Samuel S. Hinds
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.
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- Born:
- Apr 4, 1875 In Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 176
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Amateur Gentleman 1926-08-14
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Bribe 1949-02-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Bribe | Dr. Warren | 1949-02-03 |
| Movie | Perilous Waters | Dana Ferris | 1948-02-14 |
| Movie | Call Northside 777 | Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited) | 1948-02-13 |
| Movie | The Boy with Green Hair | Dr. R.T. Knudson | 1948-11-26 |
| Movie | The Return of October | Judge Northridge | 1948-10-26 |
| Movie | The Egg and I | Sheriff Drum | 1947-05-01 |
| Movie | Time Out of Mind | Dr. Weber | 1947-05-03 |
| Movie | Blonde Alibi | Prof. Slater | 1946-03-01 |
| Movie | The Runaround | Norman Hampton | 1946-06-04 |
| Movie | Little Miss Big | Wilfred Elliott | 1946-01-01 |
| Movie | White Tie and Tails | Mr. Bradford | 1946-08-30 |
| Movie | Inside Job | Judge Kincaid | 1946-06-14 |
| Movie | It's a Wonderful Life | Pa Bailey | 1946-12-20 |
| Movie | Danger Woman | Dean Albert Sears | 1946-07-12 |
| Movie | Escape in the Desert | Gramp | 1945-05-01 |
| Movie | I'll Remember April | Garrett Garfield | 1945-04-01 |
| Movie | Frisco Sal | Doc | 1945-02-22 |
| Movie | Swing Out, Sister | Rufus Mariman | 1945-05-18 |
| Movie | Secret Agent X-9 | Solo | 1945-07-24 |
| Movie | Scarlet Street | Charles Pringle | 1945-12-25 |
| Movie | The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry | Dr. Adams | 1945-08-17 |
| Movie | Week-End at the Waldorf | Mr. Jessup | 1945-10-04 |
| Movie | Lady on a Train | Mr. Wiggam, Waring Lawyer | 1945-08-03 |
| Movie | Chip Off the Old Block | Dean Manning | 1944-02-01 |
| Movie | Phantom Lady | Judge (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-01-28 |
| Movie | Sing a Jingle | J.P. Crane | 1944-01-07 |
| Movie | Ladies Courageous | Brig. Gen. Wade | 1944-02-02 |
| Movie | To the People of the United States | Harrison - Member of the Local Draft Board (uncredited) | 1944-04-16 |
| Movie | Jungle Woman | Coroner | 1944-06-01 |
| Movie | Cobra Woman | Father Paul | 1944-05-12 |
| Movie | The Singing Sheriff | Seth | 1944-09-01 |
| Movie | The Great Alaskan Mystery | Herman Brock | 1944-04-25 |
| Movie | Good Morning, Judge | J.P. Gordon | 1943-05-07 |
| Movie | He's My Guy | Johnson | 1943-03-26 |
| Movie | Keep 'Em Slugging | Carruthers | 1943-03-01 |
| Movie | Mister Big | Jeremy Taswell | 1943-05-28 |
| Movie | It Ain't Hay | Colonel Brainard | 1943-03-10 |
| Movie | Follow the Band | Pop Turnbull | 1943-04-01 |
| Movie | Top Man | Mr. Fairchild | 1943-09-17 |
| Movie | Hers to Hold | Dr. Crane | 1943-07-16 |
| Movie | Fired Wife | Judge Towne | 1943-09-04 |
| Movie | Larceny with Music | Brewster | 1943-09-10 |
| Movie | Son of Dracula | Judge Simmons | 1943-11-05 |
| Movie | We've Never Been Licked | Colonel Jason Craig | 1943-07-29 |
| Movie | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Sam Shaw | 1942-02-13 |
| Movie | Jail House Blues | Mr. Thomas Daniels | 1942-02-01 |
| Movie | Don Winslow of the Navy | The CINCUS [Ch. 1] | 1942-01-06 |
| Movie | The Strange Case of Doctor Rx | Dudley Crispin | 1942-03-27 |
| Movie | Kid Glove Killer | Mayor Daniels | 1942-04-17 |
| Movie | Pittsburgh | Morgan Prentiss (President, Prentiss Steel) | 1942-12-11 |
| Movie | Pardon My Sarong | Chief Kolua | 1942-08-07 |
| Movie | Lady in a Jam | Dr. Brewster | 1942-06-19 |
| Movie | Grand Central Murder | Roger Furness | 1942-05-01 |
| Movie | The Spoilers | Judge Stillman | 1942-06-11 |
