Leonid Kinskey
76 movies · 19 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 18, 1903
- Died
- Sep 8, 1998 (age 95)
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Also known as
- Leonid Kinsky
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.
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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
Leonid Kinskey: movies and TV shows
Acting (95)
- 1968
- 1967
- 1966
- 1965 Salute to Stan Laurel
as Movie director in sketch
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958
- 1957 The Helen Morgan Story
as Stanislausky - Accordion Player (uncredited)
- 1957
- 1957
- 1956
- 1956 Glory
as Vasily
- 1955 The Man with the Golden Arm
as Dominiwski
- 1955
- 1952 Gobs and Gals
as Ivan
- 1951 Honeychile
as Chick Lister
- 1950
- 1949
- 1949 The Great Sinner
as Bandleader in Park (uncredited)
- 1949 Alimony
as Joe Wood
- 1946 Monsieur Beaucaire
as Rene
- 1944 Can't Help Singing
as Koppa
- 1944 That's My Baby!
as Doctor Svatsky
- 1944 The Fighting Seabees
as Johnny Novasky
- 1943 Gildersleeve on Broadway
as Window Washer
- 1943 Presenting Lily Mars
as Leo
- 1943 The Circus
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
- 1942 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
- 1941 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
- 1940 Down Argentine Way
as Tito Acuna
- 1940 He Stayed for Breakfast
as Comrade Nicky
- 1939 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
- 1938 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
- 1937 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
- 1936 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)
- 1935 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)
- 1934 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
- 1933 Girl Without a Room
as Gallopsky
- 1933 Duck Soup
as Sylvanian Agitator
- 1933 Storm at Daybreak
as Serbian Villager (uncredited)
- 1932 Trouble in Paradise
as Russian Visitor (uncredited)
- 1932 The Big Broadcast
as Ivan
- 1930 Monte Carlo
as Opera Chorus Singer (uncredited)