Samuel S. Hinds
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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
Credits
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Pa Bailey
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
as Paul Sycamore
Scarlet Street (1945)
as Charles Pringle
The 9th Guest (1934)
as Dr. Murray Reid
Little Women (1933)
as Mr. March
Destry Rides Again (1939)
as Judge Slade
The Raven (1935)
as Judge Thatcher
The Spoilers (1942)
as Judge Stillman
Stage Door (1937)
as Henry Sims
Call Northside 777 (1948)
as Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited)
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
as Andy Beeler
The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
as Dr. R.T. Knudson
Tropic Fury (1939)
as J.P. Waterford
Back Street (1941)
as Felix Darren
Son of Dracula (1943)
as Judge Simmons
Buck Privates (1941)
as Maj. Gen. Emerson
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
as Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited)
Road Agent (1941)
as Banker Sam Leavitt
Lady for a Day (1933)
as Mayor (uncredited)
Black Legion (1937)
as Judge
Man-Made Monster (1941)
as Dr. John Lawrence
Test Pilot (1938)
as General Ross
Pardon My Sarong (1942)
as Chief Kolua
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
as Dr. Adams
Convention City (1933)
as McAllister
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
as Sheriff
Seven Sinners (1940)
as Governor
Forbidden Valley (1938)
as Jeff Hazzard
It Ain't Hay (1943)
as Colonel Brainard
Men in White (1934)
as Dr. Gordon
Ladies Courageous (1944)
as Brig. Gen. Wade
Follow the Boys (1944)
as Officer (uncredited)
Phantom Lady (1944)
as Judge (voice) (uncredited)
The Egg and I (1947)
as Sheriff Drum
In Person (1935)
as Aaron Sylvester
Badlands of Dakota (1941)
as Wilbur Grayson
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
as Showboat Captain (uncredited)
Sadie McKee (1934)
as Dr. Branch (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1941)
as Sam Shaw
Woman Trap (1936)
as Senator Andrews
Penthouse (1933)
as Stuyvesant (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
as Dr. Stephen Kildare
Cobra Woman (1944)
as Father Paul
If I Had a Million (1932)
as Lawyer (uncredited)
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
as Mr. George Kahley
Blonde Alibi (1946)
as Prof. Slater
Danger Woman (1946)
as Dean Albert Sears
Men in Her Diary (1945)
as Judge Bergen
Rumba (1935)
as Henry B. Harrison
Baby Take a Bow (1934)
as Warden (Uncredited)
Bordertown (1935)
as Judge at First Trial
She (1935)
as John Vincey
His Brother's Wife (1936)
as Doctor Claybourne
Pittsburgh (1942)
as Morgan Prentiss (President, Prentiss Steel)
Kid Glove Killer (1942)
as Mayor Daniels
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
as Mr. Jessup
First Love (1939)
as Mr. Parker
Lady on a Train (1945)
as Mr. Wiggam, Waring Lawyer
A Lost Lady (1934)
as Jim Sloane
Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
as Richard Gates Sr.
Lady in a Jam (1942)
as Doctor Brewster
Rio (1939)
as Lamartine
Night Key (1937)
as Steven Ranger
The Rage of Paris (1938)
as Mr. William Duncan Sr.
The World Changes (1933)
as A Banker (uncredited)
Murders in the Zoo (1933)
as Banquet Guest (Uncredited)
Rhythm on the Range (1936)
as Robert Halloway
Jungle Woman (1944)
as Coroner
Rendezvous (1935)
as John Carter, Assistant Secretary of War
Berkeley Square (1933)
as The American Ambassador
Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)
as George Preston
Time Out of Mind (1947)
as Dr. Weber
The Bribe (1949)
as Dr. Warren
Sisters Under the Skin (1934)
as Winters
Ex-Champ (1939)
as Edward P. Nash
Double or Nothing (1937)
as Jonathan Clark
Grand Central Murder (1942)
as Roger Furness
West Point of the Air (1935)
as Secretary of War
Chip Off the Old Block (1944)
as Dean Manning
She's Dangerous (1937)
as Warden
Wives Under Suspicion (1938)
as David Marrow
The Crime Doctor (1934)
as Ballard
Swing That Cheer (1938)
as Coach McGann
Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
as Dr. Stephen Kildare
No Greater Glory (1934)
as Gereb's Father
Spring Parade (1940)
as Von Zimmel
Hers to Hold (1943)
as Dr. Crane
The Return of October (1948)
as Judge Northridge
The Longest Night (1936)
as Hastings
The Amateur Gentleman (1926)
as Charles - Marquis of Jerningham (uncredited)
The Road Back (1937)
as Defense Attorney
Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
as Dr. H.L. Eastman
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
Deluge (1933)
as Chief Forecaster
Dr. Socrates (1935)
as Dr. McClintick
He's My Guy (1943)
as Johnson
