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John Dilson

Actor

John Dilson

Born February 18, 1891 in Brooklyn, New York, USADied June 1, 1944162 films

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

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Citizen Kane posterFirst watchCitizen Kane19418.0as Ward Heeler (uncredited)Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington poster7.8Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939The Grapes of Wrath poster7.8The Grapes of Wrath1940Sergeant York poster7.2Sergeant York1941The Leopard Man poster6.5The Leopard Man1943Easy Living poster7.2Easy Living1937This Land Is Mine poster7.1This Land Is Mine1943I Love You Again poster7.2I Love You Again1940In Name Only poster7.0In Name Only1939

Filmography

162 films as actor
  1. 1944The Ghost That Walks AloneBascomb (uncredited)
  2. 1944Beautiful But BrokePutnam
  3. 1944Gun to Gun
  4. 1943Around the WorldColonel
  5. 1943Happy LandCharles Clayton (uncredited)
  6. 1943Princess O'RourkeElevator Operator (uncredited)
  7. 1943So's Your UncleStevens
  8. 1943All by MyselfMr. Dilson
  9. 1943The Leopard ManCoroner (uncredited)
  10. 1943Dr. Gillespie's Criminal CaseGreen, Parole Board Member (uncredited)
  11. 1943This Land Is MineMayor's Secretary
  12. 1943Mission to MoscowAmerican Senator (uncredited)
  13. 1943She Has What It TakesChamberlain Jones (as John H. Dilson)
  14. 1943King of the CowboysBryson
  15. 1943Slightly Dangerous'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)
  16. 1943IdahoBoard Member
  17. 1942The Great GildersleeveMayor Appleton
  18. 1942Madame SpyProprietor Martin
  19. 1942A Night to RememberMedical Examiner (uncredited)
  20. 1942Queen of BroadwayBickel
  21. 1942For Me and My GalLou (uncredited)
  22. 1942The Mayor of 44th StreetCarter, the General Manager (as John H. Dilson)
  23. 1942You Can't Escape ForeverPop (uncredited)
  24. 1942WildcatGus Sloane
  25. 1942Sabotage SquadGuthrie
  26. 1942Ten Gentlemen from West PointSenator (uncredited)
  27. 1942Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!Judge Smith
  28. 1942Obliging Young LadyUncle Joe (uncredited)
  29. 1942Fly By NightPolice Dr. Tracy
  30. 1942Over My Dead BodyEditor
  31. 1941Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.Henry Weldon
  32. 1941Johnny EagerPawnbroker (uncredited)
  33. 1941Unfinished RainbowsProf. Jewett
  34. 1941New York TownDoctor (uncredited)
  35. 1941Jesse James at BayCollins (uncredited)
  36. 1941I'll Fix ItBurger, the lawyer
  37. 1941Two Latins from ManhattanJerome Kittleman
  38. 1941Sergeant YorkReporter (uncredited)
  39. 1941Doctors Don't Tell
  40. 1941ManpowerJail Clerk (uncredited)
  41. 1941The Deadly GameHarkness
  42. 1941Whistling in the DarkHugo in Show (uncredited)
  43. 1941Highway WestThe Judge (uncredited)
  44. 1941Father Steps OutTom Oliver
  45. 1941Sunset in WyomingPhipps
  46. 1941They Meet AgainWilliam Merrill Sr.
  47. 1941Cyclone on HorsebackMr. Williams
  48. 1941Naval AcademyJohn Frazier
  49. 19411-2-3-Go!Mayor
  50. 1941The Wagons Roll at NightMinister (uncredited)
  51. 1941Citizen KaneWard Heeler (uncredited)
  52. 1941The Lady from CheyenneSpecial Prosecutor Fitzpatrick
  53. 1941Man-Made MonsterMedical Examiner
  54. 1941The Monster and the GirlEmployment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
  55. 1941Andy Hardy's Private SecretaryMr. Davis
  56. 1941The Great Mr. NobodyPawnbroker
  57. 1941Across the SierrasDan Woodworth
  58. 1941The Face Behind the MaskMan at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)
  59. 1940No, No, NanetteDesk Clerk
  60. 1940Thundering FrontierCarter Filmore
  61. 1940You, the PeopleMr. Sanders
  62. 1940Phantom of ChinatownCharlie Frasier
  63. 1940Girls Under 21Albert Carter, School Principal
  64. 1940Gallant SonsDruggist (uncredited)
  65. 1940Beyond the SacramentoJason Perry
  66. 1940Marked MenDr. James Prentiss Harkness
  67. 1940Glamour for SaleWilson (uncredited)
  68. 1940City for ConquestMr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
  69. 1940King of the Royal MountedWall
  70. 1940The Leather Pushers
  71. 1940Public Deb No. 1Clerk
  72. 1940The Great ProfileDoctor Perkins
  73. 1940The Golden FleecingCashier (uncredited)
  74. 1940The Secret SevenWalter W. Carter
  75. 1940I Love You AgainWorker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited)
  76. 1940Stage to ChinoJim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
  77. 1940My Love Came BackAccountant (uncredited)
  78. 1940Millionaires in PrisonObserver at Train Station (uncredited)
  79. 1940Private AffairsStock Buyer (uncredited)
  80. 1940Adventures of Red RyderHale
  81. 1940Hold That Woman!Bill Lannigan
  82. 1940Edison, the ManBroker
  83. 1940Charlie Chan's Murder CruisePolice Doctor at Hotel
  84. 1940The Man with Nine LivesJohn Hawthorne
  85. 1940Dark CommandTown Leader
  86. 1940Drums of Fu ManchuProf. Ezra Howard
  87. 1940The Grapes of WrathBookseller (uncredited)
  88. 1940Women Without NamesSheriff
  89. 1940Pioneers of the WestMorgan
  90. 1940The Big PremiereTheater Owner
  91. 1940Five Little Peppers at HomeDaniels
  92. 1940Danger AheadThomas Hatch
  93. 1940Brother Rat and a BabyPawnbroker
  94. 1940Legion of the LawlessSurveyor Dave Martin (uncredited)
  95. 1940Music in My HeartCity Editor (uncredited)
  96. 1939RenoMr. Jones - Casino Manager
  97. 1939Drunk DrivingDoctor (uncredited)
  98. 1939Bad Little AngelMr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
  99. 1939Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonSecretary (uncredited)
  100. 1939Scandal SheetChris Durk
  101. 1939Sabotage(uncredited)
  102. 1939A Woman is the JudgeRamsey
  103. 1939Here I Am a StrangerProfessor
  104. 1939Each Dawn I DieParole Board Member (uncredited)
  105. 1939In Name OnlyHead Train Steward (uncredited)
  106. 1939The Man They Could Not HangKing - City Editor (uncredited)
  107. 1939Andy Hardy Gets Spring FeverMr. Davis (uncredited)
  108. 1939S.O.S Tidal WaveAppleby
  109. 1939Racketeers of the RangeWiliam J. Benson
  110. 1939It's a Wonderful WorldDoctor (uncredited)
  111. 1939Ex-ChampLawton
  112. 1939Fixer DuganSteve
  113. 1939Trouble in SundownEdward Simmons
  114. 1939Money to LoanClarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant
  115. 1939Nancy Drew... ReporterDeputy Coroner (uncredited)
  116. 1939Flying G-MenDr. Alexander Craig
  117. 1939North of ShanghaiEditor
  118. 1939Blackwell's IslandFinlay (uncredited)
  119. 1939They Made Me a CriminalDoctor (uncredited)
  120. 1939Stand Up and FightAuctioneer