John Henry Dilson"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4DH-2CG : Sat Feb 24 02:28:50 UTC 2024), Entry for John Henry Dilson, 1942.Library of Congress (1929). Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 65, 69, 351. (February 18, 1892"United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K4Q-6977 : 11 February 2023), John Henry Dilson, . – June 3, 1944) was an American film and stage actor,Jones, Ken D. (1976). Character People. South Brunswick: A. S. Barnes. p. 66. . and playwright."Dramatic Stock: Dramatic Stock Notes". The Billboard. March 12, 1927. p. 28. Retrieved November 14, 2024. "THE BAINBRIDGE PLAYERS, Minneapolis, have developed more playwrights. Robert Hyman and John Dilson, of the company, have just given Donald Gallagher, New York producer, an option on their comedy, Black Sheep.""Vaudeville Notes". Brooklyn Eagle. May 24, 1928. p. 16A. Retrieved November 14, 2024."Flier Ends Tour; Stars of 'B'way Come to Palace". New York Daily News. June 10, 1928. p. 50. Retrieved November 14, 2024. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1934 and 1944.
Personal life Dilson was married to Edith Constance Lee,"Death Summons Edward J. Lee". The San Luis Obispo Tribune. September 29, 1945. p. 3. Retrieved November 14, 2024. with whom he had a son, John, Jr.
On June 3, 1944, following several months of failing health, Dilson died in Camarillo, California, of lobar pneumonia."Deaths and Funerals". Los Angeles Citizen News. June 6, 1944. p. 6. Retrieved November 14, 2024. He was survived by his wife and son, and his brother, actor Clyde Dilson. His remains are interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City.
Selected filmography
A Man's Game (1934) The Westerner (1934) The Girl Who Came Back (1935) Death from a Distance (1935) Cheers of the Crowd (1935) Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936) The Drag-Net (1936) The Public Pays (1936) Gentle Julia (1936) Three of a Kind (1936) Dick Tracy (1937) Gang Bullets (1938) Laugh It Off (1939) Racketeers of the Range (1939) Scandal Sheet (1939) A Woman Is the Judge (1939) Phantom of Chinatown (1940) Beyond the Sacramento (1940) The Man with Nine Lives (1940) Marked Men (1940) Hold That Woman! (1940) The Secret Seven (1940) Pioneers of the West (1940) Thundering Frontier (1940) Danger Ahead (1940) Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941) They Meet Again (1941) Father Steps Out (1941) Across the Sierras (1941) Madame Spy (1942) Wildcat (1942 film) Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1942) So's Your Uncle (1943) She Has What It Takes (1943) Buffalo Bill (1944) (uncredited)
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