
1903-04-18 ( 121 years old ) in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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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Movies
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965-11-23
Glory
1956-01-11
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955-12-26
Gobs and Gals
1952-05-01
Honeychile
1951-10-20
Bashful Romeo
1949-11-25
The Great Sinner
1949-06-29
Alimony
1949-06-11
Monsieur Beaucaire
1946-09-04
Can't Help Singing
1944-12-25
That's My Baby!
1944-09-14
The Fighting Seabees
1944-01-27
Gildersleeve on Broadway
1943-10-28
Presenting Lily Mars
1943-04-29
El circo
1943-03-12
Let's Have Fun
1943-03-04
Cinderella Swings It
1943-01-22
Casablanca
1943-01-15
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942-08-27
The Talk of the Town
1942-08-20
I Married an Angel
1942-07-09
Brooklyn Orchid
1942-01-31
Lady for a Night
1942-01-05
Ball of Fire
1941-12-02
Week-End in Havana
1941-10-17
Broadway Limited
1941-06-13
That Night in Rio
1941-04-11
So Ends Our Night
1941-02-27
Down Argentine Way
1940-10-11
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940-08-31
Everything Happens at Night
1939-12-22
Day-time Wife
1939-11-24
On Your Toes
1939-10-14
The Spellbinder
1939-07-28
Exile Express
1939-05-27
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939-03-29
Flirting with Fate
1938-12-02
The Great Waltz
1938-11-04
Professor Beware
1938-07-29
Three Blind Mice
1938-06-18
A Trip to Paris
1938-05-06
Outside of Paradise
1938-02-08
Algiers
1938-01-16
Wise Girl
1937-12-31
Candid Cameramaniacs
1937-12-11
Nothing Sacred
1937-11-25
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937-09-17
The Sheik Steps Out
1937-09-05
Make a Wish
1937-09-01
Meet the Boy Friend
1937-07-12
The Girl from Scotland Yard
1937-05-30
Café Metropole
1937-04-28
Espionage
1937-02-26
We're on the Jury
1937-02-12
The General Died at Dawn
1936-11-17
The Road to Glory
1936-09-04
Rhythm on the Range
1936-07-01
Three Godfathers
1936-03-06
Peter Ibbetson
1935-11-07
I Live My Life
1935-10-04
Les Misérables
1935-04-20
The Gilded Lily
1935-01-25
The Merry Widow
1934-11-02
We Live Again
1934-11-01
Fugitive Road
1934-08-22
Change of Heart
1934-05-18
Strictly Dynamite
1934-05-11
Manhattan Melodrama
1934-05-04
Girl Without a Room
1933-12-08
Duck Soup
1933-11-12
Storm at Daybreak
1933-06-14
Trouble in Paradise
1932-10-30
The Big Broadcast
1932-10-14
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