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Acting
Birthday:
April 18, 1903
Place of Birth:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Leonid Kinskey
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Salute to Stan Laurel | Movie director in sketch |
| 1956 | Glory | Vasily |
| 1955 | The Man with the Golden Arm | Dominiwski |
| 1952 | Gobs and Gals | Ivan |
| 1951 | Honeychile | Chick Lister |
| 1949 | Alimony | Joe Wood |
| 1949 | The Great Sinner | Bandleader in Park (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Bashful Romeo | |
| 1946 | Monsieur Beaucaire | Rene |
| 1944 | The Fighting Seabees | Johnny Novasky |
| 1944 | Can't Help Singing | Koppa |
| 1944 | That's My Baby! | Doctor Svatsky |
| 1943 | Casablanca | Sascha |
| 1943 | Gildersleeve on Broadway | Window Washer |
| 1943 | Let's Have Fun | Gregory Loosnikoff |
| 1943 | El circo | Cliente ruso zapatero (as L. Kinsky) |
| 1943 | Cinderella Swings It | Vladimir Smitkin |
| 1943 | Presenting Lily Mars | Leo |
| 1942 | The Talk of the Town | Jan Pulaski |
| 1942 | Lady for a Night | Boris |
| 1942 | Somewhere I'll Find You | Dorloff, the Waiter |
| 1942 | Brooklyn Orchid | Ignatz Rachkowsky |
| 1942 | I Married an Angel | Zinski |
| 1941 | Ball of Fire | Prof. Quintana |
| 1941 | Broadway Limited | Ivan Ivanski |
| 1941 | That Night in Rio | Monsieur Pierre Dufond |
| 1941 | So Ends Our Night | The Chicken |
| 1941 | Week-End in Havana | Rafael |
| 1940 | Down Argentine Way | Tito Acuna |
| 1940 | He Stayed for Breakfast | Comrade Nicky |
| 1939 | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Artist |
| 1939 | Day-time Wife | Coco Anderson |
| 1939 | On Your Toes | Ivan Boultonoff |
| 1939 | Everything Happens at Night | Groder |
| 1939 | Exile Express | David |
| 1939 | The Spellbinder | Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player |
| 1938 | Flirting with Fate | Pedro Lopez |
| 1938 | Three Blind Mice | Young Man |
| 1938 | Algiers | L'Arbi |
| 1938 | Outside of Paradise | Cafe Owner Ivan Petrovich |
| 1938 | The Great Waltz | Dudelman |
| 1938 | Professor Beware | Tableau Director |
| 1938 | A Trip to Paris | Emile |
| 1937 | Café Metropole | Artist |
| 1937 | Wise Girl | Eccentric Greenwich Village Writer (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Make a Wish | Moe |
| 1937 | Meet the Boy Friend | Dr. Sokoloff |
| 1937 | My Dear Miss Aldrich | A Waiter |
| 1937 | The Sheik Steps Out | Allusi Ali |
| 1937 | Espionage | Maxie Burgos |
| 1937 | The Girl from Scotland Yard | Mischa |
| 1937 | Candid Cameramaniacs | Otto |
| 1937 | Nothing Sacred | Ferdinand Roassare - Poet (uncredited) |
| 1937 | We're on the Jury | Nicholas Krakin |
| 1936 | Three Godfathers | Card Player (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Road to Glory | Ledoux |
| 1936 | Rhythm on the Range | Mischa |
| 1936 | The General Died at Dawn | Stewart |
| 1935 | Peter Ibbetson | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Gilded Lily | Vocal Teacher (uncredited) |
| 1935 | I Live My Life | Waiter (Uncredited) |
| 1935 | Les Misérables | Genflou |
| 1934 | Manhattan Melodrama | Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen |
| 1934 | We Live Again | Simon Kartinkin |
| 1934 | Change of Heart | Party Guest |
| 1934 | The Merry Widow | Shepherd (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Fugitive Road | Nicholas Petrovich,- Smuggler |
| 1934 | Strictly Dynamite | Garçon (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Duck Soup | Sylvanian Agitator |
| 1933 | Girl Without a Room | Gallopsky |
| 1933 | Storm at Daybreak | Serbian Villager (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Trouble in Paradise | Russian Visitor (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Big Broadcast | Ivan |
| 1930 | Monte Carlo | Opera Chorus Singer (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Mayberry R.F.D. | Professor Radetsky |
| 1968 | Mayberry R.F.D. | Professor Radetzky |
| 1967 | Good Morning World | Dr. Crandell |
| 1966 | Batman | Professor Overbeck |
| 1965 | Honey West | Roger / Bogus Conrad Wycherly |
| 1965 | Hogan's Heroes | Vladimir Minsk |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Ferenc Pifnic |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Juan Bagulesco |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Sam Weiss |
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys | |
| 1960 | Guestward, Ho! | |
| 1959 | The Alaskans | |
| 1959 | The Detectives | |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | Stashek |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Pete Kramer |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Vyacheslav Gerznov |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Yevgeny |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Woody - Bradwell's Friend |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre |