Leonid Kinskey profile
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Leonid Kinskey

18th April 1903 Saint Petersburg, Russia Acting

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.

75 Movies 20 TV Shows 97 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Glory poster
Glory 11th January 1956 as Vasily
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The Circus 12th March 1943 as Cliente ruso zapatero (as L. Kinsky)
Wise Girl poster
Wise Girl 31st December 1937 as Eccentric Greenwich Village Writer (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred poster
Nothing Sacred 25th November 1937 as Ferdinand Roassare - Poet (uncredited)
Duck Soup poster
Duck Soup 12th November 1933 as Sylvanian Agitator
Monte Carlo poster
Monte Carlo 27th August 1930 as Opera Chorus Singer (uncredited)
Batman poster
Batman 12th January 1966 as Professor Overbeck
Honey West poster
Honey West 17th September 1965 as Roger / Bogus Conrad Wycherly