Samuel S. Hinds
Acting
Born: April 3, 1875 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: October 13, 1948 (aged 73)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Samuel Southey Hinds (April 4, 1875 – October 13, 1948) was an American actor and former lawyer. He was often cast as kindly authoritarian figures and appeared in over 200 films until his death. Hinds was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Joseph E. Hinds and Mary A. Beetham Hinds. He was a graduate of Phillips Andover Academy and Harvard Law School and worked for over 32 years as a lawyer before becoming a professional actor. After he lost most of his money in the financial crisis of 1929, Hinds retired as a lawyer and joined the Pasadena Community Playhouse. He started acting in Broadway shows at age 54. Hinds is perhaps best remembered for playing Peter Bailey, the father of James Stewart and founder of the Bailey Building and Loan, in It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and for his part as Paul Sycamore in You Can't Take It With You (1938), both films directed by Frank Capra. Hinds was also known for his roles in the Abbott & Costello films such as Buck Privates (1941), Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942) and Pardon My Sarong (1942). He also portrayed Lew Ayres' father in the Dr. Kildare film series during the early 1940s. Hinds mostly played supporting roles, often kind and dignified authority figures; often lawyers, doctors, mayors, judges or the father of the main figure. Hinds' first film was If I Had a Million (1932); his second film was The Road Is Open Again (1933) where he portrayed President Woodrow Wilson. His earlier career was reflected in the role of Judge Thatcher, tortured by the mad Dr. Richard Vollin (Bela Lugosi) in The Raven (1935). Hinds acted in a total of 214 films. His last film was The Bribe, released in 1949, after his death. Hinds died of pneumonia in Pasadena, California, on October 13, 1948 at age 73. He was married to Dorothy Cruickshack, they had two children.
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Scarlet Street
1945
Destry Rides Again
1939
Call Northside 777
1948
The Raven
1935
Little Women
1933
Son of Dracula
1943
Stage Door
1937
Phantom Lady
1944
Hellzapoppin'
1941
Lady for a Day
1933
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Movies (198)
It's a Wonderful Life
Pa Bailey
You Can't Take It with You
Paul Sycamore
The 9th Guest
Dr. Murray Reid
Scarlet Street
Charles Pringle
Little Women
Mr. March
Destry Rides Again
Judge Slade
The Raven
Judge Thatcher
The Spoilers
Judge Stillman
Call Northside 777
Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited)
Penthouse
Stuyvesant (uncredited)
Stage Door
Henry Sims
Buck Privates
Maj. Gen. Emerson
The Shepherd of the Hills
Andy Beeler
The Bribe
Dr. Warren
Border Flight
Commander Mosely
Tropic Fury
J.P. Waterford
Lady for a Day
Mayor (uncredited)
Son of Dracula
Judge Simmons
Man-Made Monster
Dr. John Lawrence
Black Legion
Judge
Manhattan Melodrama
Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Sheriff
Lady in a Jam
Doctor Brewster
If I Had a Million
Lawyer (uncredited)
The Boy with Green Hair
Dr. R.T. Knudson
Back Street
Felix Darren
Phantom Lady
Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Blonde Alibi
Prof. Slater
Test Pilot
General Ross
Forbidden Valley
Jeff Hazzard
Woman Trap
Senator Andrews
Night Key
Steven Ranger
Follow the Boys
Officer (uncredited)
Trail of the Vigilantes
George Preston
Convention City
McAllister
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Dr. Adams
Seven Sinners
Governor
It Ain't Hay
Colonel Brainard
Murders in the Zoo
Banquet Guest (Uncredited)
Sisters Under the Skin
Winters
The Rage of Paris
Mr. William Duncan Sr.
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Sam Shaw
Men in White
Dr. Gordon
Men in Her Diary
Judge Bergen
Lady on a Train
Mr. Wiggam, Waring Lawyer
The Egg and I
Sheriff Drum
Sworn Enemy
Eli Decker
Cobra Woman
Father Paul
Calling Dr. Kildare
Dr. Stephen Kildare
Hellzapoppin'
Showboat Captain (uncredited)
The Crime Doctor
Ballard
Rumba
Henry B. Harrison
He's My Guy
Johnson
Blossoms in the Dust
Mr. George Kahley
Sadie McKee
Dr. Branch (uncredited)
Pardon My Sarong
Chief Kolua
In Person
Aaron Sylvester
Rio
Lamartine
Road Agent
Banker Sam Leavitt
Gabriel Over the White House
Dr. H.L. Eastman
Badlands of Dakota
Wilbur Grayson
Bordertown
Judge at First Trial
A Lost Lady
Jim Sloane
The World Changes
A Banker (uncredited)
West Point of the Air
Secretary of War
Grand Central Murder
Roger Furness
Week-End at the Waldorf
Mr. Jessup
No Greater Glory
Gereb's Father
Navy Blue and Gold
Richard Gates Sr.
