Leonid Kinskey
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
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.
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Known For
Acting
(1965)
Salute to Stan Laurel
as Movie director in sketch
(1956)
Glory
as Vasily
(1955)
The Man with the Golden Arm
as Dominiwski
(1952)
Gobs and Gals
as Ivan
(1951)
Honeychile
as Chick Lister
(1949)
The Great Sinner
as Bandleader in Park (uncredited)
(1949)
Alimony
as Joe Wood
(1949)
(1946)
Monsieur Beaucaire
as Rene
(1944)
The Fighting Seabees
as Johnny Novasky
(1944)
Can't Help Singing
as Koppa
(1944)
That's My Baby!
as Doctor Svatsky
(1943)
Casablanca
as Sascha
(1943)
El circo
as Cliente ruso zapatero (as L. Kinsky)
(1943)
Presenting Lily Mars
as Leo
(1943)
Cinderella Swings It
as Vladimir Smitkin
(1943)
Gildersleeve on Broadway
as Window Washer
(1943)
Let's Have Fun
as Gregory Loosnikoff
(1942)
The Talk of the Town
as Jan Pulaski
(1942)
Somewhere I'll Find You
as Dorloff, the Waiter
(1942)
Brooklyn Orchid
as Ignatz Rachkowsky
(1942)
Lady for a Night
as Boris
(1942)
I Married an Angel
as Zinski
(1941)
Ball of Fire
as Prof. Quintana
(1941)
Broadway Limited
as Ivan Ivanski
(1941)
So Ends Our Night
as The Chicken
(1941)
Week-End in Havana
as Rafael
(1941)
That Night in Rio
as Monsieur Pierre Dufond
(1940)
Down Argentine Way
as Tito Acuna
(1940)
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Comrade Nicky
(1939)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Artist
(1939)
Day-time Wife
as Coco Anderson
(1939)
Exile Express
as David
(1939)
On Your Toes
as Ivan Boultonoff
(1939)
The Spellbinder
as Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player
(1939)
Everything Happens at Night
as Groder
(1938)
Algiers
as L'Arbi
(1938)
The Great Waltz
as Dudelman
(1938)
Professor Beware
as Tableau Director
(1938)
Three Blind Mice
as Young Man
(1938)
Flirting with Fate
as Pedro Lopez
(1938)
A Trip to Paris
as Emile
(1938)
Outside of Paradise
as Cafe Owner Ivan Petrovich
(1937)
Nothing Sacred
as Ferdinand Roassare - Poet (uncredited)
(1937)
Wise Girl
as Eccentric Greenwich Village Writer (uncredited)
(1937)
Make a Wish
as Moe
(1937)
Café Metropole
as Artist
(1937)
Espionage
as Maxie Burgos
(1937)
Meet the Boy Friend
as Dr. Sokoloff
(1937)
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as A Waiter
(1937)
The Girl from Scotland Yard
as Mischa
(1937)
The Sheik Steps Out
as Allusi Ali
(1937)
We're on the Jury
as Nicholas Krakin
(1937)
Candid Cameramaniacs
as Otto
(1936)
Three Godfathers
as Card Player (uncredited)
(1936)
The General Died at Dawn
as Stewart
(1936)
The Road to Glory
as Ledoux
(1936)
Rhythm on the Range
as Mischa
(1935)
Les Misérables
as Genflou
(1935)
Peter Ibbetson
as Prisoner (uncredited)
(1935)
The Gilded Lily
as Vocal Teacher (uncredited)
(1935)
I Live My Life
as Waiter (Uncredited)
(1934)
Manhattan Melodrama
as Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen
(1934)
The Merry Widow
as Shepherd (uncredited)
(1934)
Change of Heart
as Party Guest
(1934)
Fugitive Road
as Nicholas Petrovich,- Smuggler
(1934)
Strictly Dynamite
as Garçon (uncredited)
(1934)
We Live Again
as Simon Kartinkin
(1933)
Duck Soup
as Sylvanian Agitator
(1933)
Storm at Daybreak
as Serbian Villager (uncredited)
(1933)
Girl Without a Room
as Gallopsky
(1932)
Trouble in Paradise
as Russian Visitor (uncredited)
(1932)
The Big Broadcast
as Ivan
(1930)
Monte Carlo
as Opera Chorus Singer (uncredited)