| LC control no. | n 87911933 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hinds, Samuel S., 1875-1948 |
| Variant(s) | Hinds, Sam, 1875-1948 |
| Biography/History note | Samuel S. Hinds (1875-1948) was an American actor. |
| Birth date | 1875-04-04 |
| Death date | 1948-10-13 |
| Place of birth | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Pasadena (Calif.) |
| Profession or occupation | Actors Lawyers |
| Found in | Border flight [MP] 1936: credits (Samuel S. Hinds) Inter. film necrology, 1981 (Samuel S. Hinds; actor; b. Apr. 4, 1875, Brooklyn, N.Y.; d. Oct. 13, 1948) Private worlds [MP] 1935: credits (the players, Sam Hinds) IMDb, April 21, 2017 (Samuel S. Hinds (1875-1948); born April 4, 1875 in Brooklyn, New York; died October 13, 1948 in Pasadena, California; 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) |
| Associated language | eng |
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