Samuel S. Hinds
Acting • Born 1875-04-03 – Died 1948-10-13
Biography
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.
Filmography
201 credits
It's a Wonderful Life
Movie • 1946
Pa Bailey
Lady on a Train
Movie • 1945
Mr. Wiggam, Waring Lawyer
Son of Dracula
Movie • 1943
Judge Simmons
The Bribe
Movie • 1949
Dr. Warren
You Can't Take It with You
Movie • 1938
Paul Sycamore
Rio
Movie • 1939
Lamartine
Night Key
Movie • 1937
Steven Ranger
Within the Law
Movie • 1939
Mr. Gilder
Seven Sinners
Movie • 1940
Governor
Convention City
Movie • 1933
McAllister
Buck Privates
Movie • 1941
Maj. Gen. Emerson
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Movie • 1936
Sheriff
Jail House Blues
Movie • 1942
Mr. Thomas Daniels
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Movie • 1945
Dr. Adams
The Shepherd of the Hills
Movie • 1941
Andy Beeler
Lady for a Day
Movie • 1933
Mayor (uncredited)
The Boy with Green Hair
Movie • 1948
Dr. R.T. Knudson
Destry Rides Again
Movie • 1939
Judge Slade
The Rage of Paris
Movie • 1938
Mr. William Duncan Sr.
Stage Door
Movie • 1937
Henry Sims
Blonde Alibi
Movie • 1946
Prof. Slater
Pittsburgh
Movie • 1942
Morgan Prentiss (President, Prentiss Steel)
Scarlet Street
Movie • 1945
Charles Pringle
The Raven
Movie • 1935
Judge Thatcher
Grand Central Murder
Movie • 1942
Roger Furness
Kid Glove Killer
Movie • 1942
Mayor Daniels
The Crime Doctor
Movie • 1934
Ballard
Little Women
Movie • 1933
Mr. March
Rhythm on the Range
Movie • 1936
Robert Halloway
Danger Woman
Movie • 1946
Dean Albert Sears
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
Movie • 1941
Dr. Stephen Kildare
Rendezvous
Movie • 1935
John Carter, Assistant Secretary of War
Double or Nothing
Movie • 1937
Jonathan Clark
Blossoms in the Dust
Movie • 1941
Mr. George Kahley
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Movie • 1942
Dudley Crispin
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Movie • 1940
Dr. Stephen Kildare
Week-End at the Waldorf
Movie • 1945
Mr. Jessup
Mob Town
Movie • 1941
Luther Bryson
The Crime of the Century
Movie • 1933
Philip Ames
Berkeley Square
Movie • 1933
The American Ambassador
Men in White
Movie • 1934
Dr. Gordon
Back Street
Movie • 1941
Felix Darren
The Runaround
Movie • 1946
Norman Hampton
Sequoia
Movie • 1935
Matthew Martin
This Day and Age
Movie • 1933
Mayor
Know For Sure
Movie • 1941
Dr. Perkins
His Brother's Wife
Movie • 1936
Doctor Claybourne
Calling Dr. Kildare
Movie • 1939
Dr. Stephen Kildare
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Movie • 1940
Dr. Stephen Kildare
The Nuisance
Movie • 1933
Mr. Beaumont
Wives Under Suspicion
Movie • 1938
David Marrow
It's a Date
Movie • 1940
Sidney Simpson
Double Danger
Movie • 1938
Police Commissioner David Theron
The Lady from Cheyenne
Movie • 1941
Governor Howard
The Road Is Open Again
Movie • 1933
Woodrow Wilson
Secret Agent X-9
Movie • 1945
Solo
Strangers All
Movie • 1935
Charles Green
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Movie • 1935
Captain
Shadow of Doubt
Movie • 1935
Mr. Granby
The 9th Guest
Movie • 1934
Dr. Murray Reid
Secrets of a Nurse
Movie • 1938
Judge Corrigan
The Return of October
Movie • 1948
Judge Northridge
Mister Big
Movie • 1943
Jeremy Taswell
