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John Dilson

Highest Rated:
100% Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Lowest Rated:
71% This Land Is Mine (1943)
Birthday:
Feb 18, 1891
Birthplace:
Not Available
Bio:
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…

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Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 71% - 100%
Number of Movies: 64
Box Office Since 2001: --
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
1993 Fly by Night
  • Tracy
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1944 89% Cover Girl
  • Rusty's Photographer
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1944 The Yellow Rose of Texas
  • Actor
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1944 Once Upon a Time
  • Actor
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1944 Buffalo Bill
  • President Hayes
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1943 Idaho
  • Actor
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1943 Happy Land
  • Charles Clayton
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1943 Princess O'Rourke
  • Elevator Man
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1943 The Iron Major
  • Doctor
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1943 80% The Song of Bernadette
  • Actor
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1943 71% This Land Is Mine
  • Mayor's Secretary
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1943 87% The Leopard Man
  • Coroner
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1942 A Night to Remember
  • Coroner
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1942 Wildcat
  • Gus Sloane
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1942 Ship Ahoy
  • Dr. Loring
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1942 They All Kissed the Bride
  • Man
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1942 The Falcon's Brother
  • Ship's Officer
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1942 Pittsburgh
  • Wilson
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1942 Footlight Serenade
  • Clerk
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1941 83% Shadow of the Thin Man
  • Actor
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1941 They Meet Again
  • Actor
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1941 City Limits
  • Actor
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1941 The Monster and the Girl(The Avenging Brain )
  • Employment Clerk
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1941 Footsteps in the Dark
  • Coroner
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1941 Johnny Eager
  • Pawnbroker
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1941 The Face Behind the Mask
  • Anderson
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1941 Sunset in Wyoming
  • Actor
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1941 Dick Tracy
  • Weldon
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1941 Whistling in the Dark
  • Vanderhoff
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1941 International Lady
  • Decoding Expert
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1940 100% I Love You Again
  • Actor
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1940 King of the Royal Mounted
  • Dr. Wall
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1940 Drums of Fu Manchu
  • Howard
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1940 Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
  • Police Doctor
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1940 No, No Nanette
  • Actor
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1940 Danger Ahead
  • Hatch
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1940 The Man With Nine Lives (Behind the Door)
  • John Hawthorne
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1940 Phantom of Chinatown
  • Charles Fraser
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1940 The Dark Command
  • Actor
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1940 Adventures Of Red Ryder
  • Hale
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1940 Hold That Woman
  • Actor
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1939 When Tomorrow Comes
  • Man
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1939 Each Dawn I Die
  • Parole Board Member
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1939 In Name Only
  • Actor
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1939 Women in the Wind
  • Sloan
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1939 Reno
  • Mr. Jones Club Host
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1938 There's That Woman Again
  • Coroner's Deputy
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1938 100% Angels with Dirty Faces
  • Chronicle Editor
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1938 My Lucky Star
  • Department Head
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1937 100% Easy Living
  • Nervous Man
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1937 Escape By Night
  • Actor
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1937 They Won't Forget
  • Briggs the Detective
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1937 Love Is News
  • Clerk
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1936 Under Your Spell
  • Actor
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1936 Easy Money
  • Rusick
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1936 The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
  • Analyst
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1936 Death from a Distance
  • City Editor McConnell
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1936 We're Only Human
  • Ballistics Expert
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1936 The Great Guy (Pluck of the Irish)
  • City Editor
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1936 Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
  • Actor
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1936 Charlie Chan at the Circus
  • Doctor
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1936 Pigskin Parade
  • Doctor
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1935 I Found Stella Parish
  • Producer's Assistant
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1934 Silver Streak
  • Doctor
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