Samuel S. Hinds

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, 1875-04-03

Died: 1948-10-13

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1926	The Amateur Gentleman	Charles - Marquis of Jerningham (uncredited)	0
2	1932	If I Had a Million	Lawyer (uncredited)	67
3	1933	The Road Is Open Again	Woodrow Wilson	0
4	1933	The Crime of the Century	Philip Ames	63
5	1933	Gabriel Over the White House	Dr. H.L. Eastman	69
6	1933	Murders in the Zoo	Banquet Guest (Uncredited)	59
7	1933	The Nuisance	Mr. Beaumont	50
8	1933	Bed of Roses	Father Doran	63
9	1933	Deluge	Chief Forecaster	56
10	1933	This Day and Age	Mayor	10
11	1933	One Man's Journey	Dr. Babcock	71
12	1933	Penthouse	Stuyvesant (uncredited)	67
13	1933	Lady for a Day	Mayor (uncredited)	70
14	1933	Berkeley Square	The American Ambassador	57
15	1933	Hold the Press	Taylor	0
16	1933	Day of Reckoning	O'Farrell	50
17	1933	Fog	Dickens	50
18	1933	Little Women	Mr. March	68
19	1933	Son of a Sailor	Admiral Farnsworth	50
20	1933	The Women in His Life	Thomas J. Worthing	40
21	1933	Convention City	McAllister	37
22	1933	Straightaway		0
23	1933	Let's Fall in Love	New York Film Executive	75
24	1934	The 9th Guest	Dr. Murray Reid	60
25	1934	The Crime Doctor	Ballard	35
26	1934	No Greater Glory	Gereb's Father	67
27	1934	Men in White	Dr. Gordon	60
28	1934	Manhattan Melodrama	Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited)	70
29	1934	Sadie McKee	Dr. Branch (uncredited)	70
30	1934	Baby Take a Bow	Warden (Uncredited)	56
31	1934	The Defense Rests	Dean Adams	70
32	1934	Hat, Coat and Glove	John Walters (uncredited)	55
33	1934	His Greatest Gamble	Dr. Owen (uncredited)	50
34	1934	Have a Heart	Dr. Spear	70
35	1934	A Lost Lady	Jim Sloane	61
36	1934	A Wicked Woman	Judge (uncredited)	50
37	1934	Mills of the Gods	Burroughs	0
38	1934	West of the Pecos	Colonel Lambeth	0
39	1935	Behind the Evidence	J.T. Allen	20
40	1935	Sequoia	Matthew Martin	60
41	1935	Bordertown	Judge at First Trial	59
42	1935	Rumba	Henry B. Harrison	60
43	1935	Shadow of Doubt	Mr. Granby	62
44	1935	Living on Velvet	Henry L. Parker	55
45	1935	West Point of the Air	Secretary of War	60
46	1935	Strangers All	Charles Green	55
47	1935	Private Worlds	Dr. Arnold	60
48	1935	College Scandal	Mr. Cummings	52
49	1935	The Raven	Judge Thatcher	66
50	1935	She	John Vincey	55
51	1935	Annapolis Farewell	Dr. Bryant	0
52	1935	The Big Broadcast of 1936	Captain	55
53	1935	Two-Fisted	Mr. Pritchard	70
54	1935	Dr. Socrates	Dr. McClintick	64
55	1935	Rendezvous	John Carter, Assistant Secretary of War	48
56	1935	Bad Boy	Husband	50
57	1935	In Person	Dr. Aaron Sylvester	63
58	1935	Millions in the Air	Colonel Edwards	0
59	1936	Timothy's Quest	Rev. Fellows	30
60	1936	The Reckless Way		40
61	1936	Woman Trap	Senator Andrews	0
62	1936	The Trail of the Lonesome Pine	Sheriff	64
63	1936	Fatal Lady	Guili Ruffano	0
64	1936	Border Flight	Commander Mosely	60
65	1936	Rhythm on the Range	Robert Halloway	40
66	1936	His Brother's Wife	Doctor Claybourne	56
67	1936	Sworn Enemy	Eli Decker	53