The Reckless Way
Movie • 1936
Living on Velvet
Movie • 1935
Henry L. Parker
His Greatest Gamble
Movie • 1934
Dr. Owen (uncredited)
A Lost Lady
Movie • 1934
Jim Sloane
Dr. Socrates
Movie • 1935
Dr. McClintick
Two-Fisted
Movie • 1935
Mr. Pritchard
Swing Out, Sister
Movie • 1945
Rufus Mariman
I'll Remember April
Movie • 1945
Garrett Garfield
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Movie • 1944
Herman Brock
She's Dangerous
Movie • 1937
Warden
Fired Wife
Movie • 1943
Judge Towne
Let's Fall in Love
Movie • 1933
New York Film Executive
College Scandal
Movie • 1935
Mr. Cummings
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Movie • 1939
Court Aldrich
Adventure in Washington
Movie • 1941
Se. Henry Owen
Newsboys' Home
Movie • 1938
Howard Price Dutton
Personal Secretary
Movie • 1938
Alan Lemke
One Man's Journey
Movie • 1933
Dr. Babcock
Spring Parade
Movie • 1940
Von Zimmel
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie • 1984
(archive footage)
Straightaway
Movie • 1933
The Devil's Party
Movie • 1938
Judge Henry Harrison
Time Out of Mind
Movie • 1947
Dr. Weber
Have a Heart
Movie • 1934
Dr. Spear
Jungle Woman
Movie • 1944
Coroner
Behind the Evidence
Movie • 1935
J.T. Allen
In Person
Movie • 1935
Aaron Sylvester
Frisco Lil
Movie • 1942
Fatal Lady
Movie • 1936
Guili Ruffano
Gabriel Over the White House
Movie • 1933
Dr. H.L. Eastman
Hold the Press
Movie • 1933
Taylor
The Women in His Life
Movie • 1933
Thomas J. Worthing
Career
Movie • 1939
Clem Bartholomew
Chip Off the Old Block
Movie • 1944
Dean Manning
Escape in the Desert
Movie • 1945
Gramp
Bed of Roses
Movie • 1933
Father Doran
Young Dr. Kildare
Movie • 1938
Dr. Stephen Kildare
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Movie • 1941
Sam Shaw
Man-Made Monster
Movie • 1941
Dr. John Lawrence
The Defense Rests
Movie • 1934
Dean Adams
Sworn Enemy
Movie • 1936
Eli Decker
West Point of the Air
Movie • 1935
Secretary of War
Pirates of the Skies
Movie • 1939
Test Pilot
Movie • 1938
General Ross
Frisco Sal
Movie • 1945
Doc
Navy Blue and Gold
Movie • 1937
Richard Gates Sr.
First Love
Movie • 1939
Mr. Parker
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Movie • 1939
Dr. Stephen Kildare
The Under-Pup
Movie • 1939
Dr. McKay
Road Agent
Movie • 1941
Banker Sam Leavitt
Wings Over Honolulu
Movie • 1937
Admiral Furness
Timothy's Quest
Movie • 1936
Rev. Fellows
No Greater Glory
Movie • 1934
Gereb's Father
Hat, Coat and Glove
Movie • 1934
John Walters (uncredited)
Hawaiian Nights
Movie • 1939
Lane
Son of a Sailor
Movie • 1933
Admiral Farnsworth
Bordertown
Movie • 1935
Judge at First Trial
She
Movie • 1935
John Vincey
Lady in a Jam
Movie • 1942
Doctor Brewster
Ladies Courageous
Movie • 1944
Brig. Gen. Wade
Woman Trap
Movie • 1936
Senator Andrews
West of the Pecos
Movie • 1934
Colonel Lambeth
Perilous Waters
Movie • 1948
Dana Ferris
Swing That Cheer
Movie • 1938
Coach McGann
Prescription for Romance
Movie • 1937
Major Goddard
Follow the Band
Movie • 1943
Pop Turnbull
Rumba
Movie • 1935
Henry B. Harrison
Good Morning, Judge
Movie • 1943
J.P. Gordon
Pardon My Sarong
Movie • 1942
Chief Kolua
Ski Patrol
Movie • 1940
Captain Per Vallgren
The Singing Sheriff
Movie • 1944
Seth
Sing a Jingle
