You Can't Take It With You
1938
Search results
Samuel Southey Hinds (April 4, 1875 – October 13, 1948) was an American actor and former lawyer. He was often cast as kindly authority figures and appeared in more than 200 films in a career lasting 22 years.
Samuel S. Hinds. Actor: It's a Wonderful Life. Samuel S. Hinds, a Harvard graduate, was a lawyer in Hollywood until the stock market crash of 1929, in which he lost most of his money. Hinds, who had an interest in theater acting, decided to embark on a career in acting, albeit it age 54.
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.
Overview. Born. April 4, 1875 · Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died. October 13, 1948 · Pasadena, California, USA (pneumonia) Birth name. Samuel Southey Hinds. Mini Bio. Samuel S. Hinds, a Harvard graduate, was a lawyer in Hollywood until the stock market crash of 1929, in which he lost most of his money.
Mar 24, 2014 · The Los Angeles Times reported June 14, 1926, on Hinds’ first appearance in film. Variety had noted, “Samuel S. Hinds, multimillionaire Pasadena lawyer, has embarked on a screen career. He has been cast for a role in “The Amateur Gentleman,” starring Richard Barthelmess, with Sidney Olcott directing for inspiration.
A full-time actor by the early 1930s, Hinds entered films in 1932. Of his nearly 150 screen appearances, several stand out, notably his portrayal of Bela Lugosi's torture victim in The Raven (1935), the dying John Vincey in She (1935), the crooked political boss in Destry Rides Again (1939) and the doctor father of Lew Ayres in MGM's Dr ...
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.
