Leonard Maltin
December 18, 1950 (75 years old) in New York City, New York, USA
Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic and film historian, as well as an author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives. He is best known for his eponymous annual book of movie capsule reviews, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, which was published annually from 1969 to 2014. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leonard Maltin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet as Self
- 2025 · Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks as Self
- 2024 · Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames as Self
- 2024 · Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt as Self
- 2023 · Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre as Self
- 2023 · 100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self
- 2023 · Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In as Self
- 2022 · Only in Theaters as Self
- 2022 · Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story as Self - Interviewee
- 2022 · To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View as Self
- 2022 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2021 · Cinema Finds Its Voice as Narrator
- 2021 · 8 Winds as Self
- 2021 · The Méliès Mystery as Narrator
- 2020 · Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! as Self
- 2020 · Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives as Self
- 2019 · Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers as Self
- 2019 · Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music as Self
- 2019 · Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film as Self
- 2019 · Carl Laemmle as Himself
- 2018 · Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
- 2018 · The Great Buster: A Celebration as Self
- 2018 · Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor as Himself
- 2017 · This Is Bob Hope... as Self
- 2017 · Cartoon Camera as Self (Host)
- 2017 · John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs as Self
- 2016 · The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos as Self
- 2015 · Notfilm as Self
- 2015 · Fanarchy as Self
- 2015 · Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity as Self
- 2015 · Women He's Undressed as Self
- 2014 · The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh as Self
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as Leonard Maltin (voice)
- 2014 · That Guy Dick Miller as Self
- 2013 · Drew: The Man Behind the Poster as Self
- 2013 · The One and Only June Foray as Self
- 2012 · Pablo as Self
- 2011 · Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation as Himself
- 2011 · Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
- 2011 · Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland as
- 2011 · These Amazing Shadows as Self
- 2010 · Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood as Self
- 2010 · Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino as Self
- 2010 · Maltin on Movies as
- 2009 · Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me as Self
- 2009 · Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman as Self
- 2009 · The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi as Self
- 2009 · Vittorio D. as Self
- 2009 · 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self
- 2009 · Dick Tracy Special as Himself
- 2009 · The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story as Self
- 2009 · The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached as Himself
- 2009 · Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America as Self - Film Critic and Historian
- 2009 · No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos as Self
- 2009 · Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer as Self
- 2008 · Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film as Self
- 2008 · Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story as Himself
- 2008 · Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood as Self
- 2008 · Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as Self
- 2007 · Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story as Self
- 2007 · Heckler as Self
- 2007 · Bloodsucking Cinema as Self
- 2007 · The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk as Self
- 2007 · Searchers 2.0 as Film Critic
- 2007 · The Pixar Story as Self
- 2007 · Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 as Himself
- 2007 · Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein as Self
- 2006 · My Dad, Walt Disney as
- 2006 · Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride as Self
- 2006 · American Scary as Himself
- 2006 · Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' as Self
- 2006 · The Sci-Fi Boys as Self
- 2005 · Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis as
- 2005 · Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War! as Himself
- 2005 · Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again as Self / historian and film critic
- 2005 · William Powell: A True Gentleman as
- 2005 · Remembering Harold as Himself
- 2004 · It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’ as Himself
- 2004 · The Voice Behind the Mouse as Himself
- 2004 · A Conversation with Joe Grant as Himself
- 2003 · Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years as Self
- 2003 · A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' as Self
- 2003 · Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' as Self
- 2003 · Sex at 24 Frames Per Second as Self
- 2003 · Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night' as Self
- 2002 · Cinerama Adventure as Self
- 2002 · John Ford Goes to War as Self - Interviewee
- 2001 · The Crockett Craze as
- 2001 · The Omen Legacy as Self
- 2001 · Celebrating Dumbo as Self
- 2001 · Good Day Live as Self
- 2001 · Drive-In Movie Memories as
- 2001 · Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored as Self
- 2001 · Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin as Narrator
- 2000 · The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued as Himself
- 2000 · Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation as Self
- 2000 · Mary Pickford: A Life on Film as Self
- 2000 · Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood as Self
- 2000 · Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies as Self
- 2000 · Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints as Self
- 1999 · The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story as Himself
- 1999 · Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl as Self - Film Critic and Historian
- 1999 · Keepers of the Frame as Himself
- 1998 · Junket Whore as Self
- 1998 · Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane as Self
- 1997 · The Secrets of 007 as Self
- 1997 · Forgotten Silver as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Frank Capra's American Dream as Self (voice)
- 1997 · The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' as Self
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1995 · Freakazoid! as Himself (voice)
- 1995 · James Dean and Me as Self (uncredited)
- 1992 · The Magical World of Chuck Jones as Self
- 1992 · The Making of High Noon as Self - Presenter
- 1990 · Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Leonard Maltin
- 1989 · Mystery Science Theater 3000 as Leonard Maltin
- 1984 · The Making of the Stooges as Self
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- Future · The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors as Narrator
- 2026 · Now, Irving Rapper as Self
- 2024 · The Life and Times of Farmer Al as Self
- 2022 · Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey as
- 2021 · Cinema's First Colors as Narrator
- 2019 · Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace as Himself
- 2019 · Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs as Himself
- 2017 · Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America as Self
- 2015 · The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! as Self
- 2013 · The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz as Self
- 2012 · Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess as Himself
- 2008 · Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 as Self
- 2005 · From Kansas City to Hollywood as Self
- 2005 · Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White as Himself
- 2005 · Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin as Himself
- 2005 · They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance' as Himself
- 2004 · The Man Behind the Duck as Self
- 2004 · Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin as Self
- 2004 · Mickey's Cartoon Comeback as Himself
- 2004 · Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT as Leonard Maltin
- 2004 · A Conversation with Roy Disney as
- 2003 · Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter as Himself
- 2003 · Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' as Self
- 2003 · Curtains for Roy Earle as Self
- 2003 · Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes as Himself
- 2003 · Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' as Self, Film Historian
- 2002 · Frank and Ollie... and Mickey as Leonard Maltin
- 2001 · A Conversation with Fess Parker as Host
- 2001 · Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot' as Self / Interviewer
- 2001 · Songs of the Silly Symphonies as
- 2000 · The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature as Self
- 1997 · Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece as Self
- 1997 · Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' as Self - Film Historian
- 1994 · Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill as Self
- 1994 · Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada as
- 1993 · Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star as Himself
- 1993 · The Making of 'Rio Grande' as Self
- 1992 · Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons as Self
- 1992 · The Making of 'The Quiet Man' as Host
- 1990 · The Lost Stooges as Himself
- 1989 · Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons as Himself
- 1986 · W.C. Fields: Straight Up as Self
- 1985 · Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage as Self
- 1954 · Davy Crockett as DVD Release Host




