Leonid Kinskey
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leonid Kinskey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Casablanca (1943)
as Sascha
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
as Dominiwski
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
as Russian Visitor (uncredited)
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
as Johnny Novasky
Duck Soup (1933)
as Sylvanian Agitator
Wise Girl (1937)
as Eccentric Greenwich Village Writer (uncredited)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
as Jan Pulaski
The Circus (1943)
as Cliente ruso zapatero (as L. Kinsky)
The Merry Widow (1934)
as Shepherd (uncredited)
Ball of Fire (1941)
as Prof. Quintana
Three Godfathers (1936)
as Card Player (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
as Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
as Leo
Algiers (1938)
as L'Arbi
Nothing Sacred (1937)
as Ferdinand Roassare - Poet (uncredited)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
as Artist
Gobs and Gals (1952)
as Ivan
Café Metropole (1937)
as Artist
The Road to Glory (1936)
as Ledoux
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
as Stanislausky - Accordion Player (uncredited)
The Great Sinner (1949)
as Bandleader in Park (uncredited)
That Night in Rio (1941)
as Monsieur Pierre Dufond
The Gilded Lily (1935)
as Vocal Teacher (uncredited)
Les Misérables (1935)
as Genflou
The General Died at Dawn (1936)
as Stewart
Down Argentine Way (1940)
as Tito Acuna
Girl Without a Room (1933)
as Gallopsky
So Ends Our Night (1941)
as The Chicken
Somewhere I'll Find You (1942)
as Dorloff, the Waiter
Week-End in Havana (1941)
as Rafael
Let's Have Fun (1943)
as Gregory Loosnikoff
He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)
as Comrade Nicky
Espionage (1937)
as Maxie Burgos
Make a Wish (1937)
as Moe
Lady for a Night (1942)
as Boris
Cinderella Swings It (1943)
as Vladimir Smitkin
Glory (1956)
as Vasily
Rhythm on the Range (1936)
as Mischa
Can't Help Singing (1944)
as Koppa
I Live My Life (1935)
as Waiter (Uncredited)
I Married an Angel (1942)
as Zinski
The Great Waltz (1938)
as Dudelman
We're on the Jury (1937)
as Nicholas Krakin
Exile Express (1939)
as Lead Henchman David
Fugitive Road (1934)
as Nicholas Petrovich,- Smuggler
We Live Again (1934)
as Simon Kartinkin
My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937)
as A Waiter
Broadway Limited (1941)
as Ivan Ivanski
On Your Toes (1939)
as Ivan Boultonoff
Professor Beware (1938)
as Tableau Director
Change of Heart (1934)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
A Trip to Paris (1938)
as Emile
The Spellbinder (1939)
as Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player
The Woman I Love (1937)
as (uncredited)
Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
as Ignatz Rachkowsky
Meet the Boy Friend (1937)
as Dr. Sokoloff
Outside of Paradise (1938)
as Cafe Owner Ivan Petrovich
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
as Rene
Salute to Stan Laurel (1965)
as Movie director in sketch
Everything Happens at Night (1939)
as Groder
The Girl from Scotland Yard (1937)
as Mischa
Strictly Dynamite (1934)
as Garçon (uncredited)
Three Blind Mice (1938)
as Young Man
That's My Baby! (1944)
as Doctor Svatsky
Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
as Window Washer
Day-time Wife (1939)
as Coco Anderson
The Sheik Steps Out (1937)
as Allusi Ali
Monte Carlo (1930)
as Opera Chorus Singer (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast (1932)
as Ivan
Flirting with Fate (1938)
as Pedro Lopez
Alimony (1949)
as Joe Wood
Honeychile (1951)
as Chick Lister
Storm at Daybreak (1933)
as Serbian Villager (uncredited)
Candid Cameramaniacs (1937)
as Otto
Bashful Romeo (1949)
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