Leonid Kinskey

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

97

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

  • Batman

    Batman

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Hogan's Heroes

    Hogan's Heroes

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Duck Soup

    Duck Soup

  • Peter Gunn

    Peter Gunn

  • Brooklyn Orchid

    Brooklyn Orchid

  • Casablanca

    Casablanca

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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

  • Café Metropole

    Café Metropole

  • Honeychile

    Honeychile

  • The Detectives

    The Detectives

  • Manhattan Melodrama

    Manhattan Melodrama

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • So Ends Our Night

    So Ends Our Night

  • Glory

    Glory

  • Alimony

    Alimony

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • El circo

    El circo

  • Peter Ibbetson

    Peter Ibbetson

  • I Married an Angel

    I Married an Angel

  • Strictly Dynamite

    Strictly Dynamite

  • Mayberry R.F.D.

    Mayberry R.F.D.

  • Mayberry R.F.D.

    Mayberry R.F.D.

  • Algiers

    Algiers

  • Honey West

    Honey West

  • That's My Baby!

    That's My Baby!

  • Telephone Time

    Telephone Time

  • Make a Wish

    Make a Wish

  • The Alaskans

    The Alaskans

  • The Fighting Seabees

    The Fighting Seabees

  • Monsieur Beaucaire

    Monsieur Beaucaire

  • Presenting Lily Mars

    Presenting Lily Mars

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • We Live Again

    We Live Again

  • Lady for a Night

    Lady for a Night

  • Pete and Gladys

    Pete and Gladys

  • Candid Cameramaniacs

    Candid Cameramaniacs

  • Let's Have Fun

    Let's Have Fun

  • Girl Without a Room

    Girl Without a Room

  • Down Argentine Way

    Down Argentine Way

  • Cinderella Swings It

    Cinderella Swings It

  • Good Morning World

    Good Morning World

  • Gobs and Gals

    Gobs and Gals

  • Guestward, Ho!

    Guestward, Ho!

  • The Talk of the Town

    The Talk of the Town

  • Ball of Fire

    Ball of Fire

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • The Man with the Golden Arm

    The Man with the Golden Arm

  • The Great Sinner

    The Great Sinner

  • Trouble in Paradise

    Trouble in Paradise

  • Somewhere I'll Find You

    Somewhere I'll Find You

  • Wise Girl

    Wise Girl

  • The Helen Morgan Story

    The Helen Morgan Story

  • Nothing Sacred

    Nothing Sacred

  • The Road to Glory

    The Road to Glory

  • The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

    The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

  • Day-time Wife

    Day-time Wife

  • Professor Beware

    Professor Beware

  • Three Godfathers

    Three Godfathers

  • Change of Heart

    Change of Heart

  • The Gilded Lily

    The Gilded Lily

  • The Woman I Love

    The Woman I Love

  • I Live My Life

    I Live My Life

  • Monte Carlo

    Monte Carlo

  • That Night in Rio

    That Night in Rio

  • The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow

  • Rhythm on the Range

    Rhythm on the Range

  • Flirting with Fate

    Flirting with Fate

  • Can't Help Singing

    Can't Help Singing

  • On Your Toes

    On Your Toes

  • The Great Waltz

    The Great Waltz

  • Week-End in Havana

    Week-End in Havana

  • The Big Broadcast

    The Big Broadcast

  • Broadway Limited

    Broadway Limited

  • A Trip to Paris

    A Trip to Paris

  • Espionage

    Espionage

  • The General Died at Dawn

    The General Died at Dawn

  • Salute to Stan Laurel

    Salute to Stan Laurel

  • The Sheik Steps Out

    The Sheik Steps Out

  • We're on the Jury

    We're on the Jury

  • Three Blind Mice

    Three Blind Mice

  • The Girl from Scotland Yard

    The Girl from Scotland Yard

  • Meet the Boy Friend

    Meet the Boy Friend

  • He Stayed for Breakfast

    He Stayed for Breakfast

  • Gildersleeve on Broadway

    Gildersleeve on Broadway

  • Exile Express

    Exile Express

  • The Spellbinder

    The Spellbinder

  • Everything Happens at Night

    Everything Happens at Night

  • My Dear Miss Aldrich

    My Dear Miss Aldrich

  • Outside of Paradise

    Outside of Paradise

  • Fugitive Road

    Fugitive Road

  • Storm at Daybreak

    Storm at Daybreak

  • Bashful Romeo

    Bashful Romeo