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