Date of birth: 1875-04-03
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Sam Hinds, Samuel Hinds, Samuel Southey 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.

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1940-09-06
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1933-09-15
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1941-02-07
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1946-06-04
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1935-01-16
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1933-08-25
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1941-01-01
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1936-08-07
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1939-04-28
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1933-06-03
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1940-03-22
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1941-04-11
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1938-12-02
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1939-07-07
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1945-05-01
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1941-03-28
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1941-11-17
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1934-07-15
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1936-09-11
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1935-03-23
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1939-01-01
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1938-04-16
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1945-02-22
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1937-11-19
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1939-11-10
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1939-11-24
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1939-08-31
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1941-12-19
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1937-05-16
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1936-01-31
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1934-03-30
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1934-07-26
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1939-09-08
Bandleader Tim Hartley's father objects strongly to his son's occupation choice and packs him off to

1933-11-29
A lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane.

1935-01-23
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1935-07-12
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1942-06-19
A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned

1944-02-02
Loretta Young stars in this drama about female pilots during WWII.

1936-03-06
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1934-12-27
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1948-02-14
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1938-10-13
Undeniably talented on the gridiron, Bob Potter is equally undeniably an arrogant pain in the poster

1937-12-12
In this romance, a detective teams up with a count and travels to Budapest in search of an embezzler

1943-04-01
A farmer from Vermont travels to New York and becomes a successful singer in a nightclub.

1935-02-08
A bored society girl sets her sights on a dancer in a Broadway show.

1943-05-07
A songwriter is sued for libel, and when he gets to court he discovers that his girlfriend is the pl

1942-08-07
A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their

1944-01-07
In Sing a Jingle, Allan Jones plays popular radio crooner Roy King, who goes to work in a war plant

1940-05-09
In 1939, a group of Finnish soldiers defend the border from Russian invaders.

1944-09-01
In this comic western, a Broadway star leaves his musical revue to go West and help out his troubled

1943-03-26
The former members of a vaudeville team meet up again in a defense plant during WW II.

1943-09-10
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1940-12-13
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1937-11-01
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1946-06-14
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1938-11-01
A society matron invites the gang to her estate as playmates for her spoiled brat son.

1940-07-30
The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys fr

1937-12-26
A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production

1937-04-17
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1943-03-01
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1938-02-13
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1941-09-15
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1942-06-11
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1948-02-13
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1942-01-06
A movie serial in 12 Chapters: US naval officer Don Winslow is given command of Tangita Island, nea

1943-07-16
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1936-10-02
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1936-05-29
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1935-10-25
An unemployed loafer who spends his time playing pool decides he's ready to look for a job so he can

1938-08-01
An opera singer travels to Reno to divorce her rancher husband.

1934-12-07
A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's cond

1941-08-27
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1938-10-28
A passenger ship unexpectedly runs into a typhoon.

1926-08-14
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1946-04-01
Two doctors try to find the cure for a fatal disease, while battling each other for the affection of

1934-12-15
Fay Wray plays Jean Hastings, the wealthy and spoiled scion of a factory-owning family led by her ir

1935-08-23
Commodore Fitzhugh, an old retired naval officer, lives at the Annapolis Naval Academy and, unhappy

1945-09-14
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1936-11-08
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1932-11-18
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1947-05-01
World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and movin

1933-10-26
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1941-06-13
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1933-11-11
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1943-09-17
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1938-01-16
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1939-05-11
A former prizefighter tries to help his son pay off his gambling debts.

1944-06-23
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1937-01-17
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1940-10-19
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1943-07-29
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1944-05-12
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1934-06-30
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1935-04-19
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1941-12-25
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1943-02-22
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1937-01-30
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1934-05-04
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1940-03-08
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1939-11-10
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1946-08-30
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1933-09-08
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1933-03-31
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1933-08-17
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1944-01-28
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1939-10-06
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1939-09-01
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1946-01-01
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1937-06-01
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1944-04-16
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1934-05-09
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1935-12-12
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1943-01-01
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1933-11-25
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