Samuel S. Hinds
AKA: Sam Hinds
Birthday: 1875-04-03
Died: 1948-10-13
Birthplace: 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.
Filmography
Character: Mr. Wiggam, Waring Lawyer
Character: Maj. Gen. Emerson
Character: Mr. Thomas Daniels
Character: Mayor (uncredited)
Character: Dr. R.T. Knudson
Character: Mr. William Duncan Sr.
Character: Morgan Prentiss (President, Prentiss Steel)
Character: Charles Pringle
Character: Judge Thatcher
Character: Robert Halloway
Character: Dean Albert Sears
Character: Dr. Stephen Kildare
Character: John Carter, Assistant Secretary of War
Character: Jonathan Clark
Character: Mr. George Kahley
Character: Dudley Crispin
Character: Dr. Stephen Kildare
Character: The American Ambassador
Character: Norman Hampton
Character: Matthew Martin
Character: Doctor Claybourne
Character: Dr. Stephen Kildare
Character: Dr. Stephen Kildare
Character: Sidney Simpson
Character: Police Commissioner David Theron
Character: Governor Howard
Character: Woodrow Wilson
Character: Dr. Murray Reid
Character: Judge Corrigan
Character: Judge Northridge
Character: Jeremy Taswell
Character: Henry L. Parker
Character: Dr. Owen (uncredited)
Character: Dr. McClintick
Character: Garrett Garfield
Character: New York Film Executive
Character: Se. Henry Owen
Character: Howard Price Dutton
Character: (archive footage)
Character: 'Manhattan Melodrama' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: Judge Henry Harrison
Character: Dr. Aaron Sylvester
Character: Dr. H.L. Eastman
Character: Thomas J. Worthing
Character: Clem Bartholomew
Character: Dr. Stephen Kildare
Character: Dr. John Lawrence
Character: Secretary of War
Character: Richard Gates Sr.
Character: Dr. Stephen Kildare
Character: Banker Sam Leavitt
Character: Admiral Furness
Character: Gereb's Father
Character: John Walters (uncredited)
Character: Admiral Farnsworth
Character: Judge at First Trial
Character: Brig. Gen. Wade
Character: Senator Andrews
Character: Colonel Lambeth
Character: Henry B. Harrison
Character: Captain Per Vallgren
Character: George Preston
Character: Rodding Carter
Character: Oh, Oh, Oklahoma Actor (uncredited)
Character: Wilbur Grayson
Character: Judge Stillman
Character: Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited)
Character: The CINCUS [Ch. 1]
Character: Commander Mosely
Character: Sylvia's Attorney
Character: Judge (uncredited)
Character: Charles - Marquis of Jerningham (uncredited)
Character: Lawyer (uncredited)
Character: Horace Grover, 'the Brain'
Character: Brandon Williams
Character: Edward P. Nash
Character: Colonel Andrew J. Morgan
Character: Uncle Joel Fenno
Character: George P. Morgan
Character: Colonel Jason Craig
Character: Warden (Uncredited)
Character: Showboat Captain (uncredited)
Character: Colonel Brainard
Character: Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited)
Character: Commissioner Cromwell
Character: Stuyvesant (uncredited)
Character: Banquet Guest (Uncredited)
Character: Chief Forecaster
Character: Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Character: "Dutch" Bronson
Character: J.P. Waterford
Character: Wilfred Elliott
Character: Defense Attorney
Character: Harrison - Member of the Local Draft Board (uncredited)