Leo Aschkenasy
| Sign | Virgo |
| Born | Sep 18, 1907 Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria] |
| Died | Jun 3, 2005 Vienna, Austria |
| Age | Died at 97 |
Leon Askin | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1930s-2005 |
| Known for | Slavic villains |
| Top Roles | Laslo Gromeck, Charles, Inspector de Groote, King Ramayana, Abidor |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Adventure, Action, Drama, Crime, Romance |
| Top Topics | Spies, Romance (Comic), Slapstick |
| Top Collaborators | Jay Novello, Vito Scotti, Sig Ruman, Mari Blanchard |
| Shares birthday with | Greta Garbo, Eddie Anderson, Rossano Brazzi see more.. |
Leon Askin Overview:
Character actor, Leon Askin, was born Leo Aschkenasy on Sep 18, 1907 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. Askin died at the age of 97 on Jun 3, 2005 in Vienna, Austria .
MINI BIO:
Tubby, swarthy and often mustachioed, Leon Askin was an Austrian actor who started his career on the German stage. He fled the Nazis in 1933, came to New York in 1940 and became an American citizen in 1943. From 1952, he began a spasmodic flirtation with the Hollywood film scene (and from 1959, the international film scene), appearing in very on-and-off fashion down through the years, mostly as Slavic villains - both comic and dramatic. He also directed, taught and lectured on drama.
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Leon Askin Quotes:
Otto Ludwig Piffl:
Is everybody in this world corrupt?
Peripetchikoff: I don't know everybody.
Peripetchikoff: Do you know what happens if I defect? They will line up my family and shoot them! My wife, my mother-in-law, my brother-in-law, my sister-in-law.
[pauses]
Peripetchikoff: Let's do it!
C.R. MacNamara: You've defected?
Peripetchikoff: Is old Russian proverb: "go west young man."
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Peripetchikoff: I don't know everybody.
Peripetchikoff: Do you know what happens if I defect? They will line up my family and shoot them! My wife, my mother-in-law, my brother-in-law, my sister-in-law.
[pauses]
Peripetchikoff: Let's do it!
C.R. MacNamara: You've defected?
Peripetchikoff: Is old Russian proverb: "go west young man."
read more quotes from Leon Askin...
