Person

Leonard Maltin

Acting · Born 1950-12-18 · New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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

Filmography

2026Now, Irving RapperSelf
2025Stella Stevens: The Last StarletSelf
2025Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael ParksSelf
2024The Life and Times of Farmer AlSelf
2024Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 FramesSelf
2024Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht BeltSelf
2023Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian TheatreSelf
2023100 Years of Warner Bros.Self
2023Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms InSelf
2022Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2022Only in TheatersSelf
2022Boris Karloff: The Rest of the StorySelf - Interviewee
2022To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of ViewSelf
2021Cinema's First ColorsNarrator
2021Cinema Finds Its VoiceNarrator
20218 WindsSelf
2021The Méliès MysteryNarrator
2020Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!Self
2020Adventure Thru the Walt Disney ArchivesSelf
2019Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer CinematographersSelf
2019Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie MusicSelf
2019Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie PalaceHimself
2019Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten TeppichsHimself
2019Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed FilmSelf
2019Carl LaemmleHimself
2018Eli Roth's History of HorrorSelf
2018The Great Buster: A CelebrationSelf
2018Scandal: The Trial of Mary AstorHimself
2017This Is Bob Hope...Self
2017Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of AmericaSelf
2017Cartoon CameraSelf (Host)
2017John G. Avildsen: King of the UnderdogsSelf
2016The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of ChaosSelf
2015NotfilmSelf
2015FanarchySelf
2015Marsha Hunt's Sweet AdversitySelf
2015Women He's UndressedSelf
2015The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!Self
2014The True Adventures of Raoul WalshSelf
2014BoJack HorsemanLeonard Maltin (voice)
2014That Guy Dick MillerSelf
2013The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of OzSelf
2013Drew: The Man Behind the PosterSelf
2013The One and Only June ForaySelf
2012Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen GoddessHimself
2012PabloSelf
2011Lost Forever: The Art of Film PreservationHimself
2011Woody Allen: A DocumentarySelf
2011Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011These Amazing ShadowsSelf
2010Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of HollywoodSelf
2010Dalí & Disney: A Date with DestinoSelf
2010Maltin on Movies
2009Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on MeSelf
2009Victor Fleming: Master CraftsmanSelf
2009The Anatomy of Vince GuaraldiSelf
2009Vittorio D.Self
20091939: Hollywood's Greatest YearSelf
2009Dick Tracy SpecialHimself
2009The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' StorySelf
2009The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings AttachedSelf
2009Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of AmericaSelf - Film Critic and Historian
2009No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & VilmosSelf
2009Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie TrailerSelf
2008The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action ClassicsSelf
2008Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930Self
2008Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster FilmSelf
2008Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer StoryHimself
2008Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of HollywoodSelf
2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code HollywoodSelf
2007Spine Tingler! The William Castle StorySelf
2007HecklerSelf
2007Bloodsucking CinemaSelf
2007The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to TalkSelf
2007Searchers 2.0Film Critic
2007The Pixar StorySelf
2007Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920Himself
2007Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael FeinsteinSelf
2006My Dad, Walt Disney
2006Buy the Ticket, Take the RideSelf
2006American ScaryHimself
2006Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'Self
2006The Sci-Fi BoysSelf
2005Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis
2005From Kansas City to HollywoodSelf
2005They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'Himself
2005Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together AgainSelf / historian and film critic
2005William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005The Annie AwardsSelf - Host
2005Remembering HaroldHimself
2004The Man Behind the DuckSelf
2004Diamond in the Rough: The Making of AladdinSelf
2004A Conversation with Roy Disney
2004The Voice Behind the MouseHimself
2004Mickey's Cartoon ComebackHimself
2004A Conversation with Joe GrantHimself
2004Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOTLeonard Maltin
2004A Conversation with John HenchWriter
2003Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster YearsSelf
2003Bob Hope: The Road to LaughterHimself
2003A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'Self
2003Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'Self
2003Curtains for Roy EarleSelf
2003Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney TunesHimself
2003Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'Self
2003Sex at 24 Frames Per SecondSelf
2003Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'Self, Film Historian
2003Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'Self
2002Frank and Ollie... and MickeyLeonard Maltin
2002Studio Tourself
2002Cinerama AdventureSelf
2002Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts StoryBook
2002John Ford Goes to WarSelf - Interviewee
2001The Crockett Craze
2001A Conversation with Fess ParkerHost
2001The Omen LegacySelf
2001Celebrating DumboSelf
2001Good Day LiveSelf
2001Drive-In Movie Memories
2001Playboy Mansion Parties UncensoredSelf
2001Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'Self / Interviewer
2001Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard MaltinNarrator
2001Songs of the Silly Symphonies
2000The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert FeatureSelf
2000The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia ContinuedSelf
2000Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in AnimationSelf
2000Mary Pickford: A Life on FilmSelf
2000Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in HollywoodSelf
2000Howard Hughes: His Women and His MoviesSelf
2000Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre FootprintsSelf
1999The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks StoryHimself
1999Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" GirlSelf - Film Critic and Historian
1999Keepers of the FrameHimself
1998Junket WhoreSelf
1998Mike Hammer's Mickey SpillaneSelf
1997The Secrets of 007Self
1997Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical MasterpieceSelf
1997Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'Self - Film Historian
1997Forgotten SilverSelf
1997The ViewSelf
1997Frank Capra's American DreamSelf (voice)
1997The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'Self
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1996Arli$$Leonard Maltin
1995Freakazoid!Himself (voice)
1995James Dean and MeSelf (uncredited)
1994Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could KillSelf
1994Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada
1993Young Duke: Making Of A Movie StarHimself
1993The Making of 'Rio Grande'Self
1993Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill FactoryHost
1992Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer CartoonsSelf
1992The Magical World of Chuck JonesSelf
1992The Making of High NoonSelf - Presenter
1992The Making of 'The Quiet Man'Host
1991Fantasia: The Making of a MasterpieceWriter
1990Gremlins 2: The New BatchLeonard Maltin
1990The Lost StoogesSelf
1989Mystery Science Theater 3000Leonard Maltin
1989Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime CartoonsHimself
1986W.C. Fields: Straight UpSelf
1985Reflecting Thought: Stan BrakhageSelf
1984The Making of the StoogesSelf
1984Going Hollywood: The '30sAssociate Producer
1981Entertainment Tonight
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
1967Omnibus
1954Davy CrockettDVD Release Host
1930Animators At PlayNarrator
—The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First ColorsNarrator
—Movie Maniacs: Leonard Maltin on the Columbia Three Stooges ShortsHimself

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