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Leonid Kinskey is a Actor American born on 18 april 1903 at Saint Petersburg (Russie)

Leonid Kinskey

Leonid Kinskey
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Nationality USA
Birth 18 april 1903 at Saint Petersburg (Russie)
Death 8 september 1998 (at 95 years) at Fountain Hills (USA)

Leonid Kinskey (18 April 1903 – 8 September 1998) was a Russian-born film and television actor who enjoyed a long career. Kinskey is best known for his role as Sascha in the film Casablanca (1942).

Biography

Ayant fui la Révolution russe de 1917, Leonid Kinskey s'installe aux États-Unis en 1921, où il tourne son premier film en 1932. Il joue au cinéma jusqu'en 1957, un de ses rôles les plus connus étant celui de Sascha dans Casablanca (1942).

Pour la télévision, il apparaît dans des séries (Perry Mason, Des agents très spéciaux, Batman, Daktari, etc), entre 1954 et 1971. Kinskey joue également dans l'épisode pilote de Papa Schultz, mais rejette un rôle régulier dans la série, estimant que le principe est trop absurde et a peu de chance de succès.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Leonid Kinskey (66 films)

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Actor

Glory
Glory (1956)
, 1h40
Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Margaret O'Brien, Walter Brennan, Charlotte Greenwood, John Rollin Lupton, Lisa Davis Waltz, Gus Schilling
Roles Vasily
Rating58% 2.906342.906342.906342.906342.90634
Agnes Tilbee and granddaughter Clarabell are excited about their Fairwood Farm's new foal, which they name Glory, although because it's a filly, her chances of becoming a championship racehorse aren't great.
The Man with the Golden Arm
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
, 1h59
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang, Robert Strauss, Darren McGavin
Roles Dominiwski
Rating72% 3.647423.647423.647423.647423.64742
Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) is released from prison with a set of drums and a new outlook on life, and returns to his run down neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago. A heroin addict, Frankie became clean in prison. On the outside, he greets friends and acquaintances. Sparrow (Arnold Stang), who runs a con selling homeless dogs, clings to him like a young brother, but Schwiefka (Robert Strauss), whom Frankie used to deal for in his illegal card game, has more sinister reasons for welcoming him back, as does Louis (Darren McGavin), Machine's former heroin dealer.
Alimony
Alimony (1949)
, 1h10
Directed by Alfred Zeisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Martha Vickers, John Beal, Hillary Brooke, Douglass Dumbrille, Blossom Rock, Leonid Kinskey
Roles Joe Wood
Rating53% 2.683982.683982.683982.683982.68398
Paul Klinger is on a desperate search for his lost daughter, Kate. He goes to see a man in New York, Dan Barker, a songwriter who knew Kate in the past when she lived in the city. Dan tells Paul that Kate changed her name to Kitty Travers, and then continues to tell the story of what he knows about "Kitty":
The Great Sinner
The Great Sinner (1949)
, 1h50
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Huston, Ethel Barrymore, Frank Morgan
Roles Bandleader in Park (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.2977553.2977553.2977553.2977553.297755
During the 1860s in Wiesbaden, Pauline Ostrovsky, a reformed addict, receives a manuscript from the dying writer Fedya (diminutive of Fyodor), in which he looks back at their first meeting: While traveling from Paris to Moscow, Fedya meets Pauline and secretly feels attracted to her. Noticing she is disembarking at Wiesbaden, Fedya decides to leave the train as well and follows her to a casino. There, he finds out Pauline is, like her father General Ostrovsky, a gambling addict. Upon seeing how undisturbed the Ostrovskys are to find out the General's wealthy mother is dying, he becomes interested in the effects of gambling. He decides to stay in Wiesbaden to do a character study of gambling addicts.
Monsieur Beaucaire
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
, 1h33
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Bob Hope, Joan Caulfield, Patric Knowles, Marjorie Reynolds, Cecil Kellaway, Joseph Schildkraut
Roles Rene
Rating66% 3.3416053.3416053.3416053.3416053.341605
King Louis XV of France is invited by his rival King Philip V of Spain to choose a suitable husband for Philip's daughter, Princess Maria, as a gesture of unity between their two nations. Louis's choice is Duc le Chandre, but the duke fancies Madame Pompadour, as does the king.
The Fighting Seabees
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
