Leonid Kinskey
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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Acting
Movie
Casablanca
as Sascha
1943
Movie
Duck Soup
as Sylvanian Agitator
1933
TV
Batman
as Professor Overbeck
1966
Movie
Trouble in Paradise
as Russian Visitor (uncredited)
1932
Movie
The Man with the Golden Arm
as Dominiwski
1955
Movie
Ball of Fire
as Prof. Quintana
1941
TV
Hogan's Heroes
as Vladimir Minsk
1965
TV
Perry Mason
as Vyacheslav Gerznov
1957
Movie
The Talk of the Town
as Jan Pulaski
1942
Movie
Nothing Sacred
as Ferdinand Roassare - Poet (uncredited)
1937
Movie
Manhattan Melodrama
as Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen
1934
TV
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Ferenc Pifnic
1964
Movie
The Merry Widow
as Shepherd (uncredited)
1934
Movie
Peter Ibbetson
as Prisoner (uncredited)
1935
Movie
Les Misérables
as Genflou
1935
Movie
The Fighting Seabees
as Johnny Novasky
1944
Movie
El circo
as Cliente ruso zapatero (as L. Kinsky)
1943
Movie
Algiers
as L'Arbi
1938
TV
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
TV
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Yevgeny
1957
Movie
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Artist
1939
Movie
Down Argentine Way
as Tito Acuna
1940
TV
Peter Gunn
as Stashek
1958
TV
77 Sunset Strip
as Pete Kramer
1958