68	1936	The Longest Night	Hastings	57
69	1936	Love Letters of a Star	Artemus Todd	0
70	1937	The Mighty Treve	Uncle Joel Fenno	60
71	1937	She's Dangerous	Warden	50
72	1937	Black Legion	Judge	66
73	1937	Top of the Town	Henry Borden	52
74	1937	Night Key	Steven Ranger	61
75	1937	Wings Over Honolulu	Admiral Furness	55
76	1937	The Road Back	Defense Attorney	63
77	1937	Double or Nothing	Jonathan Clark	66
78	1937	Stage Door	Henry Sims	70
79	1937	A Girl with Ideas	Rodding Carter	0
80	1937	Navy Blue and Gold	Richard Gates Sr.	59
81	1937	Prescription for Romance	Major Goddard	0
82	1937	You're a Sweetheart	Oh, Oh, Oklahoma Actor (uncredited)	42
83	1938	The Jury's Secret	Brandon Williams	45
84	1938	Double Danger	Police Commissioner David Theron	65
85	1938	Forbidden Valley	Jeff Hazzard	60
86	1938	Test Pilot	General Ross	65
87	1938	The Devil's Party	Judge Henry Harrison	49
88	1938	Wives Under Suspicion	David Marrow	54
89	1938	The Rage of Paris	Mr. William Duncan Sr.	58
90	1938	The Road to Reno	Sylvia's Attorney	20
91	1938	You Can't Take It with You	Paul Sycamore	75
92	1938	Personal Secretary	Alan Lemke	0
93	1938	Swing That Cheer	Coach McGann	0
94	1938	Young Dr. Kildare	Dr. Stephen Kildare	65
95	1938	The Storm	Capt. Kenny	0
96	1938	Little Tough Guys in Society	Judge	60
97	1938	Secrets of a Nurse	Judge Corrigan	30
98	1938	Newsboys' Home	Howard Price Dutton	60
99	1939	Pirates of the Skies		0
100	1939	Within the Law	Mr. Gilder	60
101	1939	Calling Dr. Kildare	Dr. Stephen Kildare	61
102	1939	Ex-Champ	Edward P. Nash	60
103	1939	Career	Clem Bartholomew	0
104	1939	The Under-Pup	Dr. McKay	60
105	1939	Tropic Fury	J.P. Waterford	0
106	1939	Hawaiian Nights	Lane	0
107	1939	Rio	Lamartine	51
108	1939	Hero for a Day	"Dutch" Bronson	0
109	1939	First Love	Mr. Parker	78
110	1939	One Hour To Live	Commissioner Cromwell	0
111	1939	The Secret of Dr. Kildare	Dr. Stephen Kildare	56
112	1939	Destry Rides Again	Judge Slade	72
113	1939	Charlie McCarthy, Detective	Court Aldrich	60
114	1940	Zanzibar	Dale	0
115	1940	It's a Date	Sidney Simpson	64
116	1940	Dr. Kildare's Strange Case	Dr. Stephen Kildare	46
117	1940	Ski Patrol	Captain Per Vallgren	37
118	1940	The Boys from Syracuse	Angeen	58
119	1940	Dr. Kildare Goes Home	Dr. Stephen Kildare	68
120	1940	Spring Parade	Von Zimmel	67
121	1940	I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now	George P. Morgan	60
122	1940	Seven Sinners	Governor	58
123	1940	Trail of the Vigilantes	George Preston	0
124	1941	Know For Sure	Dr. Perkins	38
125	1941	Buck Privates	Maj. Gen. Emerson	67
126	1941	Back Street	Felix Darren	72
127	1941	Man-Made Monster	Dr. John Lawrence	61
128	1941	The Lady from Cheyenne	Governor Howard	52
129	1941	Adventure in Washington	Se. Henry Owen	65
130	1941	Tight Shoes	Horace Grover, 'the Brain'	0
131	1941	The Shepherd of the Hills	Andy Beeler	66
132	1941	Blossoms in the Dust	Mr. George Kahley	66
133	1941	Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day	Dr. Stephen Kildare	66
134	1941	Unfinished Business	Uncle	53
135	1941	Badlands of Dakota	Wilbur Grayson	59
