Hollywood Icons, Then and Now
Take a look back at these Hollywood icons in their early days to see how far they've come in their careers.
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Works
The Ghost That Walks AloneBascomb (uncredited)1944
Beautiful But BrokePutnam1944
1944
Around the WorldColonel1943
Happy LandCharles Clayton (uncredited)1943
Princess O'RourkeElevator Operator (uncredited)1943
So's Your UncleStevens1943
All by MyselfMr. Dilson1943
The Leopard ManCoroner (uncredited)1943
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal CaseGreen, Parole Board Member (uncredited)1943
This Land Is MineMayor's Secretary1943
Mission to MoscowAmerican Senator (uncredited)1943
She Has What It TakesChamberlain Jones (as John H. Dilson)1943
King of the CowboysBryson1943
Slightly Dangerous'Telegram' reporter (uncredited)1943
IdahoBoard Member1943
The Great GildersleeveMayor Appleton1942
Madame SpyProprietor Martin1942
A Night to RememberMedical Examiner (uncredited)1942
Queen of BroadwayBickel1942
For Me and My GalLou (uncredited)1942
The Mayor of 44th StreetCarter, the General Manager (as John H. Dilson)1942
You Can't Escape ForeverPop (uncredited)1942
WildcatGus Sloane1942
Sabotage SquadGuthrie1942
Ten Gentlemen from West PointSenator (uncredited)1942
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!Judge Smith1942
Obliging Young LadyUncle Joe (uncredited)1942
Fly By NightPolice Dr. Tracy1942
Over My Dead BodyEditor1942
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.Henry Weldon1941
Johnny EagerPawnbroker (uncredited)1941- Unfinished RainbowsProf. Jewett1941
New York TownDoctor (uncredited)1941
Jesse James at BayCollins (uncredited)1941- I'll Fix ItBurger, the lawyer1941
Two Latins from ManhattanJerome Kittleman1941
Sergeant YorkReporter (uncredited)1941
ManpowerJail Clerk (uncredited)1941
Whistling in the DarkHugo in Show (uncredited)1941
The Deadly GameHarkness1941
Highway WestThe Judge (uncredited)1941
Father Steps OutTom Oliver1941
Sunset in WyomingPhipps1941
They Meet AgainWilliam Merrill Sr.1941
Cyclone on HorsebackMr. Williams1941
Naval AcademyJohn Frazier1941
1-2-3-Go!Mayor1941
The Wagons Roll at NightMinister (uncredited)1941
Citizen KaneWard Heeler (uncredited)1941
The Lady from CheyenneSpecial Prosecutor Fitzpatrick1941
Man-Made MonsterMedical Examiner1941
The Monster and the GirlEmployment Agency Clerk (uncredited)1941
Andy Hardy's Private SecretaryMr. Davis1941
The Great Mr. NobodyPawnbroker1941
Across the SierrasDan Woodworth1941
The Face Behind the MaskMan at Dock Asking for a Light (uncredited)1941
No, No, NanetteDesk Clerk1940
Thundering FrontierCarter Filmore1940
You, the PeopleMr. Sanders1940
Phantom of ChinatownCharlie Frasier1940
Gallant SonsDruggist (uncredited)1940
Girls Under 21Albert Carter, School Principal1940
Beyond the SacramentoJason Perry1940
Marked MenDr. James Prentiss Harkness1940
Glamour for SaleWilson (uncredited)1940
City for ConquestMr. Cahn - Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)1940
1940
Public Deb No. 1Clerk1940
The Great ProfileDoctor Perkins1940
The Golden FleecingCashier (uncredited)1940
The Secret SevenWalter W. Carter1940
I Love You AgainWorker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited)1940
Stage to ChinoJim Pierce - Postal Inspector (uncredited)1940
My Love Came BackAccountant (uncredited)1940
Millionaires in PrisonObserver at Train Station (uncredited)1940
Private AffairsStock Buyer (uncredited)1940
