John Dilson
Acting
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.
Born: February 18, 1891
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For
New York Town
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. The big city doles out joy and misery indiscriminately: In the apartment below Victor and Steve, Gus Nelson learns that his wife has given birth to quintuplets, while the lonely tenant in the apartment below Gus has given up on life and committed suicide.
Citizen Kane
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.
The Grapes of Wrath
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.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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.
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
A 14-episode serial in which Mala, a Polynesian in the employ of U.S. Intelligence investigates sabotage on Clipper Island. A gang of spies causes the eruption of a volcano, for which our hero is blamed. He convinces the local Princess Melani of his innocence and helps her ward off a takeover by rival high priest Porotu.
Gallant Sons
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
I Love You Again
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
Sergeant York
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.
This Land Is Mine
Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.
Easy Living
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.
Filmography
as Bascomb (uncredited)
as Putnam
as Colonel
as Charles Clayton (uncredited)
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
as Stevens
as Mr. Dilson
as Coroner (uncredited)
as Green, Parole Board Member (uncredited)
as Mayor's Secretary
as American Senator (uncredited)
as Chamberlain Jones (as John H. Dilson)
as Bryson
as 'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)
as Board Member
as Mayor Appleton
as Proprietor Martin
as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
as Bickel
as Lou (uncredited)
as Carter, the General Manager (as John H. Dilson)
as Pop (uncredited)
as Gus Sloane
as Guthrie
as Senator (uncredited)
as Judge Smith
as Uncle Joe (uncredited)
as Police Dr. Tracy
as Editor
as Henry Weldon
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
as Doctor (uncredited)
as Collins (uncredited)
as Jerome Kittleman
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Jail Clerk (uncredited)
as Harkness
as Hugo in Show (uncredited)
as The Judge (uncredited)
as Tom Oliver
as Phipps
as William Merrill Sr.
as Mr. Williams
as John Frazier
as Mayor
as Minister (uncredited)
as Ward Heeler (uncredited)
as Special Prosecutor Fitzpatrick
as Medical Examiner
as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
as Mr. Davis
as Pawnbroker
as Dan Woodworth
as Man at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)
as Desk Clerk
as Carter Filmore
as Mr. Sanders
as Charlie Frasier
as Druggist (uncredited)
as Albert Carter, School Principal
as Jason Perry
as Dr. James Prentiss Harkness
as Wilson (uncredited)
as Mr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
as Wall
as Clerk
as Doctor Perkins
as Cashier (uncredited)
as Walter W. Carter
as Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited)
as Jim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited)
as Accountant (uncredited)
as Observer at Train Station (uncredited)
as Stock Buyer (uncredited)
as Hale
as Bill Lannigan
as Broker
as Police Doctor at Hotel
as John Hawthorne
as Town Leader
as Bookseller (uncredited)
as Prof. Ezra Howard
as Sheriff
as Morgan
as Theater Owner
as Daniels
as Thomas Hatch
as Pawnbroker
as Surveyor Dave Martin (uncredited)
as City Editor (uncredited)
as Mr. Jones - Casino Manager
as Doctor (uncredited)
as Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
as Secretary (uncredited)
as Chris Durk
as (uncredited)
as Ramsey
as Professor
as Parole Board Member (uncredited)
as Head Train Steward (uncredited)
as King - City Editor (uncredited)
as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
as Appleby
as Wiliam J. Benson
as Doctor (uncredited)
as Lawton
as Steve
as California Meteorologist
as Edward Simmons
as Clarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant
as Deputy Coroner (uncredited)
as Dr. Alexander Craig
as Finlay (uncredited)
as Editor
as Doctor (uncredited)
as Auctioneer
as Man at Race Track
as Capt. Brown
as Mr. Greer
as Film Developing Laboratory Foreman (uncredited)
as Process Server
as Mr. Robbins (uncredited)
as Henry Russell
as Mr. Curran
as Clark
as Bill Gordan
as Meeting Chairman
as Nervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)
as Doc Wilson
as Clerk (uncredited)
as Ellery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]
as City Editor (Uncredited)
as E.G. Ellsworth
as Milk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)
as Banker (uncredited)
as Doctor (uncredited)
as Judge
as Lawyer Rusick
as Doc Adams
as Analyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited)
as Arnold Crane
as City Editor (uncredited)
as Charlie Reed
as Ballistics Expert
as City Editor Edison (uncredited)
as Snyder
as J. Benton, City Editor
as Henchman Waddy
as Gus (uncredited)
as Barney Booth (as John H. Dilson)
as Huxley
as Juror Talking to Mike (uncredited)
as Senator Lockhart
as John T. Bradley
as Legendre