Cast
Samuel S. Hinds
Acting
Cast
Samuel S. Hinds
Known for
Acting
Born
1875-04-03
From
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died
1948-10-13
Also known as Sam Hinds, Samuel Hinds, Samuel Southey Hinds
Biography
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.
★8.3
MOVIE1946
It's a Wonderful Life
as Pa Bailey
★5.5
MOVIE1939
Tropic Fury
as J.P. Waterford
★6.0
MOVIE1934
The 9th Guest
as Dr. Murray Reid
★7.5
MOVIE1938
You Can't Take It with You
as Paul Sycamore
★5.3
MOVIE1944
Ladies Courageous
as Brig. Gen. Wade
★7.6
MOVIE1945
Scarlet Street
as Charles Pringle
★4.2
MOVIE1933
Convention City
as McAllister
★7.3
MOVIE1941
Back Street
as Felix Darren
★6.8
MOVIE1941
Buck Privates
as Maj. Gen. Emerson
★6.5
MOVIE1935
Rumba
as Henry B. Harrison
★8.0
MOVIE1936
Woman Trap
as Senator Andrews
★8.0
MOVIE1946
Danger Woman
as Dean Albert Sears
★5.8
MOVIE1934
A Lost Lady
as Jim Sloane
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Road Agent
as Banker Sam Leavitt
★5.3
MOVIE1938
Wives Under Suspicion
as David Marrow
★4.8
MOVIE1946
Blonde Alibi
as Prof. Slater
★6.2
MOVIE1941
Man-Made Monster
as Dr. John Lawrence
★5.8
MOVIE1943
Son of Dracula
as Judge Simmons
★6.8
MOVIE1933
Little Women
as Mr. March
★6.6
MOVIE1934
No Greater Glory
as Gereb's Father
★7.1
MOVIE1937
Stage Door
as Henry Sims
★6.7
MOVIE1937
Double or Nothing
as Jonathan Clark
★6.7
MOVIE1948
Call Northside 777
as Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1934
Manhattan Melodrama
as Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1942
The Spoilers
as Judge Stillman
★9.0
MOVIE1942
Jail House Blues
as Mr. Thomas Daniels
★3.8
MOVIE1934
The Crime Doctor
as Ballard
★6.6
MOVIE1941
The Shepherd of the Hills
as Andy Beeler
★7.0
MOVIE1933
The Road Is Open Again
as Woodrow Wilson
★6.8
MOVIE1935
In Person
as Aaron Sylvester
★7.2
MOVIE1939
Destry Rides Again
as Judge Slade
★6.7
MOVIE1937
The Road Back
as Defense Attorney
★7.1
MOVIE1933
Lady for a Day
as Mayor (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1944
Phantom Lady
as Judge (voice) (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1936
His Brother's Wife
as Doctor Claybourne
★5.3
MOVIE1943
Larceny with Music
as Brewster
★10.0
MOVIE1934
Sisters Under the Skin
as Winters
★6.5
MOVIE1939
Within the Law
as Mr. Gilder
★5.7
MOVIE1944
Follow the Boys
as Officer (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1941
Hellzapoppin'
as Showboat Captain (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1937
She's Dangerous
as Warden
★6.5
MOVIE1932
If I Had a Million
as Lawyer (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1933
Straightaway
★6.2
MOVIE1948
The Boy with Green Hair
as Dr. R.T. Knudson
★9.0
MOVIE1945
Men in Her Diary
as Judge Bergen
★6.6
MOVIE1935
The Raven
as Judge Thatcher
★5.9
MOVIE1940
Seven Sinners
as Governor
★6.4
MOVIE1945
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Mr. Jessup
★6.7
MOVIE1941
Blossoms in the Dust
as Mr. George Kahley
★6.7
MOVIE1945
Lady on a Train
as Mr. Wiggam, Waring Lawyer
★6.1
MOVIE1941
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Sam Shaw
★7.0
MOVIE1938
Forbidden Valley
as Jeff Hazzard
★6.1
MOVIE1939
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Stephen Kildare
★6.0
MOVIE1941
Badlands of Dakota
as Wilbur Grayson
★9.0
MOVIE1937
Prescription for Romance
as Major Goddard
★5.6
MOVIE1935
She
as John Vincey
★6.3
MOVIE1934
Men in White
as Dr. Gordon
★6.1
MOVIE1933
Bed of Roses
as Father Doran
★5.2
MOVIE1944
Jungle Woman
as Coroner
★7.1
MOVIE1947
The Egg and I
as Sheriff Drum
★5.4
MOVIE1939
Rio
as Lamartine
★5.9
MOVIE1935
Bordertown
as Judge at First Trial
★7.0
MOVIE1944
Chip Off the Old Block
as Dean Manning
★6.5
MOVIE1943
He's My Guy
as Johnson
★5.9
MOVIE1933
Berkeley Square
as The American Ambassador
★6.2
MOVIE1945
