Samuel S. Hinds
Biography
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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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1875-04-03
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Cast
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
8.28
Lady on a Train
1945
6.63
Son of Dracula
1943
5.80
The Bribe
1949
6.18
You Can't Take It with You
1938
7.50
Rio
1939
4.92
Night Key
1937
6.20
Within the Law
1939
6.00
Seven Sinners
1940
5.80
Convention City
1933
3.00
Buck Privates
1941
6.70
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
6.50
Jail House Blues
1942
0.00
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
6.50
Lady for a Day
1933
7.10
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
6.20
Destry Rides Again
1939
7.19
The Rage of Paris
1938
5.79
Stage Door
1937
7.04
Blonde Alibi
1946
3.90
Pittsburgh
1942
6.20
Scarlet Street
1945
7.58
The Raven
1935
6.60
Grand Central Murder
1942
5.71
Kid Glove Killer
1942
6.15
The Crime Doctor
1934
2.67
Little Women
1933
6.78
Rhythm on the Range
1936
4.00
Danger Woman
1946
0.00
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1941
6.60
Rendezvous
1935
4.30
Double or Nothing
1937
6.60
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
6.65
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942
5.10
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
6.80
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
6.00
Mob Town
1941
0.00
The Crime of the Century
1933
6.36
Berkeley Square
1933
5.67
Men in White
1934
6.00
Back Street
1941
7.18
The Runaround
1946
6.00
Sequoia
1935
6.00
This Day and Age
1933
3.00
Know For Sure
1941
3.80
His Brother's Wife
1936
5.60
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
6.10
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940
4.60
The Nuisance
1933
5.00
Wives Under Suspicion
1938
5.00
It's a Date
1940
5.90
Double Danger
1938
6.50
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
4.63
The Road Is Open Again
1933
0.00
Secret Agent X-9
1945
5.40
Strangers All
1935
5.50
The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935
5.50
Shadow of Doubt
1935
6.20
The 9th Guest
1934
5.88
Secrets of a Nurse
1938
4.00
The Return of October
1948
5.80
Mister Big
1943
2.20
The Reckless Way
1936
4.00
Living on Velvet
1935
5.50
His Greatest Gamble
1934
5.00
A Lost Lady
1934
5.64
Dr. Socrates
1935
6.40
Two-Fisted
1935
7.00
Swing Out, Sister
1945
3.67
I'll Remember April
1945
3.67
The Great Alaskan Mystery
1944
5.00
She's Dangerous
1937
5.00
Fired Wife
1943
4.17
Let's Fall in Love
1933
7.50
College Scandal
1935
5.20
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939
6.00
Adventure in Washington
1941
6.00
Newsboys' Home
1938
6.00
Personal Secretary
1938
0.00
One Man's Journey
1933
6.54
Spring Parade
1940
6.70
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
10.00
Straightaway
1933
0.00
The Devil's Party
1938
5.00
Time Out of Mind
1947
5.00
Have a Heart
1934
7.00
Jungle Woman
1944
4.90
Behind the Evidence
1935
2.00
In Person
1935
6.33
Frisco Lil
1942
8.00
Fatal Lady
1936
0.00
Gabriel Over the White House
1933
6.79
Hold the Press
1933
0.00
The Women in His Life
1933
3.50
Career
1939
0.00
Chip Off the Old Block
1944
4.00
Escape in the Desert
1945
0.00
Bed of Roses
1933
6.10
Young Dr. Kildare
1938
6.50
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
5.90
Man-Made Monster
1941
6.10
The Defense Rests
1934
7.00
Sworn Enemy
1936
5.30
West Point of the Air
1935
6.00
Pirates of the Skies
1939
0.00
Test Pilot
1938
6.54
Frisco Sal
1945
3.67
Navy Blue and Gold
1937
5.20
First Love
1939
7.50
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
5.60
The Under-Pup
1939
6.00
Road Agent
1941
0.00
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
5.50
Timothy's Quest
1936
3.00
No Greater Glory
1934
6.56
Hat, Coat and Glove
1934
5.50
Hawaiian Nights
1939
0.00
Son of a Sailor
1933
5.00
Bordertown
1935
5.93
She
1935
5.43
Lady in a Jam
1942
5.33
Ladies Courageous
1944
3.50
Woman Trap
1936
0.00
West of the Pecos
1934
0.00
Perilous Waters
1948
0.00
Swing That Cheer
1938
0.00
Prescription for Romance
1937
0.00
Follow the Band
1943
0.00
Rumba
1935
6.00
Good Morning, Judge
1943
0.00
Pardon My Sarong
1942
6.35
Ski Patrol
1940
3.70
The Singing Sheriff
1944
8.00
Sing a Jingle
1944
0.00
He's My Guy
1943
6.00
Larceny with Music
1943
4.00
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
0.00
A Girl with Ideas
1937
0.00
Inside Job
1946
5.60
Little Tough Guys in Society
1938
6.00
The Boys from Syracuse
1940
5.80
You're a Sweetheart
1937
4.29
Top of the Town
1937
5.20
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943
5.50
Forbidden Valley
1938
6.00
Badlands of Dakota
1941
5.90
The Spoilers
1942
6.16
Call Northside 777
1948
6.73
Don Winslow of the Navy
1942
0.00
Hers to Hold
1943
6.90
The Longest Night
1936
5.70
Border Flight
1936
6.00
Bad Boy
1935
5.00
The Road to Reno
1938
2.50
A Wicked Woman
1934
4.00
Unfinished Business
1941
5.33
The Storm
1938
0.00
The Amateur Gentleman
1926
0.00
Strange Conquest
1946
0.00
Mills of the Gods
1934
0.00
Annapolis Farewell
1935
0.00
Men in Her Diary
1945
0.00
Love Letters of a Star
1936
0.00
If I Had a Million
1932
6.60
The Egg and I
1947
7.00
Day of Reckoning
1933
4.43
Tight Shoes
1941
0.00
Fog
1933
5.00
Top Man
1943
0.00
The Jury's Secret
1938
4.00
Ex-Champ
1939
6.00
South of Dixie
1944
0.00
The Mighty Treve
1937
6.00
I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
1940
6.00
We've Never Been Licked
1943
0.00
Cobra Woman
1944
5.15
Baby Take a Bow
1934
5.60
Private Worlds
1935
6.00
Hellzapoppin'
1941
7.20
It Ain't Hay
1943
6.40
Black Legion
1937
6.56
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
6.96
Zanzibar
1940
0.00
One Hour To Live
1939
0.00
White Tie and Tails
1946
7.00
Penthouse
1933
6.70
Murders in the Zoo
1933
5.80
Deluge
1933
5.79
Phantom Lady
1944
7.00
Hero for a Day
1939
0.00
Tropic Fury
1939
0.00
Little Miss Big
1946
6.00
The Road Back
1937
6.25
Sadie McKee
1934
6.90
Millions in the Air
1935
0.00
What We Are Fighting For
1943
0.00
The World Changes
1933
4.30
Sisters Under the Skin
1934
0.00
Follow the Boys
1944
5.30