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Leonid Kinskey

Leonid Kinskey

Birthday: 1903-04-18 | Place of Birth: St. Petersburg, Russia

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1949
Alimony

as    Joe Wood

1944
That's My Baby!

as    Doctor Svatsky

1944
The Fighting Seabees

as    Johnny Novasky

1944
Can't Help Singing

as    Koppa

1943
Presenting Lily Mars

as    Leo

1942
Lady for a Night

as    Boris

1942
The Talk of the Town

as    Jan Pulaski

1942
I Married an Angel

as    Zinski

1941
That Night in Rio

as    Monsieur Pierre Dufond

1941
Ball of Fire

as    Prof. Quintana

1941
Week-End in Havana

as    Rafael

1941
So Ends Our Night

as    The Chicken

1940
Down Argentine Way

as    Tito Acuna

1939
1939
Day-time Wife

as    Coco Anderson

1938
The Great Waltz

as    Dudelman

1937
The Girl from Scotland Yard

as    Mischa

1936
The General Died at Dawn

as    Stewart

1933
Duck Soup

as    Sylvanian Agitator