, 1h35
Directed by Yakima Canutt, Edward Ludwig, Philip Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Political films
Actors John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, Leonid Kinskey, J. M. Kerrigan
Roles Johnny Novasky
Rating63% 3.198323.198323.198323.198323.19832
Wedge Donovan (John Wayne) is a tough construction boss, building airstrips in the Pacific for the U.S. Navy during World War II. He clashes with his liaison officer, Lieutenant Commander Robert Yarrow (Dennis O'Keefe), over the fact that his men are not allowed to arm themselves against the Japanese. When the enemy lands in force on the island, he finally takes matters into his own hands, leading his men into the fray. This prevents Yarrow from springing a carefully devised trap that would have wiped out the invaders in a murderous machinegun crossfire, with minimal American losses. Instead, many of Donovan's men are killed unnecessarily.
That's My Baby!
That's My Baby! (1944)
, 1h8
Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Actors Richard Arlen, Ellen Drew, Leonid Kinskey, Minor Watson, William Benedict, Jack Chefe
Roles Doctor Svatsky
Rating48% 2.40752.40752.40752.40752.4075
This script must be run from the command line
Can't Help Singing
Can't Help Singing (1944)
, 1h30
Directed by Lewis R. Foster, Frank Ryan
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff, Thomas Gomez, Clara Blandick, David Bruce
Roles Koppa
Rating61% 3.0961353.0961353.0961353.0961353.096135
Set during the early years of the California Gold Rush, the film tells of the adventures of Caroline Frost, the wilful and spoilt daughter of a US Senator. He does not approve of her beau, Lt Robert Latham, of the US cavalry, and persuades President James K. Polk to post Latham to guard gold shipments from the California mines owned by Jake Carstair.
Casablanca
Casablanca (1943)
, 1h42
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Crime, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet
Roles Sascha
Rating84% 4.2486554.2486554.2486554.2486554.248655
Set in December, 1941, American expatriate Rick Blaine is the proprietor of an upscale nightclub and gambling den in Casablanca. "Rick's Café Américain" attracts a varied clientele: Vichy French, Italian, and German officials; refugees desperate to reach the still neutral United States; and those who prey on them. Although Rick professes to be neutral in all matters, it is later revealed he ran guns to Ethiopia during its war with Italy and fought on the Loyalist side against the fascist Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.
Presenting Lily Mars
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
, 1h44
Directed by Norman Taurog, Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Judy Garland, Van Heflin, Fay Bainter, Richard Carlson, Bob Crosby, Spring Byington
Roles Leo
Rating67% 3.39473.39473.39473.39473.3947
Lily Mars (Judy Garland) is a small-town girl with big-city ambitions. She heads to Broadway hoping for stardom, but after a series of disappointments the best she can manage is an understudy job.
Ball of Fire
Ball of Fire (1942)
, 1h51
Directed by Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson, John Sherwood
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oskar Homolka, Henry Travers, S.Z. Sakall, Richard Haydn
Roles Prof. Quintana
Rating76% 3.846923.846923.846923.846923.84692
A group of (mainly bachelor) professors have lived together for some years in a New York City residence, compiling an encyclopedia of all human knowledge. The youngest, Professor Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper), is a grammarian who is researching modern American slang. The professors are accustomed to working in relative seclusion at a leisurely pace with a prim housekeeper named Miss Bragg (Kathleen Howard) keeping watch over them. Their impatient financial backer Miss Totten (Mary Field) suddenly demands that they finish their work soon.
The Talk of the Town
The Talk of the Town (1942)
, 1h58
Directed by George Stevens, Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Rex Ingram, Edgar Buchanan, Charles Dingle
Roles Jan Pulaski
Rating74% 3.747593.747593.747593.747593.74759
Mill worker and political activist Leopold Dilg (Cary Grant) is accused of burning down a mill and causing the death of a foreman in the fire. In the middle of his trial, Dilg escapes from jail and seeks shelter in a house owned by former schoolmate Nora Shelley (Jean Arthur), now a schoolteacher on whom he has had a crush for years. Shelley has the house rented for the summer to distinguished law professor Michael Lightcap (Ronald Colman), who plans to write a book. Both Lightcap and Dilg arrive within minutes of each other.