---
name: "Leib Lensky"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leib-lensky"
fi1m_id: "leib-lensky"
imdb_id: "nm0502229"
tmdb_id: 68927
wikidata_id: "Q16571179"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 December 1903"
died: "2 May 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T23:43:09.978393+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Leib Lensky

## Identity

Leib Lensky

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leib-lensky
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leib-lensky
- **IMDb ID:** nm0502229
- **TMDB ID:** 68927
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16571179
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16571179, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502229/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68927

Actor. Born 15 December 1903 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 2 May 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 December 1903, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 2 May 1991
- **Active:** 1982–1991
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (2), 1990s 91 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 86 to 80 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 2, Drama 2, Comedy 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $335m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16571179, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502229/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68927

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Something Wild*](https://film.one/film/something-wild.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Leib Lensky was an actor born on 15 December 1903 in Poland. He died on 2 May 1991 in New York City.

He appeared in numerous films and television programmes, including roles as Mr Lang in *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991), Father Andre in *Love and Death* (1975), the Wheelchair Patient in *The Verdict* (1982) and Frenchy in *Something Wild* (1986). Other credits include *Christmas Evil* (1980), *Hester Street* (1975) and episodes of *Kojak* and *The Equalizer*.

Lensky was a Yiddish actor who performed in Paris theatres during a 17-year residence there and appeared in Jean Renoir's *Grand Illusion*. He later worked in English-language stage, film and television productions in New York, and performed on the Hebrew stage in Israel.

*Sources: imdb.com, nytimes.com, allmovie.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991), Fi1m 91, as Mr. Lang — [page](https://film.one/film/the-silence-of-the-lambs.md)
- *Something Wild* (1986), Fi1m 82, as Frenchy — [page](https://film.one/film/something-wild.md)
- *The Verdict* (1982), Fi1m 84, as Wheelchair Patient — [page](https://film.one/film/the-verdict.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991), as Mr. Lang — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-silence-of-the-lambs.md)
- *Something Wild* (1986), as Frenchy — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/something-wild.md)
- *Agent on Ice* (1986), as Max
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Old Man
- *Evergreen* (1985), series, as Peddler
- *Over the Brooklyn Bridge* (1984), as Mr. Goodman
- *The Verdict* (1982), as Wheelchair Patient — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-verdict.md)
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, Actor
- *Echoes* (1982), as Backstage Doorman
- *Christmas Evil* (1980), as Santa #2
- *Hester Street* (1975), as Peddler
- *Love and Death* (1975), as Father Andre
- *Zalmen, or The Madness of God* (1975), as Shmuel
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Charlie The Broom Man — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Rivals* (1972), as Rabbi
- *Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!* (1971), Actor
- *Jennifer on My Mind* (1971), as Cantor in Synagogue
- *Bye Bye Braverman* (1968), as Custodian

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