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
Perry Mason
Vyacheslav Gerznov
Hogan's Heroes
Vladimir Minsk
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Yevgeny
Batman
Professor Overbeck
77 Sunset Strip
Pete Kramer
Burke's Law
Juan Bagulesco
Peter Gunn
Stashek
The Millionaire
Woody - Bradwell's Friend
Dr. Kildare
Sam Weiss
Pete and Gladys
Mayberry R.F.D.
Professor Radetsky
Mayberry R.F.D.
Professor Radetzky
The Detectives
Telephone Time
Honey West
Roger / Bogus Conrad Wycherly
Lux Video Theatre
The Alaskans
Casablanca
Sascha
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Ferenc Pifnic
Les Misérables
Genflou
Salute to Stan Laurel
Movie director in sketch
Three Godfathers
Card Player (uncredited)
Gildersleeve on Broadway
Window Washer
Down Argentine Way
Tito Acuna
Ball of Fire
Prof. Quintana
The Great Sinner
Bandleader in Park (uncredited)
Alimony
Joe Wood
Broadway Limited
Ivan Ivanski
Duck Soup
Sylvanian Agitator
Good Morning World
Dr. Crandell
Brooklyn Orchid
Ignatz Rachkowsky
Guestward, Ho!
Storm at Daybreak
Serbian Villager (uncredited)
I Live My Life
Waiter (Uncredited)
Trouble in Paradise
Russian Visitor (uncredited)
Professor Beware
Tableau Director
Espionage
Maxie Burgos
The Man with the Golden Arm
Dominiwski
Exile Express
Lead Henchman David
We Live Again
Simon Kartinkin
The Sheik Steps Out
Allusi Ali
The Talk of the Town
Jan Pulaski
Fugitive Road
Nicholas Petrovich,- Smuggler
The Fighting Seabees
Johnny Novasky
The Merry Widow
Shepherd (uncredited)
A Trip to Paris
Emile
Honeychile
Chick Lister
Manhattan Melodrama
Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen
Nothing Sacred
Ferdinand Roassare - Poet (uncredited)
Algiers
L'Arbi
Glory
Vasily
Café Metropole
Artist
The Great Waltz
Dudelman
Can't Help Singing
Koppa
Peter Ibbetson
Prisoner (uncredited)
Presenting Lily Mars
Leo
Three Blind Mice
Young Man
Cinderella Swings It
Vladimir Smitkin
Strictly Dynamite
Garçon (uncredited)
On Your Toes
Ivan Boultonoff
The Gilded Lily
Vocal Teacher (uncredited)
Outside of Paradise
Cafe Owner Ivan Petrovich
I Married an Angel
Zinski
That Night in Rio
Monsieur Pierre Dufond
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Artist
Change of Heart
Party Guest (uncredited)
My Dear Miss Aldrich
A Waiter
That's My Baby!
Doctor Svatsky
El circo
Cliente ruso zapatero (as L. Kinsky)
The Spellbinder
Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player
Monsieur Beaucaire
Rene
The Big Broadcast
Ivan
Gobs and Gals
Ivan
The General Died at Dawn
Stewart
Monte Carlo
Opera Chorus Singer (uncredited)
Somewhere I'll Find You
Dorloff, the Waiter
The Girl from Scotland Yard
Mischa
Rhythm on the Range
Mischa
Let's Have Fun
Gregory Loosnikoff
Bashful Romeo
He Stayed for Breakfast
Comrade Nicky
Lady for a Night
Boris
We're on the Jury
Nicholas Krakin
Make a Wish
Moe
Day-time Wife
Coco Anderson
Flirting with Fate
Pedro Lopez
Week-End in Havana
Rafael
Meet the Boy Friend
Dr. Sokoloff
The Road to Glory
Ledoux
Girl Without a Room
Gallopsky
Everything Happens at Night
Groder
So Ends Our Night
The Chicken
Wise Girl
Eccentric Greenwich Village Writer (uncredited)
Candid Cameramaniacs
Otto