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John Wayne, Louise Allbritton, and Samuel S. Hinds in Pittsburgh (1942)

John Dilson and Samuel S. Hinds in Pittsburgh (1942)

Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Louise Allbritton, and Samuel S. Hinds in Pittsburgh (1942)

Frank Craven, Samuel S. Hinds, Pat Moriarity, Robert Paige, and Jack Rockwell in Son of Dracula (1943)

Frank Craven, Samuel S. Hinds, and Pat Moriarity in Son of Dracula (1943)

Frank Craven and Samuel S. Hinds in Son of Dracula (1943)

Louise Allbritton, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Craven, Samuel S. Hinds, and Robert Paige in Son of Dracula (1943)

Samuel S. Hinds and Grace McDonald in It Ain't Hay (1943)

Lou Costello, Samuel S. Hinds, and Grace McDonald in It Ain't Hay (1943)

Anne Gwynne and Samuel S. Hinds in Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)

Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne, and Samuel S. Hinds in Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)

Lee Bowman, Samuel S. Hinds, and Douglas Wood in Buck Privates (1941)

Rudolph Anders, Helmut Dantine, Samuel S. Hinds, and Kurt Kreuger in Escape in the Desert (1945)

Rudolph Anders, Helmut Dantine, Philip Dorn, Samuel S. Hinds, Kurt Kreuger, and Hans Schumm in Escape in the Desert (1945)

Philip Dorn, Samuel S. Hinds, and Blayney Lewis in Escape in the Desert (1945)

Helmut Dantine, Philip Dorn, and Samuel S. Hinds in Escape in the Desert (1945)

Donald Cook, Hardie Albright, Helen Flint, Samuel S. Hinds, Genevieve Tobin, and Nella Walker in The 9th Guest (1934)

James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, Spring Byington, Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer, Mary Forbes, Samuel S. Hinds, Halliwell Hobbes, Donald Meek, Ann Miller, and Dub Taylor in You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Samuel S. Hinds, Halliwell Hobbes, Donald Meek, and Jimmy the Crow in You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Spring Byington, Samuel S. Hinds, Halliwell Hobbes, Donald Meek, Ann Miller, and Dub Taylor in You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, Spring Byington, Mischa Auer, Beatrice Curtis, Kay Deslys, Florence Dudley, Betty Farrington, Kitty Flanagan, Samuel S. Hinds, Halliwell Hobbes, Donald Meek, and Ann Miller in You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Lionel Barrymore, Spring Byington, Mischa Auer, Samuel S. Hinds, Halliwell Hobbes, Donald Meek, Ann Miller, and Dub Taylor in You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Samuel S. Hinds in You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Jean Arthur, Spring Byington, Samuel S. Hinds, Halliwell Hobbes, Ann Miller, and Dub Taylor in You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Samuel S. Hinds, Halliwell Hobbes, Donald Meek, and Dub Taylor in You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Samuel S. Hinds, Una Merkel, and Jean Parker in Have a Heart (1934)

Lew Ayres, Lynne Carver, Emma Dunn, and Samuel S. Hinds in Young Dr. Kildare (1938)

Lew Ayres, Emma Dunn, and Samuel S. Hinds in Young Dr. Kildare (1938)

Donald Cook, Hardie Albright, Edward Ellis, Helen Flint, Samuel S. Hinds, Genevieve Tobin, and Nella Walker in The 9th Guest (1934)

Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, and Samuel S. Hinds in Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)

Samuel S. Hinds and S.Z. Sakall in It's a Date (1940)

James Stewart and Samuel S. Hinds in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Charles Bickford and Samuel S. Hinds in The Storm (1938)

Charles Bickford, Samuel S. Hinds, and Barton MacLane in The Storm (1938)

Samuel S. Hinds and Frank Jenks in The Storm (1938)

Mona Barrie and Samuel S. Hinds in The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)

Richard Dix, Samuel S. Hinds, and Pedro Regas in West of the Pecos (1934)

Kay Francis, Samuel S. Hinds, Walter Pidgeon, and S.Z. Sakall in It's a Date (1940)

Samuel S. Hinds, Edmund Lowe, and Helen Mack in Secrets of a Nurse (1938)

Lionel Atwill and Samuel S. Hinds in Man Made Monster (1941)

Lon Chaney Jr., Lionel Atwill, Samuel S. Hinds, and Anne Nagel in Man Made Monster (1941)

Broderick Crawford, Pamela Blake, Rod Cameron, George Cleveland, Samuel S. Hinds, Frank McHugh, Jack Overman, Ella Raines, Joe Sawyer, and Dave Willock in The Runaround (1946)

Spring Byington, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Mischa Auer, Samuel S. Hinds, Ann Miller, Dub Taylor, and Lillian Yarbo in You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Brian Donlevy, Samuel S. Hinds, and Edmund MacDonald in Destry Rides Again (1939)

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. The tall, dignified-looking Hinds appeared in over 200 films, often cast as kindly authoritarian figures--doctors, judges, military officers, politicians, and such. His two most notable appearances were in Destry Rides Again (1939) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946). In addition to his film work, he kept busy appearing on stage, and continued working up until his death in 1948.

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