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

KNOWN FOR

Citizen Kane
1941
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Sergeant York
1941
I Love You Again
1940
This Land Is Mine
1943
Each Dawn I Die
1939
Edison, the Man
1940
It's a Wonderful World
1939
Too Hot to Handle
1938
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
Man-Made Monster
1941

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
163
1944
Gun to Gun
1944
The Ghost That Walks Alone
as Bascomb (uncredited)
1944
Beautiful But Broke
as Putnam
1943
All by Myself
as Mr. Dilson
1943
Happy Land
as Charles Clayton (uncredited)
1943
This Land Is Mine
as Mayor's Secretary
1943
King of the Cowboys
as Bryson
1943
Idaho
as Board Member
1943
The Leopard Man
as Coroner (uncredited)
1943
Slightly Dangerous
as 'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)
1943
Around the World
as Colonel
1943
So's Your Uncle
as Stevens
1943
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited)
1943
Mission to Moscow
as American Senator (uncredited)
1943
Princess O'Rourke
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1943
She Has What It Takes
as Chamberlain Jones (as John H. Dilson)
1942
Wildcat
as Gus Sloane
1942
Madame Spy
as Proprietor Martin
1942
The Mayor of 44th Street
as Carter, the General Manager (as John H. Dilson)
1942
Queen of Broadway
as Bickel
1942
Sabotage Squad
as Guthrie
1942
The Great Gildersleeve
as Mayor Appleton
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Senator (uncredited)
1942
Over My Dead Body
as Editor
1942
Obliging Young Lady
as Uncle Joe (uncredited)
1942
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
as Judge Smith
1942
A Night to Remember
as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
1942
You Can't Escape Forever
as Pop (uncredited)
1942
For Me and My Gal
as Lou (uncredited)
1942
Fly By Night
as Police Dr. Tracy
1941
Manpower
as Jail Clerk (uncredited)
1941
Doctors Don't Tell
1941
Two Latins from Manhattan
as Jerome Kittleman
1941
The Monster and the Girl
as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
1941
They Meet Again
as William Merrill Sr.
1941
Johnny Eager
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
1941
The Wagons Roll at Night
as Minister (uncredited)
1941
Man-Made Monster
as Medical Examiner
1941
Sunset in Wyoming
as Phipps
1941
Jesse James at Bay
as Collins (uncredited)
1941
Father Steps Out
as Tom Oliver
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick
1941
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
as Mr. Davis
1941
Sergeant York
as Reporter (uncredited)
1941
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
as Henry Weldon
1941
Citizen Kane
as Ward Heeler (uncredited)
1941
The Deadly Game
as Harkness
1941
Across the Sierras
as Dan Woodworth
1941
I'll Fix It
as Burger, the lawyer
1941
Cyclone on Horseback
as Mr. Williams
1941
New York Town
as Doctor (uncredited)
1941
The Great Mr. Nobody
as Pawnbroker
1941
Naval Academy
as John Frazier
1941
Highway West
as The Judge (uncredited)
1941
Whistling in the Dark
as Hugo in Show (uncredited)
1941
1-2-3-Go!
as Mayor
1941
The Face Behind the Mask
as Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)
1941
Unfinished Rainbows
as Prof. Jewett
1940
The Secret Seven
as Walter W. Carter
1940
Phantom of Chinatown
as Charlie Frasier
1940
Girls Under 21
as Albert Carter, School Principal
1940
Marked Men
as Dr. James Prentiss Harkness
1940
Adventures of Red Ryder
as Hale
1940
Pioneers of the West
as Morgan
1940
The Leather Pushers
1940
The Man with Nine Lives
as John Hawthorne
1940
Stage to Chino
as Jim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
1940
You, the People
as Mr. Sanders
1940
King of the Royal Mounted
as Wall
1940
Danger Ahead
as Thomas Hatch
1940
Drums of Fu Manchu
as Prof. Ezra Howard
1940
The Big Premiere
as Theater Owner
1940
Thundering Frontier
as Carter Filmore
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
as Bookseller (uncredited)
1940
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
as Police Doctor at Hotel
1940
Five Little Peppers at Home
as Daniels
1940
Music in My Heart
