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.
Movie | The Bribe | Dr. Warren | 1949-02-03 |
Movie | Call Northside 777 | Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited) | 1948-02-13 |
Movie | Perilous Waters | Dana Ferris | 1948-02-14 |
Movie | The Return of October | Judge Northridge | 1948-10-26 |
Movie | The Boy with Green Hair | Dr. R.T. Knudson | 1948-11-26 |
Movie | The Egg and I | Sheriff Drum | 1947-05-01 |
Movie | Time Out of Mind | Dr. Weber | 1947-05-03 |
Movie | Strange Conquest | Dr. Graves | 1946-04-01 |
Movie | Blonde Alibi | Prof. Slater | 1946-03-01 |
Movie | Little Miss Big | Wilfred Elliott | 1946-01-01 |
Movie | The Runaround | Norman Hampton | 1946-06-04 |
Movie | Danger Woman | Dean Albert Sears | 1946-07-12 |
Movie | Inside Job | Judge Kincaid | 1946-06-14 |
Movie | White Tie and Tails | Mr. Bradford | 1946-08-30 |
Movie | It's a Wonderful Life | Pa Bailey | 1946-12-20 |
Movie | Swing Out, Sister | Rufus Mariman | 1945-05-18 |
Movie | Escape in the Desert | Gramp | 1945-05-01 |
Movie | I'll Remember April | Garrett Garfield | 1945-04-01 |
Movie | Frisco Sal | Doc | 1945-02-22 |
Movie | Secret Agent X-9 | Solo | 1945-07-24 |
Movie | Lady on a Train | Mr. Wiggam, Waring Lawyer | 1945-08-03 |
Movie | Scarlet Street | Charles Pringle | 1945-12-25 |
Movie | Men in Her Diary | Judge Bergen | 1945-09-14 |
Movie | Week-End at the Waldorf | Mr. Jessup | 1945-10-04 |
Movie | The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry | Dr. Adams | 1945-08-17 |
Movie | Chip Off the Old Block | Dean Manning | 1944-02-01 |
Movie | Phantom Lady | Judge (voice) (uncredited) | 1944-01-28 |
Movie | Sing a Jingle | J.P. Crane | 1944-01-07 |
Movie | Ladies Courageous | Brig. Gen. Wade | 1944-02-02 |
Movie | To the People of the United States | Harrison - Member of the Local Draft Board (uncredited) | 1944-04-16 |
Movie | The Singing Sheriff | Seth | 1944-09-01 |
Movie | Jungle Woman | Coroner | 1944-06-01 |
Movie | South of Dixie | Colonel Andrew J. Morgan | 1944-06-23 |
Movie | Cobra Woman | Father Paul | 1944-05-12 |
Movie | The Great Alaskan Mystery | Herman Brock | 1944-04-25 |
Movie | Good Morning, Judge | J.P. Gordon | 1943-05-07 |
Movie | He's My Guy | Johnson | 1943-03-26 |
Movie | Keep 'Em Slugging | Carruthers | 1943-03-01 |
Movie | Mister Big | Jeremy Taswell | 1943-05-28 |
Movie | It Ain't Hay | Colonel Brainard | 1943-03-10 |
Movie | Follow the Band | Pop Turnbull | 1943-04-01 |
Movie | Larceny with Music | Brewster | 1943-09-10 |
Movie | Hers to Hold | Dr. Crane | 1943-07-16 |
Movie | Fired Wife | Judge Towne | 1943-09-04 |
Movie | Top Man | Mr. Fairchild | 1943-09-17 |
Movie | Son of Dracula | Judge Simmons | 1943-11-05 |
Movie | We've Never Been Licked | Colonel Jason Craig | 1943-07-29 |
Movie | Frisco Lil | 1942-03-13 | |
Movie | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Sam Shaw | 1942-02-13 |
Movie | Don Winslow of the Navy | The CINCUS [Ch. 1] | 1942-01-06 |
Movie | The Strange Case of Doctor Rx | Dudley Crispin | 1942-03-27 |
Movie | Jail House Blues | Mr. Thomas Daniels | 1942-02-01 |
Movie | Kid Glove Killer | Mayor Daniels | 1942-04-17 |
Movie | Pittsburgh | Morgan Prentiss (President, Prentiss Steel) | 1942-12-11 |
Movie | Pardon My Sarong | Chief Kolua | 1942-08-07 |
Movie | Lady in a Jam | Dr. Brewster | 1942-06-19 |
Movie | The Spoilers | Judge Stillman | 1942-06-11 |
Movie | Grand Central Murder | Roger Furness | 1942-05-01 |
Movie | The Lady from Cheyenne | Governor Howard | 1941-04-11 |
Movie | Adventure in Washington | Se. Henry Owen | 1941-05-29 |
Movie | Man-Made Monster | Dr. John Lawrence | 1941-03-28 |
