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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 18, 1903
Died
September 8, 1998
Place of Birth
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Also Known As
- Leonid Kinsky
Leonid Kinskey
1.2 Popularity
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
5.7
Professor Radetsky
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
5.7
Professor Radetzky
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
5.3
Dr. Crandell
Good Morning World
1967
7.3
Professor Overbeck
Batman
1966
🎬
0.0
Movie director in sketch
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
7.5
Vladimir Minsk
Hogan's Heroes
1965
7.0
Roger / Bogus Conrad Wycherly
Honey West
1965
7.1
Ferenc Pifnic
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
6.0
Juan Bagulesco
Burke's Law
1963
5.5
Sam Weiss
Dr. Kildare
1961
Credits
Mayberry R.F.D.
as Professor Radetsky
1968
5.7
Mayberry R.F.D.
as Professor Radetzky
1968
5.7
Good Morning World
as Dr. Crandell
1967
5.3
Batman
as Professor Overbeck
1966
7.3
🎬
Salute to Stan Laurel
as Movie director in sketch
1965
0.0
Hogan's Heroes
as Vladimir Minsk
1965
7.5
Honey West
as Roger / Bogus Conrad Wycherly
1965
7.0
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Ferenc Pifnic
1964
7.1
Burke's Law
as Juan Bagulesco
1963
6.0
Dr. Kildare
as Sam Weiss
1961
5.5
Guestward, Ho!
1960
4.0
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.0
The Detectives
1959
6.1
The Alaskans
1959
5.5
77 Sunset Strip
as Pete Kramer
1958
6.7
Peter Gunn
as Stashek
1958
6.4
The Helen Morgan Story
as Stanislausky - Accordion Player (uncredited)
1957
5.0
Perry Mason
as Vyacheslav Gerznov
1957
7.7
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Yevgeny
1957
7.3
Telephone Time
1956
6.3
Glory
as Vasily
1956
5.0
The Man with the Golden Arm
as Dominiwski
1955
7.1
The Millionaire
as Woody - Bradwell's Friend
1955
5.0
Gobs and Gals
as Ivan
1952
0.0
Honeychile
as Chick Lister
1951
6.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.3
Bashful Romeo
1949
0.0
The Great Sinner
as Bandleader in Park (uncredited)
1949
6.6
Alimony
as Joe Wood
1949
5.8
Monsieur Beaucaire
as Rene
1946
5.4
Can't Help Singing
as Koppa
1944
5.4
That's My Baby!
as Doctor Svatsky
1944
5.0
The Fighting Seabees
as Johnny Novasky
1944
6.2
Gildersleeve on Broadway
as Window Washer
1943
5.8
Presenting Lily Mars
as Leo
1943
6.3
El circo
as Cliente ruso zapatero (as L. Kinsky)
1943
7.7
Let's Have Fun
as Gregory Loosnikoff
1943
0.0
Cinderella Swings It
as Vladimir Smitkin
1943
0.0
Casablanca
as Sascha
1943
8.1
Somewhere I'll Find You
as Dorloff, the Waiter
1942
5.6
The Talk of the Town
as Jan Pulaski
1942
7.3
I Married an Angel
as Zinski
1942
5.0
Brooklyn Orchid
as Ignatz Rachkowsky
1942
6.0
Lady for a Night
as Boris
1942
5.2
Ball of Fire
as Prof. Quintana
1941
7.3
Week-End in Havana
as Rafael
1941
6.7
Broadway Limited
as Ivan Ivanski
1941
4.6
That Night in Rio
as Monsieur Pierre Dufond
1941
6.2
So Ends Our Night
as The Chicken
1941
6.2
Down Argentine Way
as Tito Acuna
1940
6.2
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Comrade Nicky
1940
0.0
Everything Happens at Night
as Groder
1939
4.1
Day-time Wife
as Coco Anderson
1939
5.9
On Your Toes
as Ivan Boultonoff
1939
3.9
The Spellbinder
as Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player
1939
6.0
Exile Express
as Lead Henchman David
1939
5.0
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Artist
1939
6.9
Flirting with Fate
as Pedro Lopez
1938
6.5
The Great Waltz
as Dudelman
1938
5.4
Professor Beware
as Tableau Director
1938
6.1
Three Blind Mice
as Young Man
1938
6.0
A Trip to Paris
as Emile
1938
1.0
Outside of Paradise
as Cafe Owner Ivan Petrovich
1938
0.0
Algiers
as L'Arbi
1938
6.2
Wise Girl
as Eccentric Greenwich Village Writer (uncredited)
1937
7.0
Candid Cameramaniacs
as Otto
1937
0.0
Nothing Sacred
as Ferdinand Roassare - Poet (uncredited)
1937
6.3
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as A Waiter
1937
6.1
The Sheik Steps Out
as Allusi Ali
1937
4.0
Make a Wish
as Moe
1937
5.5
Meet the Boy Friend
as Dr. Sokoloff
1937
5.2
The Girl from Scotland Yard
as Mischa
1937
5.0
Café Metropole
as Artist
1937
7.0
The Woman I Love
as (uncredited)
1937
0.0
Espionage
as Maxie Burgos
1937
6.8
We're on the Jury
as Nicholas Krakin
1937
5.8
The General Died at Dawn
as Stewart
1936
6.3
The Road to Glory
as Ledoux
1936
6.3
Rhythm on the Range
as Mischa
1936
4.0
Three Godfathers
as Card Player (uncredited)
1936
6.9
Peter Ibbetson
as Prisoner (uncredited)
1935
6.9
I Live My Life
as Waiter (Uncredited)
1935
6.4
Les Misérables
as Genflou
1935
7.2
The Gilded Lily
as Vocal Teacher (uncredited)
1935
6.5
The Merry Widow
as Shepherd (uncredited)
1934
6.7
We Live Again
as Simon Kartinkin
1934
6.6
Fugitive Road
as Nicholas Petrovich,- Smuggler
1934
4.0
Change of Heart
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1934
6.2
Strictly Dynamite
as Garçon (uncredited)
1934
5.3
Manhattan Melodrama
as Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen
1934
7.0
Girl Without a Room
as Gallopsky
1933
5.3
Duck Soup
as Sylvanian Agitator
1933
7.3
Storm at Daybreak
as Serbian Villager (uncredited)
1933
5.8
Trouble in Paradise
as Russian Visitor (uncredited)
1932
7.4
The Big Broadcast
as Ivan
1932
7.1
Monte Carlo
as Opera Chorus Singer (uncredited)
1930
6.5