Davis (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.4
    14 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 21, 1939
    87 years ago
  • Whistling in the Dark

    Played Hugo in Show (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.8
    14 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 08, 1941
    85 years ago
  • Kentucky

    Played Man at Race Track

    Average Rating
    5.8
    12 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 30, 1938
    88 years ago
  • Racket Busters

    Played Mr. Robbins (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.1
    11 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 16, 1938
    89 years ago
  • Special Agent

    Played Gus (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.2
    11 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 14, 1935
    91 years ago
  • Dick Tracy

    Played Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]

    Average Rating
    5.3
    10 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 20, 1937
    90 years ago
  • Music in My Heart

    Played City Editor (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.2
    10 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 04, 1940
    87 years ago
  • The Public Pays

    Played Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.0
    10 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 10, 1936
    90 years ago
  • Gang Bullets

    Played Capt. Brown

    Average Rating
    5.7
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 10, 1938
    88 years ago
  • Jesse James at Bay

    Played Collins (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    4.2
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 17, 1941
    85 years ago
  • Love Is News

    Played Clerk (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.0
    9 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 26, 1937
    90 years ago
  • Doctors Don't Tell
    Average Rating
    4.9
    8 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 22, 1941
    85 years ago
  • Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

    Played Mr. Davis

    Average Rating
    5.4
    8 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 21, 1941
    86 years ago
  • Drunk Driving

    Played Doctor (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.4
    8 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 28, 1939
    87 years ago
  • The President's Mystery

    Played Banker (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.3
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 28, 1936
    90 years ago
  • Three of a Kind

    Played Doc Adams

    Average Rating
    5.2
    7 votes
    Release Date
    May 19, 1936
    91 years ago
  • Woman Wanted

    Played Juror Talking to Mike (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.3
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 02, 1935
    92 years ago
  • Blackwell's Island

    Played Finlay (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.0
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 24, 1939
    88 years ago
  • My Love Came Back

    Played Accountant (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    4.6
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 13, 1940
    86 years ago
  • Slightly Dangerous

    Played 'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.0
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 01, 1943
    84 years ago
  • Marked Men

    Played Dr. James Prentiss Harkness

    Average Rating
    5.0
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 30, 1940
    86 years ago
  • The Golden Fleecing

    Played Cashier (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.3
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 16, 1940
    86 years ago
  • Millionaires in Prison

    Played Observer at Train Station (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.0
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 12, 1940
    86 years ago
  • King of the Cowboys

    Played Bryson

    Average Rating
    5.5
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 09, 1943
    84 years ago
  • Ten Gentlemen from West Point

    Played Senator (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.8
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 26, 1942
    85 years ago
  • The Drag-Net

    Played Arnold Crane

    Average Rating
    4.7
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 15, 1936
    91 years ago
  • Tarnished Angel

    Played Mr. Greer

    Average Rating
    5.0
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 28, 1938
    88 years ago
  • Drums of Fu Manchu

    Played Prof. Ezra Howard

    Average Rating
    6.1
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 15, 1940
    87 years ago
  • Legion of the Lawless

    Played Surveyor Dave Martin (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.4
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 05, 1940
    87 years ago
  • Easy Money

    Played Lawyer Rusick

    Average Rating
    4.4
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 13, 1936
    91 years ago
  • Gallant Sons

    Played Druggist (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.2
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 15, 1940
    86 years ago
  • The Great Gildersleeve

    Played Mayor Appleton

    Average Rating
    6.1
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 17, 1942
    84 years ago
  • You Can't Escape Forever

    Played Pop (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.4
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 10, 1942
    84 years ago
  • Fly By Night

    Played Police Dr. Tracy

    Average Rating
    6.4
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 19, 1942
    85 years ago
  • Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island

    Played E.G. Ellsworth

    Average Rating
    7.4
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 13, 1936
    90 years ago
  • Racketeers of the Range

    Played Wiliam J. Benson

    Average Rating
    6.6
    4 votes
    Release Date
    May 26, 1939
    88 years ago
  • Stand Up and Fight

    Played Auctioneer

    Average Rating
    5.8
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 06, 1939
    88 years ago
  • Stage to Chino

    Played Jim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.4
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 26, 1940
    86 years ago
  • Bad Little Angel

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

    Average Rating
    4.9
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 27, 1939
    87 years ago
  • You, the People

    Played Mr. Sanders

    Average Rating
    5.8
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 30, 1940
    86 years ago
  • The Lady from Cheyenne

    Played Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick

    Average Rating
    4.6
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 11, 1941
    86 years ago
  • No, No, Nanette

    Played Desk Clerk

    Average Rating
    6.0
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 19, 1940
    86 years ago
  • Women Without Names

    Played Sheriff

    Average Rating
    4.1
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 14, 1940
    87 years ago
  • Public Deb No. 1

    Played Clerk

    Average Rating
    4.4
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 13, 1940
    86 years ago
  • Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

    Played Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.5
    4 votes
    Release Date
    May 08, 1943
    84 years ago
  • Glamour for Sale

    Played Wilson (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    4.3
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 27, 1940
    86 years ago
  • Highway West

    Played The Judge (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.8
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 07, 1941
    85 years ago
  • 1-2-3-Go!

    Played Mayor

    Average Rating
    6.5
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 26, 1941
    86 years ago
  • Death from a Distance
    Average Rating
    4.8
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 03, 1935
    92 years ago
  • Think It Over
    Average Rating
    6.3
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 24, 1938
    88 years ago
  • Girls Under 21

    Played Albert Carter, School Principal

    Average Rating
    4.0
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 15, 1940
    86 years ago
  • The Girl Who Came Back

    Played Henchman Waddy

    Average Rating
    5.7
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 20, 1935
    91 years ago
  • Every Night at Eight

    Played Huxley

    Average Rating
    6.7
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 02, 1935
    92 years ago
  • Midnight Taxi

    Played Doc Wilson

    Average Rating
    5.0
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 04, 1937
    90 years ago
  • Love Is on the Air

    Played Meeting Chairman

    Average Rating
    5.0
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 02, 1937
    89 years ago
  • The Ghost That Walks Alone

    Played Bascomb (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    3.7
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 10, 1944
    83 years ago
  • Cheers of the Crowd

    Played Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson)

    Average Rating
    5.5
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 05, 1935
    91 years ago
  • Fixer Dugan

    Played Steve

    Average Rating
    6.5
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 21, 1939
    88 years ago
  • The Country Doctor

    Played City Editor (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.0
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 12, 1936
    91 years ago
  • Five Little Peppers at Home

    Played Daniels

    Average Rating
    6.3
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 08, 1940
    87 years ago
  • Brother Rat and a Baby

    Played Pawnbroker

    Average Rating
    5.2
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 13, 1940
    87 years ago
  • Money to Loan

    Played Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant

    Average Rating
    6.7
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 11, 1939
    88 years ago
  • Happy Land

    Played Charles Clayton (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.2
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 10, 1943
    83 years ago
  • Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

    Played Henry Weldon

    Average Rating
    5.7
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 27, 1941
    85 years ago
  • The Great Profile

    Played Doctor Perkins

    Average Rating
    6.3
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 30, 1940
    86 years ago
  • The Mayor of 44th Street

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

    Average Rating
    4.3
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 15, 1942
    84 years ago
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