LEONID KINSKEY

Leonid Kinskey was a Russian actor from the 1930s to the 1950s. He first was noticed as the "Communist" in a bit part in "Trouble in Paradise", and he then specialized in playing volatile Russian characters in many films of the 1930 and 1940s. He was nicknamed "The Mad Russian", and his most famous role was as Sasha the bartender in "Casablanca". He passed away in 1998 at the age of 95.