Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1903-04-18
Day of Death
1998-09-08
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.
Filmography (76)
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
Glory
1956
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
Gobs and Gals
1952
Honeychile
1951
Bashful Romeo
1949
The Great Sinner
1949
Alimony
1949
Monsieur Beaucaire
1946
Can't Help Singing
1944
That's My Baby!
1944
The Fighting Seabees
1944
Gildersleeve on Broadway
1943
