
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.
201 acting credits
Acting · 201

It's a Wonderful Life
1946

Scarlet Street
1945

You Can't Take It with You
1938

She
1935

Stage Door
1937

Little Women
1933

Son of Dracula
1943

Lady for a Day
1933

Call Northside 777
1948

The Spoilers
1942

If I Had a Million
1932

Destry Rides Again
1939

Night Key
1937

Hellzapoppin'
1941

Seven Sinners
1940

Deluge
1933

The Raven
1935

Cobra Woman
1944

Jungle Woman
1944

Penthouse
1933

The Shepherd of the Hills
1941

Dr. Socrates
1935

Rhythm on the Range
1936

Phantom Lady
1944

Gabriel Over the White House
1933

Buck Privates
1941

Manhattan Melodrama
1934

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936

The Boy with Green Hair
1948

Keep 'Em Slugging
1943

Pardon My Sarong
1942

Road Agent
1941

Blossoms in the Dust
1941

Black Legion
1937

Badlands of Dakota
1941

Baby Take a Bow
1934

The Egg and I
1947

First Love
1939

Calling Dr. Kildare
1939

We've Never Been Licked
1943

Private Worlds
1935

The Devil's Party
1938

The Mighty Treve
1937

The World Changes
1933

Men in White
1934

Double or Nothing
1937

Test Pilot
1938

Career
1939

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984

The Bribe
1949

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945

Lady in a Jam
1942

Inside Job
1946

You're a Sweetheart
1937

Rio
1939

Pirates of the Skies
1939

Back Street
1941

The Defense Rests
1934

Berkeley Square
1933
Frisco Lil
1942

The Nuisance
1933

Week-End at the Waldorf
1945

Blonde Alibi
1946

Sadie McKee
1934

Tight Shoes
1941

Man-Made Monster
1941

West of the Pecos
1934

Fog
1933

The Storm
1938

Murders in the Zoo
1933

The Road Back
1937

Follow the Boys
1944

Adventure in Washington
1941

Ex-Champ
1939

Living on Velvet
1935

Know For Sure
1941

Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941

Secrets of a Nurse
1938

Pittsburgh
1942

It Ain't Hay
1943

Woman Trap
1936

West Point of the Air
1935

The Singing Sheriff
1944

Mills of the Gods
1934

In Person
1935

Bad Boy
1935

Mob Town
1941

White Tie and Tails
1946

Strangers All
1935

One Hour to Live
1939

Time Out of Mind
1947

The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939

The Under-Pup
1939

Shadow of Doubt
1935

Swing Out, Sister
1945

Hat, Coat and Glove
1934

The Jury's Secret
1938

Lady on a Train
1945

Within the Law
1939

A Lost Lady
1934

The Boys from Syracuse
1940

The Women in His Life
1933

Wings Over Honolulu
1937

Fired Wife
1943

Hers to Hold
1943

Rendezvous
1935

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942

The Rage of Paris
1938

Top of the Town
1937

Grand Central Murder
1942

Men in Her Diary
1945

Hero for a Day
1939

Young Dr. Kildare
1938

Border Flight
1936

The Lady from Cheyenne
1941

Navy Blue and Gold
1937

Annapolis Farewell
1935

A Wicked Woman
1934

Convention City
1933

Top Man
1943

Unfinished Business
1941

Tropic Fury
1939

The Crime of the Century
1933

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940

Escape in the Desert
1945

College Scandal
1935

Timothy's Quest
1936

Ski Patrol
1940

Straightaway
1933

Two-Fisted
1935

Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939

His Brother's Wife
1936

One Man's Journey
1933

Bed of Roses
1933

Bordertown
1935

Fatal Lady
1936
Behind the Evidence
1935

Sequoia
1935

Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940

The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935

Double Danger
1938

Son of a Sailor
1933

Newsboys' Home
1938

The Runaround
1946

This Day and Age
1933

Love Letters of a Star
1936

Rumba
1935

She's Dangerous
1937

The Great Alaskan Mystery
1944

Mister Big
1943

I'll Remember April
1945

No Greater Glory
1934

Sworn Enemy
1936

Forbidden Valley
1938

Follow the Band
1943

Ladies Courageous
1944

Have a Heart
1934

The Return of October
1948

Frisco Sal
1945

The 9th Guest
1934

Let's Fall in Love
1933

Spring Parade
1940

His Greatest Gamble
1934

The Crime Doctor
1934

Trail of the Vigilantes
1940

Prescription for Romance
1937

Larceny with Music
1943

The Reckless Way
1936

I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
1940

Personal Secretary
1938

Hold the Press
1933

Zanzibar
1940

Strange Conquest
1946

Wives Under Suspicion
1938

Kid Glove Killer
1942

Perilous Waters
1948

Little Miss Big
1946

Swing That Cheer
1938

Little Tough Guys in Society
1938

It's a Date
1940

The Amateur Gentleman
1926

Chip Off the Old Block
1944
Millions in the Air
1935

South of Dixie
1944

The Road Is Open Again
1933

He's My Guy
1943

To the People of the United States
1944

Don Winslow of the Navy
1942

Sisters Under the Skin
1934

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1941

The Longest Night
1936

Hawaiian Nights
1939

Secret Agent X-9
1945

A Girl with Ideas
1937

Day of Reckoning
1933

Jail House Blues
1942

Danger Woman
1946

The Road to Reno
1938

Sing a Jingle
1944

Good Morning, Judge
1943
What We Are Fighting For
1943