| Movie | The Lady from Cheyenne | Governor Howard | 1941-04-11 |
| Movie | Adventure in Washington | Se. Henry Owen | 1941-05-29 |
| Movie | Man-Made Monster | Dr. John Lawrence | 1941-03-28 |
| Movie | Know For Sure | Dr. Perkins | 1941-01-01 |
| Movie | The Shepherd of the Hills | Andy Beeler | 1941-07-18 |
| Movie | Buck Privates | Maj. Gen. Emerson | 1941-01-31 |
| Movie | Back Street | Felix Darren | 1941-02-07 |
| Movie | Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | Dr. Stephen Kildare | 1941-08-22 |
| Movie | Hellzapoppin' | Showboat Captain (uncredited) | 1941-12-25 |
| Movie | Blossoms in the Dust | Mr. George Kahley | 1941-08-15 |
| Movie | Mob Town | Luther Bryson | 1941-10-03 |
| Movie | Road Agent | Banker Sam Leavitt | 1941-12-19 |
| Movie | Unfinished Business | Uncle | 1941-08-27 |
| Movie | Badlands Of Dakota | Wilbur Grayson | 1941-09-15 |
| Movie | Ski Patrol | Captain Per Vallgren | 1940-05-09 |
| Movie | It's a Date | Sidney Simpson | 1940-03-22 |
| Movie | The Boys from Syracuse | Angeen | 1940-07-30 |
| Movie | Dr. Kildare's Strange Case | Dr. Stephen Kildare | 1940-04-12 |
| Movie | Spring Parade | Von Zimmel | 1940-09-27 |
| Movie | Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Dr. Stephen Kildare | 1940-09-06 |
| Movie | Trail of the Vigilantes | George Preston | 1940-12-13 |
| Movie | Seven Sinners | Governor | 1940-10-25 |
| Movie | I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now | George P. Morgan | 1940-10-19 |
| Movie | Tropic Fury | J.P. Waterford | 1939-09-01 |
| Movie | The Under-Pup | Dr. McKay | 1939-08-31 |
| Movie | Hawaiian Nights | Lane | 1939-09-08 |
| Movie | Calling Dr. Kildare | Dr. Stephen Kildare | 1939-04-28 |
| Movie | Career | Clem Bartholomew | 1939-07-07 |
| Movie | Within the Law | Mr. Gilder | 1939-03-17 |
| Movie | Charlie McCarthy, Detective | Court Aldrich | 1939-12-22 |
| Movie | Destry Rides Again | Judge Slade | 1939-11-30 |
| Movie | Rio | Lamartine | 1939-09-29 |
| Movie | The Secret of Dr. Kildare | Dr. Stephen Kildare | 1939-11-24 |
| Movie | First Love | Mr. Parker | 1939-11-10 |
| Movie | Wives Under Suspicion | David Marrow | 1938-06-03 |
| Movie | The Rage of Paris | Mr. William Duncan Sr. | 1938-06-09 |
| Movie | The Devil's Party | Judge Henry Harrison | 1938-06-02 |
| Movie | Forbidden Valley | Jeff Hazzard | 1938-02-13 |
| Movie | The Road to Reno | Sylvia's Attorney | 1938-08-01 |
| Movie | Double Danger | Police Commissioner David Theron | 1938-01-28 |
| Movie | Test Pilot | General Ross | 1938-04-16 |
| Movie | You Can't Take It with You | Paul Sycamore | 1938-09-01 |
| Movie | Little Tough Guys in Society | Judge | 1938-11-01 |
| Movie | Newsboys' Home | Howard Price Dutton | 1938-12-24 |
| Movie | Young Dr. Kildare | Dr. Stephen Kildare | 1938-10-14 |
| Movie | Secrets of a Nurse | Judge Corrigan | 1938-12-02 |
| Movie | Swing That Cheer | Coach McGann | 1938-10-13 |
| Movie | Personal Secretary | Alan Lemke | 1938-09-09 |
| Movie | Night Key | Steven Ranger | 1937-04-18 |
| Movie | Top of the Town | Henry Borden | 1937-04-17 |
| Movie | She's Dangerous | Warden | 1937-01-24 |
| Movie | Wings Over Honolulu | Admiral Furness | 1937-05-16 |
| Movie | Black Legion | Judge | 1937-01-30 |
| Movie | The Road Back | Defense Attorney | 1937-06-01 |
| Movie | You're a Sweetheart | Oh, Oh, Oklahoma Actor (uncredited) | 1937-12-26 |
| Movie | Navy Blue and Gold | Richard Gates Sr. | 1937-11-19 |
| Movie | Prescription for Romance | Major Goddard | 1937-12-12 |
| Movie | A Girl with Ideas | Rodding Carter | 1937-11-01 |
| Movie | Double or Nothing | Jonathan Clark | 1937-09-17 |
| Movie | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | Sheriff | 1936-03-13 |