Movie | Know For Sure | Dr. Perkins | 1941-01-01 |
Movie | The Shepherd of the Hills | Andy Beeler | 1941-07-18 |
Movie | Buck Privates | Maj. Gen. Emerson | 1941-01-31 |
Movie | Back Street | Felix Darren | 1941-02-07 |
Movie | Blossoms in the Dust | Mr. George Kahley | 1941-08-15 |
Movie | Road Agent | Banker Sam Leavitt | 1941-12-19 |
Movie | Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | Dr. Stephen Kildare | 1941-08-22 |
Movie | Mob Town | Luther Bryson | 1941-10-03 |
Movie | Hellzapoppin' | Showboat Captain (uncredited) | 1941-12-25 |
Movie | Badlands Of Dakota | Wilbur Grayson | 1941-09-15 |
Movie | Unfinished Business | Uncle | 1941-08-27 |
Movie | Dr. Kildare's Strange Case | Dr. Stephen Kildare | 1940-04-12 |
Movie | Ski Patrol | Captain Per Vallgren | 1940-05-09 |
Movie | It's a Date | Sidney Simpson | 1940-03-22 |
Movie | The Boys from Syracuse | Angeen | 1940-07-30 |
Movie | Zanzibar | Dale | 1940-03-08 |
Movie | Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Dr. Stephen Kildare | 1940-09-06 |
Movie | Spring Parade | Von Zimmel | 1940-09-27 |
Movie | Seven Sinners | Governor | 1940-10-25 |
Movie | Trail of the Vigilantes | George Preston | 1940-12-13 |
Movie | I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now | George P. Morgan | 1940-10-19 |
Movie | The Under-Pup | Dr. McKay | 1939-08-31 |
Movie | Tropic Fury | J.P. Waterford | 1939-09-01 |
Movie | Career | Clem Bartholomew | 1939-07-07 |
Movie | Within the Law | Mr. Gilder | 1939-03-17 |
Movie | Calling Dr. Kildare | Dr. Stephen Kildare | 1939-04-28 |
Movie | Hawaiian Nights | Lane | 1939-09-08 |
Movie | Ex-Champ | Edward P. Nash | 1939-05-11 |
Movie | Destry Rides Again | Judge Slade | 1939-11-30 |
Movie | Charlie McCarthy, Detective | Court Aldrich | 1939-12-22 |
Movie | The Secret of Dr. Kildare | Dr. Stephen Kildare | 1939-11-24 |
Movie | Rio | Lamartine | 1939-09-29 |
Movie | First Love | Mr. Parker | 1939-11-10 |
Movie | Hero for a Day | "Dutch" Bronson | 1939-10-06 |
Movie | The Devil's Party | Judge Henry Harrison | 1938-06-02 |
Movie | The Rage of Paris | Mr. William Duncan Sr. | 1938-06-09 |
Movie | Test Pilot | General Ross | 1938-04-16 |
Movie | Wives Under Suspicion | David Marrow | 1938-06-03 |
Movie | Double Danger | Police Commissioner David Theron | 1938-01-28 |
Movie | The Road to Reno | Sylvia's Attorney | 1938-08-01 |
Movie | The Jury's Secret | Brandon Williams | 1938-01-16 |
Movie | Forbidden Valley | Jeff Hazzard | 1938-02-13 |
Movie | You Can't Take It with You | Paul Sycamore | 1938-09-01 |
Movie | Little Tough Guys in Society | Judge | 1938-11-01 |
Movie | Newsboys' Home | Howard Price Dutton | 1938-12-24 |
Movie | The Storm | Capt. Kenny | 1938-10-28 |
Movie | Secrets of a Nurse | Judge Corrigan | 1938-12-02 |
Movie | Personal Secretary | Alan Lemke | 1938-09-09 |
Movie | Swing That Cheer | Coach McGann | 1938-10-13 |
Movie | Young Dr. Kildare | Dr. Stephen Kildare | 1938-10-14 |
Movie | Night Key | Steven Ranger | 1937-04-18 |
Movie | Wings Over Honolulu | Admiral Furness | 1937-05-16 |
Movie | Top of the Town | Henry Borden | 1937-04-17 |
Movie | She's Dangerous | Warden | 1937-01-24 |
Movie | The Road Back | Defense Attorney | 1937-06-01 |
Movie | Black Legion | Judge | 1937-01-30 |
Movie | Stage Door | Henry Sims | 1937-10-07 |
Movie | Double or Nothing | Jonathan Clark | 1937-09-17 |
Movie | Navy Blue and Gold | Richard Gates Sr. | 1937-11-19 |
Movie | Prescription for Romance | Major Goddard | 1937-12-12 |
Movie | A Girl with Ideas | Rodding Carter | 1937-11-01 |
Movie | You're a Sweetheart | Oh, Oh, Oklahoma Actor (uncredited) | 1937-12-26 |