as City Editor (uncredited)
1940
Legion of the Lawless
as Surveyor Dave Martin (uncredited)
1940
Brother Rat and a Baby
as Pawnbroker
1940
Edison, the Man
as Broker
1940
Dark Command
as Town Leader
1940
My Love Came Back
as Accountant (uncredited)
1940
Gallant Sons
as Druggist (uncredited)
1940
City for Conquest
as Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
1940
I Love You Again
as Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited)
1940
The Golden Fleecing
as Cashier (uncredited)
1940
No, No, Nanette
as Desk Clerk
1940
Millionaires in Prison
as Observer at Train Station (uncredited)
1940
Beyond the Sacramento
as Jason Perry
1940
Hold That Woman!
as Bill Lannigan
1940
The Great Profile
as Doctor Perkins
1940
Women Without Names
as Sheriff
1940
Public Deb No. 1
as Clerk
1940
Glamour for Sale
as Wilson (uncredited)
1940
Private Affairs
as Stock Buyer (uncredited)
1939
North of Shanghai
as Editor
1939
Flying G-Men
as Dr. Alexander Craig
1939
Scandal Sheet
as Chris Durk
1939
Racketeers of the Range
as Wiliam J. Benson
1939
Stand Up and Fight
as Auctioneer
1939
They Made Me a Criminal
as Doctor (uncredited)
1939
Nancy Drew... Reporter
as Deputy Coroner (uncredited)
1939
Blackwell's Island
as Finlay (uncredited)
1939
It's a Wonderful World
as Doctor (uncredited)
1939
Each Dawn I Die
as Parole Board Member (uncredited)
1939
In Name Only
as Head Train Steward (uncredited)
1939
The Man They Could Not Hang
as King - City Editor (uncredited)
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Secretary (uncredited)
1939
Reno
as Mr. Jones - Casino Manager
1939
Bad Little Angel
as Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
1939
Fixer Dugan
as Steve
1939
Here I Am a Stranger
as Professor
1939
Trouble in Sundown
as Edward Simmons
1939
Money to Loan
as Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant
1939
Weather Wizards
as California Meteorologist
1939
Sabotage
as (uncredited)
1939
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
1939
S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Appleby
1939
A Woman is the Judge
as Ramsey
1939
Ex-Champ
as Lawton
1939
Drunk Driving
as Doctor (uncredited)
1938
Think It Over
1938
Women in Prison
as Henry Russell
1938
Who Killed Gail Preston?
as Mr. Curran
1938
Gang Bullets
as Capt. Brown
1938
Racket Busters
as Mr. Robbins (uncredited)
1938
Tarnished Angel
as Mr. Greer
1938
Kentucky
as Man at Race Track
1938
A Clean Sweep
as Bank Manager
1938
The Chaser
as Process Server
1938
Too Hot to Handle
as Film Developing Laboratory Foreman (uncredited)
1937
Easy Living
as Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)
1937
Dick Tracy
as Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]
1937
Midnight Taxi
as Doc Wilson
1937
Love Is on the Air
as Meeting Chairman
1937
Love Is News
as Clerk (uncredited)
1937
The Shadow Strikes
as Bill Gordan
1937
Borrowing Trouble
as Clark
1936
The President's Mystery
as Banker (uncredited)
1936
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as Analyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited)
1936
Three of a Kind
as Doc Adams
1936
The Drag Net
as Arnold Crane
1936
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
as E.G. Ellsworth
1936
The Country Doctor
as City Editor (uncredited)
1936
Easy Money
as Lawyer Rusick
1936
And Sudden Death
as Judge
1936
Hitch Hike To Heaven
as Charlie Reed
1936
The Public Pays
as Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)
1936
Great Guy
as City Editor (Uncredited)
1936
Wives Never Know
as Doctor (uncredited)
1935
Happiness C.O.D.
as Snyder
1935
The Girl Who Came Back
as Henchman Waddy
1935
Every Night at Eight
as Huxley
1935
Twin Triplets
as J. Benton, City Editor
1935
We're Only Human
as Ballistics Expert
1935
Woman Wanted
as Juror Talking to Mike (uncredited)
1935
Cheers of the Crowd
as Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson)
1935
The Calling of Dan Matthews
as City Editor Edison (uncredited)
1935
Special Agent
as Gus (uncredited)
1935
Death from a Distance
1934
A Man's Game
as John T. Bradley
1934
I'll Tell the World
as Legendre
1934
The Westerner
as Senator Lockhart