Leonid Kinskey

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

96

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-04-18

Day of death

1998-09-08 (95 years old)

Place of Birth

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Leonid Kinskey

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.

Known For

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Batman

    Batman

  • Peter Gunn

    Peter Gunn

  • Hogan's Heroes

    Hogan's Heroes

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • The Detectives

    The Detectives

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

  • Pete and Gladys

    Pete and Gladys

  • Mayberry R.F.D.

    Mayberry R.F.D.

  • Mayberry R.F.D.

    Mayberry R.F.D.

  • Honey West

    Honey West

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Telephone Time

    Telephone Time

  • The Alaskans

    The Alaskans

  • Casablanca

    Casablanca

  • Ball of Fire

    Ball of Fire

  • Nothing Sacred

    Nothing Sacred

  • Good Morning World

    Good Morning World

  • Down Argentine Way

    Down Argentine Way

  • The Great Waltz

    The Great Waltz

  • Exile Express

    Exile Express

  • Three Godfathers

    Three Godfathers

  • Cinderella Swings It

    Cinderella Swings It

  • The Big Broadcast

    The Big Broadcast

  • Flirting with Fate

    Flirting with Fate

  • Trouble in Paradise

    Trouble in Paradise

  • The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow

  • The Great Sinner

    The Great Sinner

  • Espionage

    Espionage

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • The Sheik Steps Out

    The Sheik Steps Out

  • Three Blind Mice

    Three Blind Mice

  • The Talk of the Town

    The Talk of the Town

  • Guestward, Ho!

    Guestward, Ho!

  • Gildersleeve on Broadway

    Gildersleeve on Broadway

  • Duck Soup

    Duck Soup

  • Brooklyn Orchid

    Brooklyn Orchid

  • Outside of Paradise

    Outside of Paradise

  • Honeychile

    Honeychile

  • Professor Beware

    Professor Beware

  • Glory

    Glory

  • Change of Heart

    Change of Heart

  • Café Metropole

    Café Metropole

  • Storm at Daybreak

    Storm at Daybreak

  • Salute to Stan Laurel

    Salute to Stan Laurel

  • The Man with the Golden Arm

    The Man with the Golden Arm

  • The Spellbinder

    The Spellbinder

  • Fugitive Road

    Fugitive Road

  • Alimony

    Alimony

  • Everything Happens at Night

    Everything Happens at Night

  • Rhythm on the Range

    Rhythm on the Range

  • Strictly Dynamite

    Strictly Dynamite

  • We Live Again

    We Live Again

  • The Gilded Lily

    The Gilded Lily

  • The Fighting Seabees

    The Fighting Seabees

  • Bashful Romeo

    Bashful Romeo

  • Algiers

    Algiers

  • Candid Cameramaniacs

    Candid Cameramaniacs

  • Monte Carlo

    Monte Carlo

  • I Married an Angel

    I Married an Angel

  • So Ends Our Night

    So Ends Our Night

  • On Your Toes

    On Your Toes

  • Can't Help Singing

    Can't Help Singing

  • My Dear Miss Aldrich

    My Dear Miss Aldrich

  • Somewhere I'll Find You

    Somewhere I'll Find You

  • Manhattan Melodrama

    Manhattan Melodrama

  • El circo

    El circo

  • Monsieur Beaucaire

    Monsieur Beaucaire

  • Lady for a Night

    Lady for a Night

  • Meet the Boy Friend

    Meet the Boy Friend

  • The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

    The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

  • Make a Wish

    Make a Wish

  • Peter Ibbetson

    Peter Ibbetson

  • He Stayed for Breakfast

    He Stayed for Breakfast

  • We're on the Jury

    We're on the Jury

  • The Road to Glory

    The Road to Glory

  • Girl Without a Room

    Girl Without a Room

  • Day-time Wife

    Day-time Wife

  • Let's Have Fun

    Let's Have Fun

  • That's My Baby!

    That's My Baby!

  • The General Died at Dawn

    The General Died at Dawn

  • Presenting Lily Mars

    Presenting Lily Mars

  • The Helen Morgan Story

    The Helen Morgan Story

  • Broadway Limited

    Broadway Limited

  • I Live My Life

    I Live My Life

  • Wise Girl

    Wise Girl

  • Week-End in Havana

    Week-End in Havana

  • The Girl from Scotland Yard

    The Girl from Scotland Yard

  • Gobs and Gals

    Gobs and Gals

  • A Trip to Paris

    A Trip to Paris

  • That Night in Rio

    That Night in Rio