Secret Agent X-9
as Solo
★10.0
MOVIE1944
South of Dixie
as Colonel Andrew J. Morgan
★6.5
MOVIE1940
I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
as George P. Morgan
★6.8
MOVIE1941
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
as Dr. Stephen Kildare
★6.1
MOVIE1938
Test Pilot
as General Ross
★6.4
MOVIE1942
Pittsburgh
as Morgan Prentiss (President, Prentiss Steel)
★8.0
MOVIE1941
Mob Town
as Luther Bryson
★4.8
MOVIE1940
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as Stephen Kildare
★6.2
MOVIE1945
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
as Dr. Adams
★7.0
MOVIE1935
West Point of the Air
as Secretary of War
★4.3
MOVIE1933
The Women in His Life
as Thomas J. Worthing
MOVIE1933
Hold the Press
as Taylor
★6.5
MOVIE1943
It Ain't Hay
as Colonel Brainard
★5.7
MOVIE1942
Grand Central Murder
as Roger Furness
★10.0
MOVIE1941
Tight Shoes
as Horace Grover, 'the Brain'
★6.8
MOVIE1940
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Dr. Stephen Kildare
★6.4
MOVIE1940
The Boys from Syracuse
as Angeen
★6.8
MOVIE1935
Strangers All
as Charles Green
★5.0
MOVIE1933
This Day and Age
as Mayor
★6.4
MOVIE1935
Private Worlds
as Dr. Arnold
★10.0
MOVIE1938
Swing That Cheer
as Coach McGann
★6.4
MOVIE1940
It's a Date
as Sidney Simpson
★5.2
MOVIE1942
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as Dudley Crispin
★5.5
MOVIE1938
Secrets of a Nurse
as Judge Corrigan
★7.6
MOVIE1939
First Love
as Mr. Parker
★5.0
MOVIE1934
A Wicked Woman
as Judge (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1937
Night Key
as Steven Ranger
★4.9
MOVIE1935
Rendezvous
as John Carter, Assistant Secretary of War
★4.2
MOVIE1941
Know For Sure
as Dr. Perkins
★6.7
MOVIE1933
The Crime of the Century
as Philip Ames
★6.5
MOVIE1941
Unfinished Business
as Uncle
★9.0
MOVIE1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
★6.3
MOVIE1949
The Bribe
as Dr. Warren
★6.5
MOVIE1946
The Runaround
as Norman Hampton
★5.5
MOVIE1936
Rhythm on the Range
as Robert Halloway
★6.8
MOVIE1933
Penthouse
as Stuyvesant (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1938
The Rage of Paris
as Mr. William Duncan Sr.
★5.4
MOVIE1944
Cobra Woman
as Father Paul
★7.0
MOVIE1934
West of the Pecos
as Colonel Lambeth
★5.8
MOVIE1937
Navy Blue and Gold
as Richard Gates Sr.
★6.4
MOVIE1948
The Return of October
as Judge Northridge
★7.1
MOVIE1934
The Defense Rests
as Dean Adams
★9.0
MOVIE1943
Top Man
as Mr. Fairchild
★7.0
MOVIE1943
Hers to Hold
as Dr. Crane
★6.6
MOVIE1939
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Stephen Kildare
★6.5
MOVIE1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Sheriff
★5.7
MOVIE1934
Baby Take a Bow
as Warden (Uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1926
The Amateur Gentleman
as Charles - Marquis of Jerningham (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1933
Murders in the Zoo
as Banquet Guest (Uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1943
We've Never Been Licked
as Colonel Jason Craig
★5.6
MOVIE1943
Fired Wife
as Judge Towne
★10.0
MOVIE1940
Trail of the Vigilantes
as George Preston
★6.0
MOVIE1933
Son of a Sailor
as Admiral Farnsworth
★7.0
MOVIE1934
Sadie McKee
as Dr. Branch (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1937
Wings Over Honolulu
as Admiral Furness
★6.7
MOVIE1938
Young Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Stephen Kildare
★4.5
MOVIE1945
I'll Remember April
as Garrett Garfield
★8.3
MOVIE1942
Frisco Lil
★6.4
MOVIE1942
Kid Glove Killer
as Mayor Daniels
★6.6
MOVIE1937
Black Legion
as Judge
★9.0
MOVIE1944
The Singing Sheriff
as Seth
★10.0
MOVIE1936
Fatal Lady
as Guili Ruffano
★9.0
MOVIE1939
Pirates of the Skies
★7.3
MOVIE1939
Ex-Champ
as Edward P. Nash
★7.3
MOVIE1946
White Tie and Tails
as Mr. Bradford
★5.1
MOVIE1933
Day of Reckoning
as O'Farrell
★6.0
