Leonid Kinskey
Acting
- Born:
- 1903-04-18
- Died:
- 1998-09-08
- Place of birth:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
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
Filmography
Mayberry R.F.D.
Good Morning World
Batman
Salute to Stan Laurel
Honey West
Hogan's Heroes
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Burke's Law
Dr. Kildare
Guestward, Ho!
Pete and Gladys
The Detectives
The Alaskans
77 Sunset Strip
Peter Gunn
The Helen Morgan Story
Perry Mason
Have Gun, Will Travel
Telephone Time
Glory
The Man with the Golden Arm
The Millionaire
Gobs and Gals
Honeychile
Lux Video Theatre
Bashful Romeo
The Great Sinner
Alimony
Monsieur Beaucaire
Can't Help Singing
That's My Baby!
The Fighting Seabees
Gildersleeve on Broadway
Presenting Lily Mars
The Circus
Let's Have Fun
Cinderella Swings It
Casablanca
Somewhere I'll Find You
The Talk of the Town
I Married an Angel
Brooklyn Orchid
Lady for a Night
Ball of Fire
Week-End in Havana
Broadway Limited
That Night in Rio
So Ends Our Night
Down Argentine Way
He Stayed for Breakfast
Everything Happens at Night
Day-time Wife
On Your Toes
The Spellbinder
Exile Express
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Flirting with Fate
The Great Waltz
Professor Beware
Three Blind Mice
A Trip to Paris
Outside of Paradise
Algiers
Wise Girl
Candid Cameramaniacs
Nothing Sacred
My Dear Miss Aldrich
The Sheik Steps Out
Make a Wish
Meet the Boy Friend
The Girl from Scotland Yard
Café Metropole
The Woman I Love
Espionage
We're on the Jury
The General Died at Dawn
The Road to Glory
Rhythm on the Range
Three Godfathers
Peter Ibbetson
I Live My Life
Les Misérables
The Gilded Lily
The Merry Widow
We Live Again
Fugitive Road
Change of Heart
Strictly Dynamite
Manhattan Melodrama
Girl Without a Room
Duck Soup
Storm at Daybreak
Trouble in Paradise
The Big Broadcast
Monte Carlo