Samuel S. Hinds

Known for ActingBorn 1875-04-03Died 1948-10-13Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Perilous Waters

South of Dixie

Good Morning, Judge

What We Are Fighting For

Don Winslow of the Navy

Tight Shoes

Trail of the Vigilantes

Hawaiian Nights

Swing That Cheer

Fatal Lady

Millions in the Air

Sisters Under the Skin

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Escape in the Desert

Men in Her Diary

The Singing Sheriff

Follow the Band

Top Man

Jail House Blues

Zanzibar

Pirates of the Skies

Prescription for Romance

A Girl with Ideas

Love Letters of a Star

Two-Fisted

Frisco Lil

It's a Wonderful Life

Danger Woman

Strange Conquest

Mob Town

Charlie McCarthy, Detective

Career

Personal Secretary

Newsboys' Home

Woman Trap

Annapolis Farewell

Mills of the Gods

Let's Fall in Love

Straightaway

Scarlet Street

First Love

You Can't Take It with You

The Mighty Treve

Bad Boy

White Tie and Tails

Ex-Champ

Back Street

Double Danger