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