Movie • 1944
J.P. Crane
He's My Guy
Movie • 1943
Johnson
Larceny with Music
Movie • 1943
Brewster
Trail of the Vigilantes
Movie • 1940
George Preston
A Girl with Ideas
Movie • 1937
Rodding Carter
Inside Job
Movie • 1946
Judge Kincaid
Little Tough Guys in Society
Movie • 1938
Judge
The Boys from Syracuse
Movie • 1940
Angeen
You're a Sweetheart
Movie • 1937
Oh, Oh, Oklahoma Actor (uncredited)
Top of the Town
Movie • 1937
Henry Borden
Keep 'Em Slugging
Movie • 1943
Carruthers
Forbidden Valley
Movie • 1938
Jeff Hazzard
Badlands of Dakota
Movie • 1941
Wilbur Grayson
The Spoilers
Movie • 1942
Judge Stillman
Call Northside 777
Movie • 1948
Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited)
Don Winslow of the Navy
Movie • 1942
The CINCUS [Ch. 1]
Hers to Hold
Movie • 1943
Dr. Crane
The Longest Night
Movie • 1936
Hastings
Border Flight
Movie • 1936
Commander Mosely
Bad Boy
Movie • 1935
Husband
The Road to Reno
Movie • 1938
Sylvia's Attorney
A Wicked Woman
Movie • 1934
Judge (uncredited)
Unfinished Business
Movie • 1941
Uncle
The Storm
Movie • 1938
Capt. Kenny
The Amateur Gentleman
Movie • 1926
Charles - Marquis of Jerningham (uncredited)
Strange Conquest
Movie • 1946
Dr. Graves
Mills of the Gods
Movie • 1934
Burroughs
Annapolis Farewell
Movie • 1935
Dr. Bryant
Men in Her Diary
Movie • 1945
Judge Bergen
Love Letters of a Star
Movie • 1936
Artemus Todd
If I Had a Million
Movie • 1932
Lawyer (uncredited)
The Egg and I
Movie • 1947
Sheriff Drum
Day of Reckoning
Movie • 1933
O'Farrell
Tight Shoes
Movie • 1941
Horace Grover, 'the Brain'
Fog
Movie • 1933
Dickens
Top Man
Movie • 1943
Mr. Fairchild
The Jury's Secret
Movie • 1938
Brandon Williams
Ex-Champ
Movie • 1939
Edward P. Nash
South of Dixie
Movie • 1944
Colonel Andrew J. Morgan
The Mighty Treve
Movie • 1937
Uncle Joel Fenno
I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
Movie • 1940
George P. Morgan
We've Never Been Licked
Movie • 1943
Colonel Jason Craig
Cobra Woman
Movie • 1944
Father Paul
Baby Take a Bow
Movie • 1934
Warden (Uncredited)
Private Worlds
Movie • 1935
Dr. Arnold
Hellzapoppin'
Movie • 1941
Showboat Captain (uncredited)
It Ain't Hay
Movie • 1943
Colonel Brainard
Black Legion
Movie • 1937
Judge
Manhattan Melodrama
Movie • 1934
Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited)
Zanzibar
Movie • 1940
Dale
One Hour To Live
Movie • 1939
Commissioner Cromwell
White Tie and Tails
Movie • 1946
Mr. Bradford
Penthouse
Movie • 1933
Stuyvesant (uncredited)
Murders in the Zoo
Movie • 1933
Banquet Guest (Uncredited)
Deluge
Movie • 1933
Chief Forecaster
Phantom Lady
Movie • 1944
Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Hero for a Day
Movie • 1939
"Dutch" Bronson
Tropic Fury
Movie • 1939
J.P. Waterford
Little Miss Big
Movie • 1946
Wilfred Elliott
The Road Back
Movie • 1937
Defense Attorney
To the People of the United States
Movie • 1944
Harrison - Member of the Local Draft Board (uncredited)
Sadie McKee
Movie • 1934
Dr. Branch (uncredited)
Millions in the Air
Movie • 1935
Colonel Edwards
What We Are Fighting For
Movie • 1943
Jim Grover
The World Changes
Movie • 1933
A Banker (uncredited)
Sisters Under the Skin
Movie • 1934
Winters
Follow the Boys
Movie • 1944
Officer (uncredited)