| Movie | Woman Trap | Senator Andrews | 1936-03-06 |
| Movie | The Reckless Way | 1936-02-01 | |
| Movie | Border Flight | Commander Mosely | 1936-05-29 |
| Movie | Fatal Lady | Guili Ruffano | 1936-05-15 |
| Movie | Rhythm on the Range | Robert Halloway | 1936-07-01 |
| Movie | Love Letters of a Star | Artemus Todd | 1936-11-08 |
| Movie | Sworn Enemy | Eli Decker | 1936-09-11 |
| Movie | The Longest Night | Hastings | 1936-10-02 |
| Movie | His Brother's Wife | Doctor Claybourne | 1936-08-07 |
| Movie | Living on Velvet | Henry L. Parker | 1935-03-02 |
| Movie | Strangers All | Charles Green | 1935-04-01 |
| Movie | Shadow of Doubt | Mr. Granby | 1935-02-15 |
| Movie | West Point of the Air | Secretary of War | 1935-03-23 |
| Movie | Sequoia | Matthew Martin | 1935-01-16 |
| Movie | Private Worlds | Dr. Arnold | 1935-04-19 |
| Movie | Behind the Evidence | J.T. Allen | 1935-01-08 |
| Movie | Bordertown | Judge at First Trial | 1935-01-23 |
| Movie | Rumba | Henry B. Harrison | 1935-02-08 |
| Movie | She | John Vincey | 1935-07-12 |
| Movie | Bad Boy | Husband | 1935-10-25 |
| Movie | Rendezvous | John Carter, Assistant Secretary of War | 1935-10-25 |
| Movie | College Scandal | Mr. Cummings | 1935-06-21 |
| Movie | Dr. Socrates | Dr. McClintick | 1935-10-19 |
| Movie | In Person | Dr. Aaron Sylvester | 1935-11-22 |
| Movie | Two-Fisted | Mr. Pritchard | 1935-10-03 |
| Movie | The Raven | Judge Thatcher | 1935-07-08 |
| Movie | The Big Broadcast of 1936 | Captain | 1935-09-20 |
| Movie | Sadie McKee | Dr. Branch (uncredited) | 1934-05-09 |
| Movie | Baby Take a Bow | Warden (Uncredited) | 1934-06-30 |
| Movie | Manhattan Melodrama | Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited) | 1934-05-04 |
| Movie | No Greater Glory | Gereb's Father | 1934-03-30 |
| Movie | The 9th Guest | Dr. Murray Reid | 1934-01-31 |
| Movie | The Defense Rests | Dean Adams | 1934-07-15 |
| Movie | Men in White | Dr. Gordon | 1934-04-06 |
| Movie | The Crime Doctor | Ballard | 1934-03-14 |
| Movie | West of the Pecos | Colonel Lambeth | 1934-12-27 |
| Movie | Hat, Coat and Glove | John Walters (uncredited) | 1934-07-26 |
| Movie | A Wicked Woman | Judge (uncredited) | 1934-12-07 |
| Movie | Mills of the Gods | Burroughs | 1934-12-15 |
| Movie | Have a Heart | Dr. Spear | 1934-09-07 |
| Movie | His Greatest Gamble | Dr. Owen (uncredited) | 1934-08-10 |
| Movie | A Lost Lady | Jim Sloane | 1934-09-29 |
| Movie | Bed of Roses | Father Doran | 1933-06-29 |
| Movie | This Day and Age | Mayor | 1933-08-25 |
| Movie | The Nuisance | Mr. Beaumont | 1933-06-03 |
| Movie | Deluge | Chief Forecaster | 1933-08-17 |
| Movie | The Road Is Open Again | Woodrow Wilson | 1933-01-30 |
| Movie | One Man's Journey | Dr. Babcock | 1933-08-31 |
| Movie | The Crime of the Century | Philip Ames | 1933-02-18 |
| Movie | Gabriel Over the White House | Dr. H.L. Eastman | 1933-03-31 |
| Movie | Murders in the Zoo | Banquet Guest (Uncredited) | 1933-03-31 |
| Movie | Berkeley Square | The American Ambassador | 1933-09-15 |
| Movie | The Women in His Life | Thomas J. Worthing | 1933-12-08 |
| Movie | Convention City | McAllister | 1933-12-14 |
| Movie | Let's Fall in Love | New York Film Executive | 1933-12-26 |
| Movie | Penthouse | Stuyvesant (uncredited) | 1933-09-08 |
| Movie | Son of a Sailor | Admiral Farnsworth | 1933-11-29 |
| Movie | Little Women | Mr. March | 1933-11-24 |
| Movie | Lady for a Day | Mayor (uncredited) | 1933-09-13 |
| Movie | Day of Reckoning | O'Farrell | 1933-10-26 |
| Movie | If I Had a Million | Lawyer (uncredited) | 1932-11-18 |
| Movie | The Amateur Gentleman | Charles - Marquis of Jerningham (uncredited) | 1926-08-14 |