MOVIE1933
Deluge
as Chief Forecaster
★5.8
MOVIE1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Carruthers
★9.0
MOVIE1945
Escape in the Desert
as Gramp
★10.0
MOVIE1942
Don Winslow of the Navy
as The CINCUS [Ch. 1]
★5.7
MOVIE1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Governor Howard
★7.3
MOVIE1934
Have a Heart
as Dr. Spear
★6.6
MOVIE1935
Dr. Socrates
as Dr. McClintick
★8.0
MOVIE1934
Mills of the Gods
as Burroughs
★5.9
MOVIE1935
Living on Velvet
as Henry L. Parker
★6.8
MOVIE1935
College Scandal
as Mr. Cummings
★6.9
MOVIE1940
Spring Parade
as Von Zimmel
★5.6
MOVIE1947
Time Out of Mind
as Dr. Weber
★5.6
MOVIE1942
Lady in a Jam
as Doctor Brewster
★6.0
MOVIE1933
The Nuisance
as Mr. Beaumont
★4.8
MOVIE1933
The World Changes
as A Banker (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1939
One Hour to Live
as Commissioner Cromwell
★7.0
MOVIE1934
Hat, Coat and Glove
as John Walters (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1937
A Girl with Ideas
as Rodding Carter
★9.0
MOVIE1943
Follow the Band
as Pop Turnbull
★6.5
MOVIE1935
Sequoia
as Matthew Martin
★4.5
MOVIE1945
Swing Out, Sister
as Rufus Mariman
★7.0
MOVIE1938
The Storm
as Capt. Kenny
★6.6
MOVIE1935
Shadow of Doubt
as Mr. Granby
★8.0
MOVIE1933
Let's Fall in Love
as New York Film Executive
★5.4
MOVIE1938
The Devil's Party
as Judge Henry Harrison
★7.5
MOVIE1937
The Mighty Treve
as Uncle Joel Fenno
★6.0
MOVIE1944
The Great Alaskan Mystery
as Herman Brock
★5.8
MOVIE1935
The Big Broadcast of 1936
as Captain
★8.0
MOVIE1938
Newsboys' Home
as Howard Price Dutton
★6.3
MOVIE1936
The Longest Night
as Hastings
★5.8
MOVIE1934
His Greatest Gamble
as Dr. Owen (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1935
Millions in the Air
as Colonel Edwards
★10.0
MOVIE1943
What We Are Fighting For
as Jim Grover
★6.9
MOVIE1933
Gabriel Over the White House
as Dr. H.L. Eastman
★4.5
MOVIE1945
Frisco Sal
as Doc
★8.0
MOVIE1939
Career
as Clem Bartholomew
★4.6
MOVIE1940
Ski Patrol
as Captain Per Vallgren
★8.0
MOVIE1939
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
as Court Aldrich
★5.0
MOVIE1938
The Jury's Secret
as Brandon Williams
★7.3
MOVIE1938
Little Tough Guys in Society
as Judge
★6.2
MOVIE1944
To the People of the United States
as Harrison - Member of the Local Draft Board (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1938
Personal Secretary
as Alan Lemke
★6.0
MOVIE1937
Top of the Town
as Henry Borden
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Pardon My Sarong
as Chief Kolua
★6.7
MOVIE1933
One Man's Journey
as Dr. Babcock
★8.0
MOVIE1935
Annapolis Farewell
as Dr. Bryant
★9.0
MOVIE1940
Zanzibar
as Dale
★4.6
MOVIE1937
You're a Sweetheart
as Oh, Oh, Oklahoma Actor (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1936
Border Flight
as Commander Mosely
★3.8
MOVIE1943
Mister Big
as Jeremy Taswell
★5.5
MOVIE1935
Behind the Evidence
as J.T. Allen
★3.8
MOVIE1938
The Road to Reno
as Sylvia's Attorney
★4.7
MOVIE1936
Timothy's Quest
as Rev. Fellows
★5.8
MOVIE1936
Sworn Enemy
as Eli Decker
★10.0
MOVIE1943
Good Morning, Judge
as J.P. Gordon
★8.5
MOVIE1935
Two-Fisted
as Mr. Pritchard
★7.5
MOVIE1935
Bad Boy
as Husband
★7.0
MOVIE1946
Little Miss Big
as Wilfred Elliott
★9.0
MOVIE1936
Love Letters of a Star
as Artemus Todd
★6.5
MOVIE1933
Fog
as Dickens
★7.3
MOVIE1938
Double Danger
as Police Commissioner David Theron
★10.0
MOVIE1939
Hawaiian Nights
as Lane
★7.0
MOVIE1944
Sing a Jingle
as J.P. Crane
★6.5
MOVIE1939
Hero for a Day
as "Dutch" Bronson
★10.0
MOVIE1948
Perilous Waters
as Dana Ferris
★5.9
MOVIE1946
Inside Job
as Judge Kincaid
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Adventure in Washington
as Se. Henry Owen
★6.5
MOVIE1936
The Reckless Way
★8.0
MOVIE1946
Strange Conquest
as Dr. Graves
★7.0
MOVIE1939
The Under-Pup
as Dr. McKay