John Dilson

Highest Rated: 100% I Love You Again (1940)

Lowest Rated: 60% Each Dawn I Die (1939)

Birthday: Feb 18, 1891

Birthplace: Not Available

With his silvery hair and dignified bearing, American actor John Dilson was a natural for "executive" roles. In films from 1935, Dilson was usually seen playing doctors, lawyers and newspaper editors. Occasionally, however, he played against type as sarcastic working stiffs, as witness his bit as an unemployment-office clerk in The Monster and the Girl (1941). John Dilson's larger screen roles can be found in Republic serials like Robinson Crusoe on Clipper Island (1936), and Dick Tracy (1937) and in such two-reel efforts as MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	The Face Behind the Mask	Anderson	—	2003
No Score Yet	Once upon a Time	Business Man	—	1944
No Score Yet	The Yellow Rose of Texas	Businessman (uncredited)	—	1944
95%	Cover Girl	Rusty's Photographer	—	1944
No Score Yet	Buffalo Bill	President Hayes	—	1944
88%	The Song of Bernadette	Doctor	—	1943
No Score Yet	Happy Land	Charles Clayton	—	1943
No Score Yet	The Iron Major	Doctor	—	1943
No Score Yet	Princess O'Rourke	Elevator Man	—	1943
No Score Yet	Pilot No. 5	Defense Instructor	—	1943
No Score Yet	Mission to Moscow	American Senator	—	1943
90%	The Leopard Man	Coroner	—	1943
71%	This Land Is Mine	Mayor's Secretary	—	1943
No Score Yet	Idaho	Actor	—	1943
No Score Yet	Pittsburgh	Wilson	—	1942
No Score Yet	A Night to Remember	Coroner	—	1942
No Score Yet	Great Guy	City Editor	—	1942
No Score Yet	The Mayor of 44th Street	Carter	—	1942
No Score Yet	You Can't Escape Forever	Pop	—	1942
No Score Yet	The Falcon's Brother	Ship's Officer	—	1942
No Score Yet	Wildcat	Gus Sloane	—	1942
No Score Yet	They All Kissed the Bride	Man	—	1942
No Score Yet	Ship Ahoy	Dr. Loring	—	1942
No Score Yet	Johnny Eager	Pawnbroker	—	1942
No Score Yet	Queen of Broadway	Actor	—	1942
No Score Yet	Footlight Serenade	Clerk	—	1942
No Score Yet	Unholy Partners	Circulation Man	—	1941
88%	Shadow of the Thin Man	Coroner	—	1941
No Score Yet	International Lady	Decoding Expert	—	1941
No Score Yet	Whistling in the Dark	Vanderhoff	—	1941
No Score Yet	Sunset in Wyoming	Phipps	—	1941
No Score Yet	They Meet Again	William Merrill Sr.	—	1941
No Score Yet	The Wagons Roll At Night	Minister	—	1941
No Score Yet	Man-Made Monster	Medical Examiner	—	1941
No Score Yet	Footsteps in the Dark	Coroner	—	1941
No Score Yet	The Monster and the Girl	Employment Clerk	—	1941
No Score Yet	Across the Sierras	Dan Woodworth	—	1941
No Score Yet	Andy Hardy's Private Secretary	Mr. Davis	—	1941
No Score Yet	Design for Scandal	Court Clerk	—	1941
No Score Yet	City Limits	Actor	—	1941
No Score Yet	No, No, Nanette	Desk Clerk	—	1940
No Score Yet	Phantom of Chinatown	Charles Fraser	—	1940
No Score Yet	King of the Royal Mounted	Dr. Wall	—	1940
No Score Yet	Marked Men	Dr. Harkness	—	1940
100%	I Love You Again	Man	—	1940
No Score Yet	Hold That Woman	Bill Lannigan	—	1940
No Score Yet	Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise	Police Doctor	—	1940
No Score Yet	Adventures of Red Ryder	Hale	—	1940
80%	Edison, the Man	Broker	—	1940
No Score Yet	The Man with Nine Lives	John Hawthorne	—	1940
100%	The Dark Command	Town Leader	—	1940
No Score Yet	Drums of Fu Manchu	Howard	—	1940
No Score Yet	Danger Ahead	Hatch	—	1940
No Score Yet	Reno	Mr. Jones, Club Host	—	1939
No Score Yet	When Tomorrow Comes	Man	—	1939
100%	In Name Only	Steward	—	1939
60%	Each Dawn I Die	Parole Board Member	—	1939
No Score Yet	There's That Woman Again	Coroner's Deputy	—	1939
No Score Yet	Women in the Wind	Sloan	—	1939
No Score Yet	Trouble in Sundown	Cameron	—	1939
No Score Yet	Stand Up and Fight	Auctioneer	—	1939
No Score Yet	Gang Bullets	Capt. Brown	—	1938
100%	Angels with Dirty Faces	Chronicle Editor	—	1938
No Score Yet	My Lucky Star	Department Head	—	1938
No Score Yet	They Won't Forget	Briggs, the Detective	—	1937
100%	Easy Living	Nervous Man	—	1937
No Score Yet	Love Is News	Clerk	—	1937
No Score Yet	Escape by Night	The Doctor	—	1937
No Score Yet	Under Your Spell	Sponsor	—	1936
No Score Yet	Pigskin Parade	Doctor	—	1936
No Score Yet	The Ex-Mrs. Bradford	Analyst	—	1936
No Score Yet	Charlie Chan at the Circus	Doctor	—	1936
No Score Yet	Easy Money	Rusick	—	1936
No Score Yet	We're Only Human	Ballistics Expert	—	1935
No Score Yet	Death from a Distance	City Editor McConnell	—	1935
No Score Yet	Special Agent	Man	—	1935
No Score Yet	The Murder Man	Meltzer, the City Editor	—	1935
No Score Yet	I Found Stella Parish	Producer's Assistant	—	1935
No Score Yet	The Silver Streak	Doctor	—	1934

Quotes from John Dilson's Characters

Pawnbroker:

Say, it just goes to show you what luck is. 20 minutes ago I was going to close up and I got to reading the paper. For no reason I'm reading, and it keeps me 20 minutes late and I make an 11 dollar sale. Just goes to show you a man can't tell what's going to happen next!

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John Dilson

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

Quotes from John Dilson's Characters