Sworn Enemy (1936)
as Eli Decker
Frisco Lil (1942)
Actor
Fatal Lady (1936)
as Guili Ruffano
The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
as Governor Howard
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)
as Stephen Kildare
Strangers All (1935)
as Charles Green
South of Dixie (1944)
as Colonel Andrew J. Morgan
College Scandal (1935)
as Mr. Cummings
The Defense Rests (1934)
as Dean Adams
The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
as Stephen Kildare
The Crime of the Century (1933)
as Philip Ames
This Day and Age (1933)
as Mayor
Larceny with Music (1943)
as Brewster
The Boys from Syracuse (1940)
as Angeen
Fired Wife (1943)
as Judge Towne
To the People of the United States (1944)
as Harrison - Member of the Local Draft Board (uncredited)
We've Never Been Licked (1943)
as Colonel Jason Craig
The Road Is Open Again (1933)
as Woodrow Wilson
West of the Pecos (1934)
as Colonel Lambeth
I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now (1940)
as George P. Morgan
Bad Boy (1935)
as Husband
Top Man (1943)
as Mr. Fairchild
Tight Shoes (1941)
as Horace Grover, 'the Brain'
Secret Agent X-9 (1945)
as Solo
Jail House Blues (1942)
as Mr. Thomas Daniels
The Jury's Secret (1938)
as Brandon Williams
Millions in the Air (1935)
as Colonel Edwards
Private Worlds (1935)
as Dr. Arnold
The Runaround (1946)
as Norman Hampton
Inside Job (1946)
as Judge Kincaid
The Mighty Treve (1937)
as Uncle Joel Fenno
Pirates of the Skies (1939)
Actor
Top of the Town (1937)
as Henry Borden
Border Flight (1936)
as Commander Mosely
Sing a Jingle (1944)
as J.P. Crane
Within the Law (1939)
as Mr. Gilder
Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
as Dr. Stephen Kildare
Have a Heart (1934)
as Dr. Spear
Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)
as Court Aldrich
Son of a Sailor (1933)
as Admiral Farnsworth
Straightaway (1933)
Actor
Frisco Sal (1945)
as Doc
Don Winslow of the Navy (1942)
as The CINCUS [Ch. 1]
It's a Date (1940)
as Sidney Simpson
Wings Over Honolulu (1937)
as Admiral Furness
Good Morning, Judge (1943)
as J.P. Gordon
Unfinished Business (1941)
as Uncle
Personal Secretary (1938)
as Alan Lemke
The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
as Captain
Keep 'Em Slugging (1943)
as Carruthers
Little Miss Big (1946)
as Wilfred Elliott
Prescription for Romance (1937)
as Major Goddard
The Devil's Party (1938)
as Judge Henry Harrison
You're a Sweetheart (1937)
as Oh, Oh, Oklahoma Actor (uncredited)
I'll Remember April (1945)
as Garrett Garfield
The Women in His Life (1933)
as Thomas J. Worthing
Bed of Roses (1933)
as Father Doran
Mills of the Gods (1934)
as Burroughs
Strange Conquest (1946)
as Dr. Graves
Career (1939)
as Clem Bartholomew
Sequoia (1935)
as Matthew Martin
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)
as Dudley Crispin
Living on Velvet (1935)
as Henry L. Parker
Secrets of a Nurse (1938)
as Judge Corrigan
Two-Fisted (1935)
as Mr. Pritchard
Double Danger (1938)
as Police Commissioner David Theron
Let's Fall in Love (1933)
as New York Film Executive
The Road to Reno (1938)
as Sylvia's Attorney
Hold the Press (1933)
as Taylor
One Hour to Live (1939)
as Commissioner Cromwell
Newsboys' Home (1938)
as Howard Price Dutton
The Storm (1938)
as Capt. Kenny
Love Letters of a Star (1936)
as Artemus Todd
A Wicked Woman (1934)
as Judge (uncredited)
Perilous Waters (1948)
as Dana Ferris
Behind the Evidence (1935)
as J.T. Allen
Ski Patrol (1940)
as Captain Per Vallgren
The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944)
as Herman Brock
Swing Out, Sister (1945)
as Rufus Mariman
The Under-Pup (1939)
as Dr. McKay
Mob Town (1941)
as Luther Bryson
Hawaiian Nights (1939)
as Lane
Know For Sure (1941)
as Dr. Perkins
Mister Big (1943)
as Jeremy Taswell
The Reckless Way (1936)
Actor
Hero for a Day (1939)
as "Dutch" Bronson
The Nuisance (1933)
as Mr. Beaumont
Hat, Coat and Glove (1934)
as John Walters (uncredited)
One Man's Journey (1933)
as Dr. Babcock
A Girl with Ideas (1937)
as Rodding Carter
Shadow of Doubt (1935)
as Mr. Granby
The Singing Sheriff (1944)
as Seth
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)
as Dr. Stephen Kildare
Fog (1933)
as Dickens
Escape in the Desert (1945)
as Gramp
Little Tough Guys in Society (1938)
as Judge
Day of Reckoning (1933)
as O'Farrell
Timothy's Quest (1936)
as Rev. Fellows
White Tie and Tails (1946)
as Mr. Bradford
Annapolis Farewell (1935)
as Dr. Bryant
What We Are Fighting For (1943)
as Jim Grover
His Greatest Gamble (1934)
as Dr. Owen (uncredited)
Follow the Band (1943)
as Pop Turnbull
Adventure in Washington (1941)
as Se. Henry Owen
Zanzibar (1940)
as Dale