1940
Hold That Woman!Bill Lannigan1940
Edison, the ManBroker1940
Charlie Chan's Murder CruisePolice Doctor at Hotel1940
The Man with Nine LivesJohn Hawthorne1940
Dark CommandTown Leader1940
The Grapes of WrathBookseller (uncredited)1940
Drums of Fu ManchuProf. Ezra Howard1940
Women Without NamesSheriff1940
Pioneers of the WestMorgan1940
The Big PremiereTheater Owner1940
Five Little Peppers at HomeDaniels1940
Danger AheadThomas Hatch1940
Brother Rat and a BabyPawnbroker1940
Legion of the LawlessSurveyor Dave Martin (uncredited)1940
Music in My HeartCity Editor (uncredited)1940
RenoMr. Jones - Casino Manager1939
Drunk DrivingDoctor (uncredited)1939
Bad Little AngelMr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)1939
Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonSecretary (uncredited)1939
Scandal SheetChris Durk1939
Sabotage(uncredited)1939
A Woman is the JudgeRamsey1939
Here I Am a StrangerProfessor1939
Each Dawn I DieParole Board Member (uncredited)1939
In Name OnlyHead Train Steward (uncredited)1939
The Man They Could Not HangKing - City Editor (uncredited)1939
Andy Hardy Gets Spring FeverMr. Davis (uncredited)1939
S.O.S Tidal WaveAppleby1939
Racketeers of the RangeWiliam J. Benson1939
It's a Wonderful WorldDoctor (uncredited)1939
Ex-ChampLawton1939
Fixer DuganSteve1939
Weather WizardsCalifornia Meteorologist1939
Trouble in SundownEdward Simmons1939
Money to LoanClarence Z. Dodds, Hanley's Accountant1939
Nancy Drew... ReporterDeputy Coroner (uncredited)1939
Flying G-MenDr. Alexander Craig1939
North of ShanghaiEditor1939
Blackwell's IslandFinlay (uncredited)1939
They Made Me a CriminalDoctor (uncredited)1939
Stand Up and FightAuctioneer1939
KentuckyMan at Race Track1938- A Clean SweepBank Manager1938
Gang BulletsCapt. Brown1938
Tarnished AngelMr. Greer1938
The ChaserProcess Server1938- 1938
Racket BustersMr. Robbins (uncredited)1938
Women in PrisonHenry Russell1938
Who Killed Gail Preston?Mr. Curran1938
Borrowing TroubleClark1937
The Shadow StrikesBill Gordan1937
Love Is on the AirMeeting Chairman1937
Easy LivingNervous Hotel Registrant (uncredited)1937
Midnight TaxiDoc Wilson1937
Love Is NewsClerk (uncredited)1937
Dick TracyEllery Brewster [Chs. 1, 12]1937
Great GuyCity Editor (Uncredited)1936
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper IslandE.G. Ellsworth1936
The Public PaysMilk Company Executive Moore (uncredited)1936
The President's MysteryBanker (uncredited)1936
Wives Never KnowDoctor (uncredited)1936
And Sudden DeathJudge1936
Easy MoneyLawyer Rusick1936
Three of a KindDoc Adams1936
The Ex-Mrs. BradfordAnalyst Examining Gelatin Capsule (uncredited)1936
The Drag-NetArnold Crane1936
Hitch Hike To HeavenCharlie Reed1936
The Country DoctorCity Editor (uncredited)1936
We're Only HumanBallistics Expert1935
The Calling of Dan MatthewsCity Editor Edison (uncredited)1935
Happiness C.O.D.Snyder1935
Twin TripletsJ. Benton, City Editor1935
The Girl Who Came BackHenchman Waddy1935
Special AgentGus (uncredited)1935
Cheers of the CrowdBarney Booth (as John H. Dilson)1935
Woman WantedJuror Talking to Mike (uncredited)1935
Every Night at EightHuxley1935
The WesternerSenator Lockhart1934
A Man's GameJohn T. Bradley1934
I'll Tell the WorldLegendre1934
Personal details
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- Alternative names
- John H. Dilson
- BornFebruary 18, 1891Brooklyn, New York, USA
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