Personal Info
Birth date
1891-02-18 (134 Years)
Day of death
1944-06-01
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also known as
John H. Dilson
John 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.
Filmography
Citizen Kane
8
Overview:
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 makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
7.849
Overview:
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.Death from a Distance
4.8
Overview:
While a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one of the audience members is found dead. A tough detective and a brassy female reporter lock horns as they both try to break the case.Sergeant York
7.197
Overview:
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.Idaho
5.7
Overview:
A deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed for crimes committed by a crooked saloon owner.The Grapes of Wrath
7.821
Overview:
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.Gang Bullets
5.7
Overview:
A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the authorities immediately sets up shop in another. Unable to get any tangible evidence against Anderson, DA Wayne orders his assistant Carter to dig up some dirt on the gangster boss. To do this, Carter pretends to turned crooked, joining Anderson's gang in order to accumulate evidence. Alas, Carter's girl friend Patricia knows nothing of her boyfriend's subterfuge, and she suspects the worst.Phantom of Chinatown
5.733
Overview:
In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong and Captain Street of the police department have to work on.They Made Me a Criminal
6.1
Overview:
A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.Dark Command
6.3
Overview:
When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place, especially Mary McCloud, daughter of the local banker. Politics is in the air however. It's just prior to the civil war and there is already a sharp division in the Territory as to whether it will remain slave-free. When he gets the opportunity to run for marshal, Seton finds himself running against the respected local schoolteacher, William Cantrell. Not is what it seems however. While acting as the upstanding citizen in public, Cantrell is dangerously ambitious and is prepared to do anything to make his mark, and his fortune, on the Territory. When he loses the race for marshal, he forms a group of raiders who run guns into the territory and rob and terrorize settlers throughout the territory. Eventually donning Confederate uniforms, it is left to Seton and the good citizens of Lawrence to face Cantrell and his raiders in one final clash.Nancy Drew... Reporter
6.017
Overview:
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's daughter Nancy intercepts a real story assignment. She "covers" the inquest of the death of a woman who was poisoned. Nancy doesn't think the young woman accused of the crime is guilty and corrals her neighbor Ted into searching for a vital piece of evidence and stumbles onto the identity of the real killer.It's a Wonderful World
6.4
Overview:
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.This Land Is Mine
7.1
Overview:
Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.Johnny Eager
6.1
Overview:
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.In Name Only
7
Overview:
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.The Man They Could Not Hang
6.6
Overview:
Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.Dick Tracy
4.6
Overview:
Dick Tracy's foe for this serial is the crime boss and Masked Mystery Villain The Spider/The Lame One and his Spider Ring. In the process of various crimes, including using his Flying wing and sound weapon to destroy the Bay Bridge in San Francisco and stealing an experimental "Speed Plane", the Spider captures Dick Tracy's brother, Gordon. The Spider's minion, Dr. Moloch, performs a brain operation on Gordon Tracy to turn him evil, making him secretly part of the Spider Ring and so turning brother against brother.Each Dawn I Die
6.795
Overview:
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.The Leopard Man
6.5
Overview:
When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.The Shadow Strikes
4.4
Overview:
Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office. When the police search the scene, Cranston must assume the identity of the attorney. Before he can leave, a phone call summons the attorney to the home of Delthern, a wealthy client, who wants a new will drawn up. As Cranston meets with him, Delthern is suddenly shot, and Cranston is quickly caught up in a new mystery.Manpower
6.7
Overview:
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tensions start to show in the road crew as rivalry between Hank and Johnny increases.The Face Behind the Mask
6.5
Overview:
A sweet, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a hotel fire.Easy Living
7
Overview:
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.Racket Busters
5.1
Overview:
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.Mission to Moscow
5.306
Overview:
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.City for Conquest
6.833
Overview:
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
6.7
Overview:
On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a Scotland Yard friend.The Great Mr. Nobody
5.3
Overview:
A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.The Man with Nine Lives
6.2
Overview:
Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the officials, along with himself. Years later, they are discovered and revived in hopes that Kravaal can indeed complete his cure. But human greed and weakness compound to disrupt the project.Acting
1944The Ghost That Walks Alone as Bascomb (uncredited)
1944Beautiful But Broke as Putnam
1944Gun to Gun as Unknown
1943Around the World as Colonel
1943Happy Land as Charles Clayton (uncredited)
1943Princess O'Rourke as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1943So's Your Uncle as Stevens
1943All by Myself as Mr. Dilson
1943The Leopard Man as Coroner (uncredited)
1943Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited)
1943This Land Is Mine as Mayor's Secretary
1943Mission to Moscow as American Senator (uncredited)
1943She Has What It Takes as Chamberlain Jones (as John H. Dilson)
1943King of the Cowboys as Bryson
1943Slightly Dangerous as 'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)
1943Idaho as Board Member
1942The Great Gildersleeve as Mayor Appleton
1942Madame Spy as Proprietor Martin
1942A Night to Remember as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
1942Queen of Broadway as Bickel
1942For Me and My Gal as Lou (uncredited)
1942The Mayor of 44th Street as Carter, the General Manager (as John H. Dilson)
1942You Can't Escape Forever as Pop (uncredited)
1942Wildcat as Gus Sloane
1942Sabotage Squad as Guthrie
1942Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Senator (uncredited)
1942Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! as Judge Smith
1942Obliging Young Lady as Uncle Joe (uncredited)
1942Fly By Night as Police Dr. Tracy
1942Over My Dead Body as Editor
1941Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. as Henry Weldon
1941Johnny Eager as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
1941Unfinished Rainbows as Prof. Jewett
1941New York Town as Doctor (uncredited)
1941Jesse James at Bay as Collins (uncredited)
1941I'll Fix It as Burger, the lawyer
1941Two Latins from Manhattan as Jerome Kittleman
1941Sergeant York as Reporter (uncredited)
1941Doctors Don't Tell as Unknown
1941Manpower as Jail Clerk (uncredited)
1941The Deadly Game as Harkness
1941Whistling in the Dark as Hugo in Show (uncredited)
1941Highway West as The Judge (uncredited)
1941Father Steps Out as Tom Oliver
1941Sunset in Wyoming as Phipps
1941They Meet Again as William Merrill Sr.
1941Cyclone on Horseback as Mr. Williams
1941Naval Academy as John Frazier
19411-2-3-Go! as Mayor
1941The Wagons Roll at Night as Minister (uncredited)
1941Citizen Kane as Ward Heeler (uncredited)
1941The Lady from Cheyenne as Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick
1941Man-Made Monster as Medical Examiner
1941The Monster and the Girl as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
1941Andy Hardy's Private Secretary as Mr. Davis
1941The Great Mr. Nobody as Pawnbroker
1941Across the Sierras as Dan Woodworth
1941The Face Behind the Mask as Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)
1940No, No, Nanette as Desk Clerk
1940Thundering Frontier as Carter Filmore
1940You, the People as Mr. Sanders
1940Phantom of Chinatown as Charlie Frasier
1940Girls Under 21 as Albert Carter, School Principal
1940Gallant Sons as Druggist (uncredited)
1940Beyond the Sacramento as Jason Perry
1940Marked Men as Dr. James Prentiss Harkness
