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John Dilson

Acting

Born February 18, 1891 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died June 1, 1944

Also known as John H. Dilson

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.

Filmography50+ titles

Citizen Kane

1941as Ward Heeler (uncredited)

The Grapes of Wrath

1940as Bookseller (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939as Secretary (uncredited)

They Meet Again

1941as William Merrill Sr.

Gallant Sons

1940as Druggist (uncredited)

Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island

1936as E.G. Ellsworth

This Land Is Mine

1943as Mayor's Secretary

Sergeant York

1941as Reporter (uncredited)

I Love You Again

1940as Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited)

Easy Living

1937as Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)

Sunset in Wyoming

1941as Phipps

Hold That Woman!

1940as Bill Lannigan

In Name Only

1939as Head Train Steward (uncredited)

City for Conquest

1940as Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

1941as Henry Weldon

Manpower

1941as Jail Clerk (uncredited)

Edison, the Man

1940as Broker

Each Dawn I Die

1939as Parole Board Member (uncredited)

The Man They Could Not Hang

1939as King - City Editor (uncredited)

The Leopard Man

1943as Coroner (uncredited)

For Me and My Gal

1942as Lou (uncredited)

The Wagons Roll at Night

1941as Minister (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful World

1939as Doctor (uncredited)

Dark Command

1940as Town Leader

Around the World

1943as Colonel

Idaho

1943as Board Member

The Man with Nine Lives

1940as John Hawthorne

They Made Me a Criminal

1938as Doctor (uncredited)

Great Guy

1936as City Editor (Uncredited)

Man-Made Monster

1941as Medical Examiner

No, No, Nanette

1940as Desk Clerk

Special Agent

1935as Gus (uncredited)

Kentucky

1938as Man at Race Track

King of the Cowboys

1943as Bryson

Phantom of Chinatown

1940as Charlie Frasier

Stand Up and Fight

1939as Auctioneer

Nancy Drew... Reporter

1939as Deputy Coroner (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle

1938as Film Developing Laboratory Foreman (uncredited)

The Girl Who Came Back

1935as Henchman Waddy

The Golden Fleecing

1940as Cashier (uncredited)

Gang Bullets

1938as Capt. Brown

Three of a Kind

1936as Doc Adams

Cheers of the Crowd

1935as Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson)

Mission to Moscow

1943as American Senator (uncredited)

Wildcat

1942as Gus Sloane

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

1941as Mr. Davis

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

1939as Mr. Davis (uncredited)

Marked Men

1940as Dr. James Prentiss Harkness

Racket Busters

1938as Mr. Robbins (uncredited)

Doctors Don't Tell

1941