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Leonid Kinskey

Born 1903-04-18
Died 1998-09-08
📍 Saint Petersburg, Russia

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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Filmography 95

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