1940Glamour for Sale as Wilson (uncredited)
1940City for Conquest as Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
1940King of the Royal Mounted as Wall
1940The Leather Pushers as Unknown
1940Public Deb No. 1 as Clerk
1940The Great Profile as Doctor Perkins
1940The Golden Fleecing as Cashier (uncredited)
1940The Secret Seven as Walter W. Carter
1940I Love You Again as Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited)
1940Stage to Chino as Jim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
1940My Love Came Back as Accountant (uncredited)
1940Millionaires in Prison as Observer at Train Station (uncredited)
1940Private Affairs as Stock Buyer (uncredited)
1940Adventures of Red Ryder as Hale
1940Hold That Woman! as Bill Lannigan
1940Edison, the Man as Broker
1940Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise as Police Doctor at Hotel
1940The Man with Nine Lives as John Hawthorne
1940Dark Command as Town Leader
1940Drums of Fu Manchu as Prof. Ezra Howard
1940The Grapes of Wrath as Bookseller (uncredited)
1940Women Without Names as Sheriff
1940Pioneers of the West as Morgan
1940The Big Premiere as Theater Owner
1940Five Little Peppers at Home as Daniels
1940Danger Ahead as Thomas Hatch
1940Brother Rat and a Baby as Pawnbroker
1940Legion of the Lawless as Surveyor Dave Martin (uncredited)
1940Music in My Heart as City Editor (uncredited)
1939Reno as Mr. Jones - Casino Manager
1939Drunk Driving as Doctor (uncredited)
1939Bad Little Angel as Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Secretary (uncredited)
1939Scandal Sheet as Chris Durk
1939Sabotage as (uncredited)
1939A Woman is the Judge as Ramsey
1939Here I Am a Stranger as Professor
1939Each Dawn I Die as Parole Board Member (uncredited)
1939In Name Only as Head Train Steward (uncredited)
1939The Man They Could Not Hang as King - City Editor (uncredited)
1939Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
1939S.O.S Tidal Wave as Appleby
1939Racketeers of the Range as Wiliam J. Benson
1939It's a Wonderful World as Doctor (uncredited)
1939Ex-Champ as Lawton
1939Fixer Dugan as Steve
1939Weather Wizards as California Meteorologist
1939Trouble in Sundown as Edward Simmons
1939Money to Loan as Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant
1939Nancy Drew... Reporter as Deputy Coroner (uncredited)
1939Flying G-Men as Dr. Alexander Craig
1939North of Shanghai as Editor
1939Blackwell's Island as Finlay (uncredited)
1939They Made Me a Criminal as Doctor (uncredited)
1939Stand Up and Fight as Auctioneer
1938Kentucky as Man at Race Track
1938A Clean Sweep as Bank Manager
1938Gang Bullets as Capt. Brown
1938Tarnished Angel as Mr. Greer
1938The Chaser as Process Server
1938Think It Over as Unknown
1938Racket Busters as Mr. Robbins (uncredited)
1938Women in Prison as Henry Russell
1938Who Killed Gail Preston? as Mr. Curran
1937Borrowing Trouble as Clark
1937The Shadow Strikes as Bill Gordan
1937Love Is on the Air as Meeting Chairman
1937Easy Living as Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)
1937Midnight Taxi as Doc Wilson
1937Love Is News as Clerk (uncredited)
1937Dick Tracy as Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]
1936Great Guy as City Editor (Uncredited)
1936Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island as E.G. Ellsworth
1936The Public Pays as Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)
1936The President's Mystery as Banker (uncredited)
1936Wives Never Know as Doctor (uncredited)
1936And Sudden Death as Judge
1936Easy Money as Lawyer Rusick
1936Three of a Kind as Doc Adams
1936The Ex-Mrs. Bradford as Analyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited)
1936The Drag-Net as Arnold Crane
1936The Country Doctor as City Editor (uncredited)
1936Hitch Hike To Heaven as Charlie Reed
1935We're Only Human as Ballistics Expert
1935The Calling of Dan Matthews as City Editor Edison (uncredited)
1935Happiness C.O.D. as Snyder
1935Twin Triplets as J. Benton, City Editor
1935The Girl Who Came Back as Henchman Waddy
1935Special Agent as Gus (uncredited)
1935Cheers of the Crowd as Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson)
1935Every Night at Eight as Huxley
1935Woman Wanted as Juror Talking to Mike (uncredited)
1935Death from a Distance as Unknown
1934The Westerner as Senator Lockhart
1934A Man's Game as John T. Bradley
1934I'll Tell the World as Legendre