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

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Hogan's Heroes

    Hogan's Heroes

  • Everything Happens at Night

    Everything Happens at Night

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Peter Gunn

    Peter Gunn

  • Week-End in Havana

    Week-End in Havana

  • Casablanca

    Casablanca

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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

  • Mayberry R.F.D.

    Mayberry R.F.D.

  • Mayberry R.F.D.

    Mayberry R.F.D.

  • The Detectives

    The Detectives

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • Honey West

    Honey West

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Telephone Time

    Telephone Time

  • The Helen Morgan Story

    The Helen Morgan Story

  • Pete and Gladys

    Pete and Gladys

  • El circo

    El circo

  • Glory

    Glory

  • Candid Cameramaniacs

    Candid Cameramaniacs

  • The Alaskans

    The Alaskans

  • Professor Beware

    Professor Beware

  • Fugitive Road

    Fugitive Road

  • Peter Ibbetson

    Peter Ibbetson

  • Duck Soup

    Duck Soup

  • Honeychile

    Honeychile

  • Alimony

    Alimony

  • Outside of Paradise

    Outside of Paradise

  • Monte Carlo

    Monte Carlo

  • Good Morning World

    Good Morning World

  • Nothing Sacred

    Nothing Sacred

  • Strictly Dynamite

    Strictly Dynamite

  • Ball of Fire

    Ball of Fire

  • Manhattan Melodrama

    Manhattan Melodrama

  • Brooklyn Orchid

    Brooklyn Orchid

  • Algiers

    Algiers

  • The Sheik Steps Out

    The Sheik Steps Out

  • The Man with the Golden Arm

    The Man with the Golden Arm

  • Monsieur Beaucaire

    Monsieur Beaucaire

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • The Girl from Scotland Yard

    The Girl from Scotland Yard

  • Guestward, Ho!

    Guestward, Ho!

  • The Talk of the Town

    The Talk of the Town

  • Café Metropole

    Café Metropole

  • The General Died at Dawn

    The General Died at Dawn

  • The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow

  • Trouble in Paradise

    Trouble in Paradise

  • The Great Sinner

    The Great Sinner

  • The Great Waltz

    The Great Waltz

  • Gildersleeve on Broadway

    Gildersleeve on Broadway

  • Can't Help Singing

    Can't Help Singing

  • Change of Heart

    Change of Heart

  • The Gilded Lily

    The Gilded Lily

  • Storm at Daybreak

    Storm at Daybreak

  • Day-time Wife

    Day-time Wife

  • The Big Broadcast

    The Big Broadcast

  • I Married an Angel

    I Married an Angel

  • Meet the Boy Friend

    Meet the Boy Friend

  • My Dear Miss Aldrich

    My Dear Miss Aldrich

  • He Stayed for Breakfast

    He Stayed for Breakfast

  • Three Blind Mice

    Three Blind Mice

  • The Road to Glory

    The Road to Glory

  • Three Godfathers

    Three Godfathers

  • Rhythm on the Range

    Rhythm on the Range

  • Down Argentine Way

    Down Argentine Way

  • The Woman I Love

    The Woman I Love

  • Flirting with Fate

    Flirting with Fate

  • Salute to Stan Laurel

    Salute to Stan Laurel

  • The Fighting Seabees

    The Fighting Seabees

  • Cinderella Swings It

    Cinderella Swings It

  • That's My Baby!

    That's My Baby!

  • Make a Wish

    Make a Wish

  • Somewhere I'll Find You

    Somewhere I'll Find You

  • We Live Again

    We Live Again

  • Girl Without a Room

    Girl Without a Room

  • Lady for a Night

    Lady for a Night

  • Presenting Lily Mars

    Presenting Lily Mars

  • So Ends Our Night

    So Ends Our Night

  • The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

    The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

  • Wise Girl

    Wise Girl

  • Let's Have Fun

    Let's Have Fun

  • On Your Toes

    On Your Toes

  • That Night in Rio

    That Night in Rio

  • I Live My Life

    I Live My Life

  • Exile Express

    Exile Express

  • Espionage

    Espionage

  • Gobs and Gals

    Gobs and Gals

  • Broadway Limited

    Broadway Limited

  • The Spellbinder

    The Spellbinder

  • We're on the Jury

    We're on the Jury

  • A Trip to Paris

    A Trip to Paris

  • Bashful Romeo

    Bashful Romeo