136	1941	Mob Town	Luther Bryson	0
137	1941	Road Agent	Banker Sam Leavitt	0
138	1941	Hellzapoppin'	Showboat Captain (uncredited)	72
139	1942	Don Winslow of the Navy	The CINCUS [Ch. 1]	0
140	1942	Jail House Blues	Mr. Thomas Daniels	0
141	1942	Ride 'Em Cowboy	Sam Shaw	58
142	1942	Frisco Lil		80
143	1942	The Strange Case of Doctor Rx	Dudley Crispin	51
144	1942	Kid Glove Killer	Mayor Daniels	62
145	1942	Grand Central Murder	Roger Furness	59
146	1942	The Spoilers	Judge Stillman	62
147	1942	Lady in a Jam	Doctor Brewster	55
148	1942	Pardon My Sarong	Chief Kolua	65
149	1942	Pittsburgh	Morgan Prentiss (President, Prentiss Steel)	62
150	1943	What We Are Fighting For	Jim Grover	0
151	1943	Keep 'Em Slugging	Carruthers	55
152	1943	It Ain't Hay	Colonel Brainard	64
153	1943	He's My Guy	Johnson	60
154	1943	Follow the Band	Pop Turnbull	0
155	1943	Good Morning, Judge	J.P. Gordon	0
156	1943	Mister Big	Jeremy Taswell	22
157	1943	Hers to Hold	Dr. Crane	69
158	1943	We've Never Been Licked	Colonel Jason Craig	0
159	1943	Fired Wife	Judge Towne	48
160	1943	Larceny with Music	Brewster	40
161	1943	Top Man	Mr. Fairchild	0
162	1943	Son of Dracula	Judge Simmons	58
163	1944	Sing a Jingle	J.P. Crane	0
164	1944	Phantom Lady	Judge (voice) (uncredited)	71
165	1944	Chip Off the Old Block	Dean Manning	40
166	1944	Ladies Courageous	Brig. Gen. Wade	35
167	1944	To the People of the United States	Harrison - Member of the Local Draft Board (uncredited)	55
168	1944	The Great Alaskan Mystery	Herman Brock	50
169	1944	Cobra Woman	Father Paul	52
170	1944	Jungle Woman	Coroner	49
171	1944	South of Dixie	Colonel Andrew J. Morgan	0
172	1944	The Singing Sheriff	Seth	80
173	1945	Frisco Sal	Doc	40
174	1945	I'll Remember April	Garrett Garfield	40
175	1945	Escape in the Desert	Gramp	0
176	1945	Swing Out, Sister	Rufus Mariman	40
177	1945	Secret Agent X-9	Solo	54
178	1945	Lady on a Train	Mr. Wiggam, Waring Lawyer	66
179	1945	The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry	Dr. Adams	63
180	1945	Men in Her Diary	Judge Bergen	0
181	1945	Week-End at the Waldorf	Mr. Jessup	60
182	1945	Scarlet Street	Charles Pringle	76
183	1946	Little Miss Big	Wilfred Elliott	60
184	1946	Blonde Alibi	Prof. Slater	39
185	1946	Strange Conquest	Dr. Graves	0
186	1946	The Runaround	Norman Hampton	0
187	1946	Inside Job	Judge Kincaid	56
188	1946	Danger Woman	Dean Albert Sears	0
189	1946	White Tie and Tails	Mr. Bradford	70
190	1946	It's a Wonderful Life	Pa Bailey	83
191	1947	The Egg and I	Sheriff Drum	70
192	1947	Time Out of Mind	Dr. Weber	53
193	1948	Call Northside 777	Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited)	66
194	1948	Perilous Waters	Dana Ferris	0
195	1948	The Return of October	Judge Northridge	58
196	1948	The Boy with Green Hair	Dr. R.T. Knudson	62
197	1949	The Bribe	Dr. Warren	62
198	1961	Hollywood: The Selznick Years	'Manhattan Melodrama' (archive footage) (uncredited)	33
199	1984	Going Hollywood: The '30s	(archive footage)	100

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