Leonid Kinskey. ACS. 3 x 5 in. Signed boldly in blue ink ?Leonid Kinskey?. 1 p., n.d., n.p. Docketed by another party on verso. Not authenticated. Fine condition. Leonid Kinskey, originally from St. Petersburg, Russia, performed across Europe and much of Latin America before his arrival in the United States. By 1932 he landed a small role as a radical in Ernst Lubitsch's comedy, Trouble in Paradise (1932). The next year he played an agitator in Duck Soup (1933). He went on to play small parts, nearly always foreigners and often comedic, in over sixty films, including ?Genflou? in Les Miserables (1935), the snake charmer in the well-known scene from The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), an Arab in The Garden of Allah (1936), ?Ivan? inThe Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938), and ?Pierre? in That Night in Rio (1941). His final film role was ?Dominiwski? in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955). Kinskey's most famous role was as ?Sascha?, the humorous bartender at Rick's Cafe Americaine, in Casablanca (1942). The part had originally been given to Leon Mostovoy; Kinskey replaced him because (1) he was funnier than Mostovoy, and (2) by his own testimony, he was a drinking buddy of the star Humphrey Bogart. His contract guaranteed him two weeks at $750 a week. He died on 8 September 1998, in Fountain Hills, Arizona, aged 95.1 Leonid Kinskey played ?Professor Overbeck? in Batman (TV Series) in the episode ?The Mad Hatter Runs Afoul? (1967). On why he turned down a regular part on Hogan's Heroes (1965): ?The premise to me was both false and offensive. The Nazis were seldom dumb and never funny.? Filmography at: Leonid Kinskey - Wikipedia (2019). Available at:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Kinskey (Accessed: 18 February 2023). VIDEO: 10 Things You Should Know About Leonid Kinskey | https://youtu.be/IEbJnprZGxc Archiving Protocol: Handled with White Gloves ab initio Photo Pages/Sheet Protectors: Heavyweight Clear Sheet Protectors, Acid Free Archival Safe, 8.5x11 Inches, Top Load White Backing Board ? Acid Free Shipping/Packaging: RigidMailer 9.5 x 12.5 inches. White, self seal, stay flat, kraft cardboard, no bend. Each rigid mailer is made of heavy cardboard, which has strong resistance to bending and tearing. Thicker that the USPS mailers. Shipping cost never more than it absolutely has to be to get it from me to you. 1 Leonid Kinskey - IMDb (2023). Available at:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455893/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm (Accessed: 18 February 2023).