Samuel S. Hinds
Acting
Born 1875-04-03
Died 1948-10-13
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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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.
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Filmography
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It's a Wonderful Life
You Can't Take It with You
Scarlet Street
Stage Door
The Spoilers
Little Women
Buck Privates
Ladies Courageous
Destry Rides Again
Seven Sinners
A Lost Lady
Call Northside 777
Man-Made Monster
The Raven
Son of Dracula
The 9th Guest
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Manhattan Melodrama
The Shepherd of the Hills
Hellzapoppin'
Back Street
Lady for a Day
Tropic Fury
Woman Trap
Black Legion
Convention City
The Boy with Green Hair
Phantom Lady
The Egg and I
If I Had a Million
Blonde Alibi
Forbidden Valley
Test Pilot
Baby Take a Bow
Cobra Woman
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Murders in the Zoo
His Brother's Wife
Road Agent
Lady on a Train
It Ain't Hay
Bed of Roses
Ride 'Em Cowboy
She
Follow the Boys
Rio
No Greater Glory
Rendezvous
Jungle Woman
West Point of the Air
Mills of the Gods
Penthouse
Dr. Socrates
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Pardon My Sarong
Wives Under Suspicion
Men in White
In Person
Double or Nothing
Lady in a Jam
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