Acting
Leonid Kinskey
EN, ES cinema · 76 credits
Born
18 April 1903
Died
8 September 1998 (aged 95)
Birthplace
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Also known as Leonid Kinsky
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
Filmography
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
Salute to Stan Laurel
as Movie director in sketch
The Helen Morgan Story
as Stanislausky - Accordion Player (uncredited)
Glory
as Vasily
The Man with the Golden Arm
as Dominiwski
Gobs and Gals
as Ivan
Honeychile
as Chick Lister
Alimony
as Joe Wood
The Great Sinner
as Bandleader in Park (uncredited)
The Fighting Seabees
as Johnny Novasky
Can't Help Singing
as Koppa
That's My Baby!
as Doctor Svatsky
Casablanca
as Sascha
Gildersleeve on Broadway
as Window Washer
Let's Have Fun
as Gregory Loosnikoff
The Circus
as Cliente ruso zapatero (as L. Kinsky)
Cinderella Swings It
as Vladimir Smitkin
The Talk of the Town
as Jan Pulaski
Lady for a Night
as Boris
Somewhere I'll Find You
as Dorloff, the Waiter
Brooklyn Orchid
as Ignatz Rachkowsky
I Married an Angel
as Zinski
Ball of Fire
as Prof. Quintana
Broadway Limited
as Ivan Ivanski
That Night in Rio
as Monsieur Pierre Dufond
So Ends Our Night
as The Chicken
Week-End in Havana
as Rafael
Down Argentine Way
as Tito Acuna
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Comrade Nicky
Day-time Wife
as Coco Anderson
On Your Toes
as Ivan Boultonoff
Exile Express
as Lead Henchman David
The Spellbinder
as Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player
Flirting with Fate
as Pedro Lopez
Three Blind Mice
as Young Man
Algiers
as L'Arbi
Outside of Paradise
as Cafe Owner Ivan Petrovich
The Great Waltz
as Dudelman
Professor Beware
as Tableau Director
A Trip to Paris
as Emile
Café Metropole
as Artist
Wise Girl
as Eccentric Greenwich Village Writer (uncredited)
Make a Wish
as Moe
Meet the Boy Friend
as Dr. Sokoloff
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as A Waiter
The Sheik Steps Out
as Allusi Ali
Espionage
as Maxie Burgos
Nothing Sacred
as Ferdinand Roassare - Poet (uncredited)
We're on the Jury
as Nicholas Krakin
The Woman I Love
as (uncredited)
Three Godfathers
as Card Player (uncredited)
The Road to Glory
as Ledoux
Rhythm on the Range
as Mischa
The General Died at Dawn
as Stewart
Peter Ibbetson
as Prisoner (uncredited)
The Gilded Lily
as Vocal Teacher (uncredited)
I Live My Life
as Waiter (Uncredited)
Les Misérables
as Genflou
Manhattan Melodrama
as Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen
We Live Again
as Simon Kartinkin
Change of Heart
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Fugitive Road
as Nicholas Petrovich,- Smuggler
Strictly Dynamite
as Garçon (uncredited)
The Merry Widow
as Shepherd (uncredited)
Duck Soup
as Sylvanian Agitator
Girl Without a Room
as Gallopsky
Storm at Daybreak
as Serbian Villager (uncredited)
Trouble in Paradise
as Russian Visitor (uncredited)
Monte Carlo
as Opera Chorus Singer (uncredited)