Leonid Kinskey
ActingAlso 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. 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.
Movies
(76 total)
Casablanca
as Sascha
Duck Soup
as Sylvanian Agitator
Trouble in Paradise
as Russian Visitor (uncredited)
The Man with the Golden Arm
as Dominiwski
Ball of Fire
as Prof. Quintana
The Talk of the Town
as Jan Pulaski
Nothing Sacred
as Ferdinand Roassare - Poet (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
as Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen
The Merry Widow
as Shepherd (uncredited)
Peter Ibbetson
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Les Misérables
as Genflou
The Fighting Seabees
as Johnny Novasky
El circo
as Cliente ruso zapatero (as L. Kinsky)
Algiers
as L'Arbi
Down Argentine Way
as Tito Acuna
The Great Sinner
as Bandleader in Park (uncredited)
The General Died at Dawn
as Stewart
Monte Carlo
as Opera Chorus Singer (uncredited)
That Night in Rio
as Monsieur Pierre Dufond
TV Shows
(21 total)
Batman
as Professor Overbeck
Hogan's Heroes
as Vladimir Minsk
Perry Mason
as Vyacheslav Gerznov
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Ferenc Pifnic
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Yevgeny
77 Sunset Strip
as Pete Kramer
Peter Gunn
as Stashek
Dr. Kildare
as Sam Weiss
Honey West
as Roger / Bogus Conrad Wycherly
Burke's Law
as Juan Bagulesco
Mayberry R.F.D.
as Professor Radetsky
Mayberry R.F.D.
as Professor Radetzky
The Millionaire
as Woody - Bradwell's Friend
Good Morning World
as Dr. Crandell
