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John Francis Dillon(1884-1934)

  • Director
  • Actor
  • Writer
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John Francis Dillon
Actor/director John Francis Dillon was born in New York City on July 13, 1884 (his brother, Robert Dillon, also entered the film business, becoming a writer and director). He began his film career in 1913 as an actor in two-reel Keystone comedies, billed as "Jack Dillon". It wasn't long before he was also directing as well as acting in two-reelers, for a variety of studios. He became better known as a director than as an actor, however, and had a string of successes in the silent era--e.g.,Flaming Youth (1923), The Perfect Flapper (1924), We Moderns (1925))--and his directorial career lasted into the 1930s, although with the coming of sound he was relegated to lower-budget comedies and "B" pictures. His best known picture is probably Call Her Savage (1932), which was silent-screen sexpot Clara Bow's "comeback" film after a string of professional failures and personal disasters. The film was well received and got Bow very good reviews, but it couldn't save her career and she left films the next year.

John Francis Dillson died of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California, on April 4, 1934, at age 49.
BornJuly 13, 1884
DiedApril 4, 1934(49)
BornJuly 13, 1884
DiedApril 4, 1934(49)
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Known for

Charles Bickford, Evelyn Brent, and Conrad Nagel in Pagan Lady (1931)
Pagan Lady
5.5
  • Director
  • 1931
Otis Skinner in Kismet (1930)
Kismet
6.0
  • Director
  • 1930
The Cub Reporter
  • Director
  • 1922
Richard Barthelmess in The Finger Points (1931)
The Finger Points
5.9
  • Director
  • 1931

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Director

  • Bette Davis, Ricardo Cortez, Charles Farrell, Glenda Farrell, and Allen Jenkins in The Big Shakedown (1934)
    The Big Shakedown
  • 'Tis Spring
  • Humanity (1933)
    Humanity
  • Call Her Savage (1932)
    Call Her Savage
  • Warner Baxter, Karen Morley, and Conway Tearle in Man About Town (1932)
    Man About Town
  • Charles Murray and George Sidney in The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932)
    The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
  • Boris Karloff, Constance Cummings, and Jack Holt in Behind the Mask (1932)
    Behind the Mask
  • Charles Bickford, Evelyn Brent, and Conrad Nagel in Pagan Lady (1931)
    Pagan Lady
  • Dorothy Mackaill, Conrad Nagel, and H.B. Warner in The Reckless Hour (1931)
    The Reckless Hour
  • Richard Barthelmess in The Finger Points (1931)
    The Finger Points
  • Helen Twelvetrees in Millie (1931)
    Millie
  • Otis Skinner in Kismet (1930)
    Kismet
  • Billie Dove in One Night at Susie's (1930)
    One Night at Susie's
  • Ann Harding in The Girl of the Golden West (1930)
    The Girl of the Golden West
  • Bride of the Regiment (1930)
    Bride of the Regiment

Actor

  • One Yard to Go
    • (uncredited)
  • Betty Compson and Pauline Garon in Temptations of a Shop Girl (1927)
    Temptations of a Shop Girl
  • Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall in Smile, Brother, Smile (1927)
    Smile, Brother, Smile
    • (as Jack Dillon)
  • George Walsh in The Test of Donald Norton (1926)
    The Test of Donald Norton
    • (as Jack Dillon)
  • Constance Talmadge and Conway Tearle in The Dangerous Maid (1923)
    The Dangerous Maid
    • (as Jack Dillon)
  • Helen Ferguson and Hoot Gibson in Double Dealing (1923)
    Double Dealing
  • William Farnum in Without Compromise (1922)
    Without Compromise
    • (as Jack Dillon)
  • For His Sake
  • Thomas Meighan in Cappy Ricks (1921)
    Cappy Ricks
    • (as Jack Dillon)
  • Burglar by Proxy (1919)
    Burglar by Proxy
    • (as Jack Dillon)
  • The Tea Hound
    • (as Jack Dillon)
  • Green-Eyed Johnny
    • (as Jack Dillon)
  • Their Husband
    • (as Jack Dillon)
  • His Taking Ways
  • A Warm Reception
    • (as Jack Dillon)

Writer

  • Burglar by Proxy (1919)
    Burglar by Proxy
    • (as Jack Dillon)
  • Her Birthday Knight

Personal details

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    • July 13, 1884
    • New York City, New York, USA
    • April 4, 1934
    • Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(heart attack)
    • Edith HallorMay 14, 1921 - April 4, 1934 (his death)
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    Directed one Oscar-nominated performance: Richard Barthelmess in The Noose (1928).

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