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name: "Leonid Kinskey"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 April 1903"
died: "8 September 1998"
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average_fi1m_score: 90
updated: "2026-09-16T21:17:20.940780+00:00"
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# Leonid Kinskey

Actor. Born 18 April 1903 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Died 8 September 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 April 1903, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- **Died:** 8 September 1998
- **Active:** 1933–1943
- **Also known as:** Leonid Kinsky

## Biography

Leonid Kinskey was a Russian-born American actor. He was born on 18 April 1903 in St Petersburg, Russia, and fled the country after the revolution. He worked on stage in Europe and South America before arriving in the United States, where he made his film debut in Trouble in Paradise (1932).

Kinskey appeared in supporting roles in numerous films, including as the Sylvanian agitator in Duck Soup (1933) and as Sascha in Casablanca (1942). He also worked in television from the 1950s into the 1970s, with guest appearances in series such as Hogan's Heroes. He died on 8 September 1998 in Fountain Hills, Arizona.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Casablanca* (1943), Fi1m 93, as Sascha — [page](https://film.one/film/casablanca.md)
- *Duck Soup* (1933), Fi1m 88, as Sylvanian Agitator — [page](https://film.one/film/duck-soup.md)

## Also known for

- *Batman* (1966), Professor Overbeck
- *Trouble in Paradise* (1932), Russian Visitor (uncredited)
- *The Man with the Golden Arm* (1955), Dominiwski
- *Ball of Fire* (1941), Prof. Quintana
- *Hogan's Heroes* (1965), Vladimir Minsk
- *Perry Mason* (1957), Vyacheslav Gerznov
- *The Talk of the Town* (1942), Jan Pulaski
- *Nothing Sacred* (1937), Ferdinand Roassare - Poet (uncredited)

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