Leonid Kinskey
Leonid Kinskey (April 18, 1903 – September 8, 1998) was a Russian-born movie and television actor who enjoyed a long career. Kinskey is best known for his role as Sascha in the film Casablanca (1942).
Kinskey was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He fled the Russian Revolution and acted on stage in Europe and South America before arriving in New York City in 1921. He joined the road production of Al Jolson's musical Wonder Bar, before making his first film appearance, in the 1932 Trouble in Paradise. His looks and accent helped him land supporting roles in numerous movies, including Duck Soup and Nothing Sacred, and on television, well into the 1960s. It is said that he got perhaps his best-known role, Sascha in Casablanca, because he was a drinking buddy of star Humphrey Bogart. Kinskey was in the pilot episode for Hogan's Heroes, but turned down a regular role in the series because he thought the subject matter was being taken too lightly.
Kinskey was married three times. His second wife was actress Iphigenie Castiglioni, to whom he remained married until her death in 1963. He was married to Tina York from 1983 to his death. He died of complications of a stroke in Fountain Hills, Arizona, at the age of 95.
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Known for
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Yevgeny
Hogan's Heroes
Vladimir Minsk
Perry Mason
Vyacheslav Gerznov
Batman
Professor Overbeck
Dr. Kildare
Sam Weiss
Peter Gunn
Stashek
77 Sunset Strip
Pete Kramer
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Ferenc Pifnic
Burke's Law
Juan Bagulesco
Mayberry R.F.D.
Professor Radetsky
Mayberry R.F.D.
Professor Radetzky
Pete and Gladys
The Millionaire
Woody - Bradwell's Friend
The Alaskans
Honey West
Roger / Bogus Conrad Wycherly
Telephone Time
The Detectives
Good Morning World
Dr. Crandell
Lux Video Theatre
Casablanca
Sascha
Guestward, Ho!
The Man with the Golden Arm
Dominiwski
Nothing Sacred
Ferdinand Roassare - Poet (uncredited)
Ball of Fire
Prof. Quintana
Les Misérables
Genflou
Duck Soup
Sylvanian Agitator
The Talk of the Town
Jan Pulaski
Trouble in Paradise
Russian Visitor (uncredited)
The Great Sinner
Bandleader in Park (uncredited)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Artist
The Fighting Seabees
Johnny Novasky
Manhattan Melodrama
Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen
Peter Ibbetson
Prisoner (uncredited)
The Gilded Lily
Vocal Teacher (uncredited)
Everything Happens at Night
Groder
Presenting Lily Mars
Leo
Three Godfathers
Card Player (uncredited)
On Your Toes
Ivan Boultonoff
Algiers
L'Arbi
The Merry Widow
Shepherd (uncredited)
The General Died at Dawn
Stewart
We Live Again
Simon Kartinkin
Make a Wish
Moe
I Live My Life
Waiter (Uncredited)
Down Argentine Way
Tito Acuna
Week-End in Havana
Rafael
Change of Heart
Party Guest
Somewhere I'll Find You
Dorloff, the Waiter
Lady for a Night
Boris
The Road to Glory
Ledoux
El circo
Cliente ruso zapatero (as L. Kinsky)
The Great Waltz
Dudelman
Glory
Vasily
Monte Carlo
Opera Chorus Singer (uncredited)
That Night in Rio
Monsieur Pierre Dufond
So Ends Our Night
The Chicken
Storm at Daybreak
Serbian Villager (uncredited)
Café Metropole
Artist
Monsieur Beaucaire
Rene
Wise Girl
Eccentric Greenwich Village Writer (uncredited)
Three Blind Mice
Young Man
Broadway Limited
Ivan Ivanski
Alimony
Joe Wood
Can't Help Singing
Koppa
Professor Beware
Tableau Director
Espionage
Maxie Burgos
Honeychile
Chick Lister
The Spellbinder
Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player
Gildersleeve on Broadway
Window Washer
Flirting with Fate
Pedro Lopez
Girl Without a Room
Gallopsky
Day-time Wife
Coco Anderson
Rhythm on the Range
Mischa
Brooklyn Orchid
Ignatz Rachkowsky
My Dear Miss Aldrich
A Waiter
He Stayed for Breakfast
Comrade Nicky
The Big Broadcast
Ivan
Strictly Dynamite
Garçon (uncredited)
Gobs and Gals
Ivan
Meet the Boy Friend
Dr. Sokoloff
Salute to Stan Laurel
Movie director in sketch
I Married an Angel
Zinski
That's My Baby!
Doctor Svatsky
The Sheik Steps Out
Allusi Ali
Outside of Paradise
Cafe Owner Ivan Petrovich
Exile Express
David
A Trip to Paris
Emile
The Girl from Scotland Yard
Mischa
Fugitive Road
Nicholas Petrovich,- Smuggler
We're on the Jury
Nicholas Krakin
Cinderella Swings It
Vladimir Smitkin
Let's Have Fun
Gregory Loosnikoff
Bashful Romeo
Candid Cameramaniacs
Otto