John Dilson: movies and TV shows
John Dilson has 163 credits in the archive: 163 films and 0 TV series, from 1934 to 1944. Highest rated: Citizen Kane (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1934 – 1944 · busiest year: 1940 (37 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | The Ghost That Walks Alone | Bascomb (uncredited) | Film | 4.8 | 53 |
| 1944 | Gun to Gun | Film | 8.0 | 53 | |
| 1944 | Beautiful But Broke | Putnam | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1943 | This Land Is Mine | Mayor's Secretary | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1943 | King of the Cowboys | Bryson | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1943 | She Has What It Takes | Chamberlain Jones (as John H. Dilson) | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1943 | The Leopard Man | Coroner (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1943 | Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1943 | So's Your Uncle | Stevens | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous | 'Telegram' reporter (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1943 | Mission to Moscow | American Senator (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 52 |
| 1943 | Princess O'Rourke | Elevator Operator (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1943 | All by Myself | Mr. Dilson | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1943 | Around the World | Colonel | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1943 | Happy Land | Charles Clayton (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1943 | Idaho | Board Member | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1942 | A Night to Remember | Medical Examiner (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1942 | For Me and My Gal | Lou (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1942 | You Can't Escape Forever | Pop (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1942 | Over My Dead Body | Editor | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1942 | Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Senator (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 1942 | Obliging Young Lady | Uncle Joe (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1942 | The Mayor of 44th Street | Carter, the General Manager (as John H. Dilson) | Film | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1942 | Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! | Judge Smith | Film | 5.3 | 51 |
| 1942 | The Great Gildersleeve | Mayor Appleton | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1942 | Madame Spy | Proprietor Martin | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1942 | Sabotage Squad | Guthrie | Film | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1942 | Wildcat | Gus Sloane | Film | 5.7 | 51 |
| 1942 | Fly By Night | Police Dr. Tracy | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1942 | Queen of Broadway | Bickel | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1941 | Citizen Kane | Ward Heeler (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Reporter (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1941 | Man-Made Monster | Medical Examiner | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1941 | The Face Behind the Mask | Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1941 | The Wagons Roll at Night | Minister (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1941 | Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | Mr. Davis | Film | 5.7 | 50 |
| 1941 | The Monster and the Girl | Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 50 |
| 1941 | Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. | Henry Weldon | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1941 | Johnny Eager | Pawnbroker (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1941 | The Great Mr. Nobody | Pawnbroker | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1941 | Whistling in the Dark | Hugo in Show (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1941 | Jesse James at Bay | Collins (uncredited) | Film | 4.8 | 50 |
| 1941 | Doctors Don't Tell | Film | 5.2 | 50 | |
| 1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne | Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick | Film | 5.7 | 50 |
| 1941 | Manpower | Jail Clerk (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1941 | I'll Fix It | Burger, the lawyer | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1941 | New York Town | Doctor (uncredited) | Film | 8.5 | 50 |
| 1941 | Two Latins from Manhattan | Jerome Kittleman | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1941 | Highway West | The Judge (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1941 | 1-2-3-Go! | Mayor | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1941 | Sunset in Wyoming | Phipps | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1941 | The Deadly Game | Harkness | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1941 | Father Steps Out | Tom Oliver | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1941 | They Meet Again | William Merrill Sr. | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1941 | Across the Sierras | Dan Woodworth | Film | 4.5 | 50 |
| 1941 | Naval Academy | John Frazier | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1941 | Cyclone on Horseback | Mr. Williams | Film | 6.4 | 50 |
| 1941 | Unfinished Rainbows | Prof. Jewett | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Bookseller (uncredited) | Film | 7.8 | 49 |
| 1940 | Edison, the Man | Broker | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1940 | I Love You Again | Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1940 | My Love Came Back | Accountant (uncredited) | Film | 4.9 | 49 |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1940 | Brother Rat and a Baby | Pawnbroker | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 1940 | Dark Command | Town Leader | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1940 | Drums of Fu Manchu | Prof. Ezra Howard | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1940 | The Man with Nine Lives | John Hawthorne | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1940 | Adventures of Red Ryder | Hale | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1940 | Public Deb No. 1 | Clerk | Film | 4.9 | 49 |
| 1940 | Music in My Heart | City Editor (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1940 | Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise | Police Doctor at Hotel | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1940 | Five Little Peppers at Home | Daniels | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1940 | The Golden Fleecing | Cashier (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 1940 | Marked Men | Dr. James Prentiss Harkness | Film | 5.6 | 49 |
| 1940 | Glamour for Sale | Wilson (uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 49 |
| 1940 | Gallant Sons | Druggist (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 49 |