Movie | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | Sheriff | 1936-03-13 |
Movie | The Reckless Way | 1936-02-01 | |
Movie | Border Flight | Commander Mosely | 1936-05-29 |
Movie | Woman Trap | Senator Andrews | 1936-03-06 |
Movie | Fatal Lady | Guili Ruffano | 1936-05-15 |
Movie | Rhythm on the Range | Robert Halloway | 1936-07-01 |
Movie | The Longest Night | Hastings | 1936-10-02 |
Movie | Love Letters of a Star | Artemus Todd | 1936-11-08 |
Movie | His Brother's Wife | Doctor Claybourne | 1936-08-07 |
Movie | Sworn Enemy | Eli Decker | 1936-09-11 |
Movie | Living on Velvet | Henry L. Parker | 1935-03-02 |
Movie | West Point of the Air | Secretary of War | 1935-03-23 |
Movie | Strangers All | Charles Green | 1935-04-01 |
Movie | Shadow of Doubt | Mr. Granby | 1935-02-15 |
Movie | Sequoia | Matthew Martin | 1935-01-16 |
Movie | Behind the Evidence | J.T. Allen | 1935-01-08 |
Movie | Bordertown | Judge at First Trial | 1935-01-23 |
Movie | Rumba | Henry B. Harrison | 1935-02-08 |
Movie | Private Worlds | Dr. Arnold | 1935-04-19 |
Movie | Two-Fisted | Mr. Pritchard | 1935-10-03 |
Movie | Rendezvous | John Carter, Assistant Secretary of War | 1935-10-25 |
Movie | In Person | Dr. Aaron Sylvester | 1935-11-22 |
Movie | College Scandal | Mr. Cummings | 1935-06-21 |
Movie | Dr. Socrates | Dr. McClintick | 1935-10-19 |
Movie | Bad Boy | Husband | 1935-10-25 |
Movie | The Raven | Judge Thatcher | 1935-07-08 |
Movie | The Big Broadcast of 1936 | Captain | 1935-09-20 |
Movie | She | John Vincey | 1935-07-12 |
Movie | Annapolis Farewell | Dr. Bryant | 1935-08-23 |
Movie | Manhattan Melodrama | Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited) | 1934-05-04 |
Movie | Baby Take a Bow | Warden (Uncredited) | 1934-06-30 |
Movie | Men in White | Dr. Gordon | 1934-04-06 |
Movie | The 9th Guest | Dr. Murray Reid | 1934-01-31 |
Movie | The Defense Rests | Dean Adams | 1934-07-15 |
Movie | No Greater Glory | Gereb's Father | 1934-03-30 |
Movie | The Crime Doctor | Ballard | 1934-03-14 |
Movie | West of the Pecos | Colonel Lambeth | 1934-12-27 |
Movie | Hat, Coat and Glove | John Walters (uncredited) | 1934-07-26 |
Movie | A Wicked Woman | Judge (uncredited) | 1934-12-07 |
Movie | Mills of the Gods | Burroughs | 1934-12-15 |
Movie | Have a Heart | Dr. Spear | 1934-09-07 |
Movie | His Greatest Gamble | Dr. Owen (uncredited) | 1934-08-10 |
Movie | A Lost Lady | Jim Sloane | 1934-09-29 |
Movie | Bed of Roses | Father Doran | 1933-06-29 |
Movie | This Day and Age | Mayor | 1933-08-25 |
Movie | The Nuisance | Mr. Beaumont | 1933-06-03 |
Movie | Deluge | Chief Forecaster | 1933-08-17 |
Movie | The Road Is Open Again | Woodrow Wilson | 1933-01-30 |
Movie | One Man's Journey | Dr. Babcock | 1933-08-31 |
Movie | The Crime of the Century | Philip Ames | 1933-02-18 |
Movie | Murders in the Zoo | Banquet Guest (Uncredited) | 1933-03-31 |
Movie | Gabriel Over the White House | Dr. H.L. Eastman | 1933-03-31 |
Movie | Berkeley Square | The American Ambassador | 1933-09-15 |
Movie | The Women in His Life | Thomas J. Worthing | 1933-12-08 |
Movie | Convention City | McAllister | 1933-12-14 |
Movie | Let's Fall in Love | New York Film Executive | 1933-12-26 |
Movie | Penthouse | Stuyvesant (uncredited) | 1933-09-08 |
Movie | Son of a Sailor | Admiral Farnsworth | 1933-11-29 |
Movie | Little Women | Mr. March | 1933-11-24 |
Movie | Lady for a Day | Mayor (uncredited) | 1933-09-13 |
Movie | Day of Reckoning | O'Farrell | 1933-10-26 |
Movie | If I Had a Million | Lawyer (uncredited) | 1932-11-18 |
Movie | The Amateur Gentleman | Charles - Marquis of Jerningham (uncredited) | 1926-08-14 |