She's Dangerous
Warden
Ladies Courageous
Brig. Gen. Wade
Time Out of Mind
Dr. Weber
Double or Nothing
Jonathan Clark
Danger Woman
Dean Albert Sears
The Road to Reno
Sylvia's Attorney
Rhythm on the Range
Robert Halloway
His Brother's Wife
Doctor Claybourne
The Crime of the Century
Philip Ames
First Love
Mr. Parker
Kid Glove Killer
Mayor Daniels
Rendezvous
John Carter, Assistant Secretary of War
Chip Off the Old Block
Dean Manning
Pittsburgh
Morgan Prentiss (President, Prentiss Steel)
Bad Boy
Husband
The Defense Rests
Dean Adams
One Hour to Live
Commissioner Cromwell
Keep 'Em Slugging
Carruthers
Dr. Socrates
Dr. McClintick
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Stephen Kildare
Swing That Cheer
Coach McGann
Tight Shoes
Horace Grover, 'the Brain'
Jungle Woman
Coroner
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Dr. Stephen Kildare
Deluge
Chief Forecaster
South of Dixie
Colonel Andrew J. Morgan
Baby Take a Bow
Warden (Uncredited)
College Scandal
Mr. Cummings
She
John Vincey
The Boys from Syracuse
Angeen
West of the Pecos
Colonel Lambeth
The Road Back
Defense Attorney
The Amateur Gentleman
Charles - Marquis of Jerningham (uncredited)
Within the Law
Mr. Gilder
The Return of October
Judge Northridge
Fired Wife
Judge Towne
Wives Under Suspicion
David Marrow
Top Man
Mr. Fairchild
Young Dr. Kildare
Dr. Stephen Kildare
The Mighty Treve
Uncle Joel Fenno
Top of the Town
Henry Borden
The Road Is Open Again
Woodrow Wilson
The Longest Night
Hastings
Spring Parade
Von Zimmel
Berkeley Square
The American Ambassador
Wings Over Honolulu
Admiral Furness
Bed of Roses
Father Doran
Jail House Blues
Mr. Thomas Daniels
Prescription for Romance
Major Goddard
Unfinished Business
Uncle
Swing Out, Sister
Rufus Mariman
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Court Aldrich
Sing a Jingle
J.P. Crane
Secrets of a Nurse
Judge Corrigan
Straightaway
1933
Inside Job
Judge Kincaid
Strangers All
Charles Green
Fatal Lady
Guili Ruffano
Pirates of the Skies
1939
Mills of the Gods
Burroughs
Let's Fall in Love
New York Film Executive
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
The Lady from Cheyenne
Governor Howard
A Wicked Woman
Judge (uncredited)
Shadow of Doubt
Mr. Granby
Two-Fisted
Mr. Pritchard
The Nuisance
Mr. Beaumont
You're a Sweetheart
Oh, Oh, Oklahoma Actor (uncredited)
Ex-Champ
Edward P. Nash
Strange Conquest
Dr. Graves
We've Never Been Licked
Colonel Jason Craig
The Devil's Party
Judge Henry Harrison
The Storm
Capt. Kenny
Larceny with Music
Brewster
Private Worlds
Dr. Arnold
The Runaround
Norman Hampton
Timothy's Quest
Rev. Fellows
Hers to Hold
Dr. Crane
This Day and Age
Mayor
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Herman Brock
Have a Heart
Dr. Spear
Follow the Band
Pop Turnbull
Son of a Sailor
Admiral Farnsworth
Little Tough Guys in Society
Judge
Mister Big
Jeremy Taswell
Career
Clem Bartholomew
Fog
Dickens
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
Dr. Stephen Kildare
It's a Date
Sidney Simpson
The Jury's Secret
Brandon Williams
Good Morning, Judge
J.P. Gordon
Hawaiian Nights
Lane
Millions in the Air
Colonel Edwards
Mob Town
Luther Bryson
I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
George P. Morgan
Secret Agent X-9
Solo
I'll Remember April
Garrett Garfield
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Captain
To the People of the United States
Harrison - Member of the Local Draft Board (uncredited)
One Man's Journey
Dr. Babcock
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Dudley Crispin
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Stephen Kildare
The Women in His Life
Thomas J. Worthing
Adventure in Washington
Se. Henry Owen
Hero for a Day
"Dutch" Bronson
White Tie and Tails
Mr. Bradford
Double Danger
Police Commissioner David Theron
Living on Velvet
Henry L. Parker
Zanzibar
Dale
Little Miss Big
Wilfred Elliott
Escape in the Desert
Gramp
Ski Patrol
Captain Per Vallgren
Hold the Press
Taylor
Newsboys' Home
Howard Price Dutton
Personal Secretary
Alan Lemke
Love Letters of a Star
Artemus Todd
Frisco Sal
Doc
Perilous Waters
Dana Ferris
Annapolis Farewell
Dr. Bryant
Sequoia
Matthew Martin
The Reckless Way
1936
Day of Reckoning
O'Farrell
Know For Sure
Dr. Perkins
Don Winslow of the Navy
The CINCUS [Ch. 1]
The Under-Pup
Dr. McKay
His Greatest Gamble
Dr. Owen (uncredited)
The Singing Sheriff
Seth
Hat, Coat and Glove
John Walters (uncredited)
A Girl with Ideas
Rodding Carter