| 1940 | The Great Profile | Doctor Perkins | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1940 | No, No, Nanette | Desk Clerk | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1940 | King of the Royal Mounted | Wall | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1940 | Pioneers of the West | Morgan | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1940 | You, the People | Mr. Sanders | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1940 | Millionaires in Prison | Observer at Train Station (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 1940 | Legion of the Lawless | Surveyor Dave Martin (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1940 | Hold That Woman! | Bill Lannigan | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1940 | Private Affairs | Stock Buyer (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1940 | Beyond the Sacramento | Jason Perry | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1940 | The Secret Seven | Walter W. Carter | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1940 | Stage to Chino | Jim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 1940 | Phantom of Chinatown | Charlie Frasier | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1940 | Danger Ahead | Thomas Hatch | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1940 | The Leather Pushers | Film | 8.0 | 49 | |
| 1940 | Women Without Names | Sheriff | Film | 4.7 | 49 |
| 1940 | The Big Premiere | Theater Owner | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1940 | Thundering Frontier | Carter Filmore | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1940 | Girls Under 21 | Albert Carter, School Principal | Film | 4.8 | 49 |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Secretary (uncredited) | Film | 7.8 | 48 |
| 1939 | It's a Wonderful World | Doctor (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1939 | Each Dawn I Die | Parole Board Member (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1939 | They Made Me a Criminal | Doctor (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight | Auctioneer | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1939 | In Name Only | Head Train Steward (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1939 | The Man They Could Not Hang | King - City Editor (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1939 | A Woman is the Judge | Ramsey | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1939 | S.O.S Tidal Wave | Appleby | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1939 | Nancy Drew... Reporter | Deputy Coroner (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1939 | Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever | Mr. Davis (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 48 |
| 1939 | Blackwell's Island | Finlay (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 48 |
| 1939 | Racketeers of the Range | Wiliam J. Benson | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1939 | Bad Little Angel | Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 48 |
| 1939 | Trouble in Sundown | Edward Simmons | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1939 | Weather Wizards | California Meteorologist | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1939 | Here I Am a Stranger | Professor | Film | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1939 | Sabotage | (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1939 | North of Shanghai | Editor | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1939 | Scandal Sheet | Chris Durk | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1939 | Drunk Driving | Doctor (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1939 | Flying G-Men | Dr. Alexander Craig | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1939 | Ex-Champ | Lawton | Film | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1939 | Fixer Dugan | Steve | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1939 | Reno | Mr. Jones - Casino Manager | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1939 | Money to Loan | Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1938 | Too Hot to Handle | Film Developing Laboratory Foreman (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 1938 | Tarnished Angel | Mr. Greer | Film | 5.3 | 47 |
| 1938 | Who Killed Gail Preston? | Mr. Curran | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1938 | Women in Prison | Henry Russell | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1938 | The Chaser | Process Server | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1938 | Racket Busters | Mr. Robbins (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1938 | Gang Bullets | Capt. Brown | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 1938 | Kentucky | Man at Race Track | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 1938 | Think It Over | Film | 7.2 | 47 | |
| 1938 | A Clean Sweep | Bank Manager | Film | 10.0 | 47 |
| 1937 | Easy Living | Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1937 | Love Is on the Air | Meeting Chairman | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1937 | Dick Tracy | Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12] | Film | 5.2 | 46 |
| 1937 | Love Is News | Clerk (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1937 | The Shadow Strikes | Bill Gordan | Film | 4.7 | 46 |
| 1937 | Midnight Taxi | Doc Wilson | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1937 | Borrowing Trouble | Clark | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1936 | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | Analyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1936 | Great Guy | City Editor (Uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1936 | Hitch Hike To Heaven | Charlie Reed | Film | 10.0 | 45 |
| 1936 | The President's Mystery | Banker (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1936 | The Country Doctor | City Editor (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1936 | Three of a Kind | Doc Adams | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1936 | And Sudden Death | Judge | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1936 | Wives Never Know | Doctor (uncredited) | Film | 9.0 | 45 |
| 1936 | Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island | E.G. Ellsworth | Film | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1936 | The Public Pays | Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1936 | The Drag Net | Arnold Crane | Film | 5.4 | 45 |
| 1936 | Easy Money | Lawyer Rusick | Film | 4.8 | 45 |
| 1935 | We're Only Human | Ballistics Expert | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1935 | Special Agent | Gus (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1935 | The Calling of Dan Matthews | City Editor Edison (uncredited) | Film | 4.7 | 44 |
| 1935 | The Girl Who Came Back | Henchman Waddy | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1935 | Every Night at Eight | Huxley | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1935 | Happiness C.O.D. | Snyder | Film | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1935 | Death from a Distance | Film | 5.2 | 44 | |
| 1935 | Cheers of the Crowd | Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson) | Film | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1935 | Woman Wanted | Juror Talking to Mike (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1935 | Twin Triplets | J. Benton, City Editor | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1934 | I'll Tell the World | Legendre | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1934 | A Man's Game | John T. Bradley | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1934 | The Westerner | Senator Lockhart | Film | 8.0 | 43 |