Leonard Maltin
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Dec 18, 1950 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2026 | Now, Irving RapperSelf | |
| 2025 | Stella Stevens: The Last StarletSelf | |
| 2025 | Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael ParksSelf | |
| 2024 | Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht BeltSelf | |
| 2024 | Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 FramesSelf | |
| 2024 | The Life and Times of Farmer AlSelf | |
| 2023 | Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms InSelf | |
| 2023 | Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian TheatreSelf | |
| 2023 | 100 Years of Warner Bros.Self | |
| 2022 | Only in TheatersSelf | |
| 2022 | To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of ViewSelf | |
| 2022 | Boris Karloff: The Rest of the StorySelf - Interviewee | |
| 2022 | Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey | |
| 2021 | Cinema Finds Its VoiceNarrator | |
| 2021 | Cinema's First ColorsNarrator | |
| 2021 | 8 WindsSelf | |
| 2021 | The Méliès MysteryNarrator | |
| 2020 | Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!Self | |
| 2020 | Adventure Thru the Walt Disney ArchivesSelf | |
| 2019 | Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie MusicSelf | |
| 2019 | Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten TeppichsHimself | |
| 2019 | Carl LaemmleHimself | |
| 2019 | Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie PalaceHimself | |
| 2019 | Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer CinematographersSelf | |
| 2019 | Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed FilmSelf | |
| 2018 | The Great Buster: A CelebrationSelf | |
| 2018 | Scandal: The Trial of Mary AstorHimself | |
| 2018 | Eli Roth's History of HorrorSelf | |
| 2017 | Cartoon CameraSelf (Host) | |
| 2017 | This Is Bob Hope...Self | |
| 2017 | Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of AmericaSelf | |
| 2017 | John G. Avildsen: King of the UnderdogsSelf | |
| 2016 | The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of ChaosSelf | |
| 2015 | The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!Self | |
| 2015 | FanarchySelf | |
| 2015 | NotfilmSelf | |
| 2015 | Marsha Hunt's Sweet AdversitySelf | |
| 2015 | Women He's UndressedSelf | |
| 2014 | That Guy Dick MillerSelf | |
| 2014 | The True Adventures of Raoul WalshSelf | |
| 2014 | BoJack HorsemanLeonard Maltin (voice) | |
| 2013 | The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of OzSelf | |
| 2013 | Drew: The Man Behind the PosterSelf | |
| 2013 | The One and Only June ForaySelf | |
| 2012 | PabloSelf | |
| 2012 | Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen GoddessHimself | |
| 2011 | These Amazing ShadowsSelf | |
| 2011 | Woody Allen: A DocumentarySelf | |
| 2011 | Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland | |
| 2011 | Lost Forever: The Art of Film PreservationHimself | |
| 2010 | Dalí & Disney: A Date with DestinoSelf | |
| 2010 | Maltin on Movies | |
| 2010 | Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of HollywoodSelf | |
| 2009 | No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & VilmosSelf | |
| 2009 | Dick Tracy SpecialHimself | |
| 2009 | The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings AttachedSelf | |
| 2009 | Vittorio D.Self | |
| 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest YearSelf | |
| 2009 | Victor Fleming: Master CraftsmanSelf | |
| 2009 | The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' StorySelf | |
| 2009 | Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on MeSelf | |
| 2009 | Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie TrailerSelf | |
| 2009 | The Anatomy of Vince GuaraldiSelf | |
| 2009 | Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of AmericaSelf - Film Critic and Historian | |
| 2008 | Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930Self | |
| 2008 | Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster FilmSelf | |
| 2008 | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code HollywoodSelf | |
| 2008 | Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer StoryHimself | |
| 2008 | Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of HollywoodSelf | |
| 2007 | HecklerSelf | |
| 2007 | Bloodsucking CinemaSelf | |
| 2007 | Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920Himself | |
| 2007 | The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to TalkSelf | |
| 2007 | Spine Tingler! The William Castle StorySelf | |
| 2007 | Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael FeinsteinSelf | |
| 2007 | The Pixar StorySelf | |
| 2007 | Searchers 2.0Film Critic | |
| 2006 | The Sci-Fi BoysSelf | |
| 2006 | American ScaryHimself | |
| 2006 | My Dad, Walt Disney | |
| 2006 | Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'Self | |
| 2006 | Buy the Ticket, Take the RideSelf | |
| 2005 | Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis | |
| 2005 | From Kansas City to HollywoodSelf | |
| 2005 | William Powell: A True Gentleman | |
| 2005 | They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'Himself | |
| 2005 | Remembering HaroldHimself | |
| 2005 | Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank TashlinHimself | |
| 2005 | Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together AgainSelf / historian and film critic | |
| 2005 | Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!Himself | |
| 2005 | Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and WhiteHimself | |
| 2005 | The Annie AwardsSelf - Host | |
| 2004 | It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’Himself | |
| 2004 | A Conversation with Roy Disney | |
| 2004 | The Man Behind the DuckSelf | |
| 2004 | Diamond in the Rough: The Making of AladdinSelf | |
| 2004 | The Voice Behind the MouseHimself | |
| 2004 | Mickey's Cartoon ComebackHimself | |
| 2004 | A Conversation with Joe GrantHimself | |
| 2004 | Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOTLeonard Maltin | |
| 2003 | Curtains for Roy EarleSelf | |
| 2003 | Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'Self, Film Historian | |
| 2003 | Bob Hope: The Road to LaughterHimself | |
| 2003 | Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'Self | |
| 2003 | Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'Self | |
| 2003 | A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'Self | |
| 2003 | Sex at 24 Frames Per SecondSelf | |
| 2003 | Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney TunesHimself | |
| 2003 | Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'Self | |
| 2003 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster YearsSelf | |
| 2002 | Cinerama AdventureSelf | |
| 2002 | John Ford Goes to WarSelf - Interviewee | |
| 2002 | Frank and Ollie... and MickeyLeonard Maltin | |
| 2002 | Studio Tourself | |
| 2001 | Drive-In Movie Memories | |
| 2001 | Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'Self / Interviewer | |
| 2001 | A Conversation with Fess ParkerHost | |
| 2001 | Songs of the Silly Symphonies | |
| 2001 | The Crockett Craze | |
| 2001 | Celebrating DumboSelf | |
| 2001 | Playboy Mansion Parties UncensoredSelf | |
| 2001 | Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard MaltinNarrator | |
| 2001 | The Omen LegacySelf | |
| 2001 | Good Day LiveSelf | |
| 2000 | Mary Pickford: A Life on FilmSelf | |
| 2000 | Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in HollywoodSelf | |
| 2000 | The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert FeatureSelf | |
| 2000 | The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia ContinuedSelf | |
| 2000 | Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in AnimationSelf | |
| 2000 | Howard Hughes: His Women and His MoviesSelf | |
| 2000 | Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre FootprintsSelf | |
| 1999 | The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks StoryHimself | |
| 1999 | Keepers of the FrameHimself | |
| 1999 | Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" GirlSelf - Film Critic and Historian | |
| 1998 | Mike Hammer's Mickey SpillaneSelf | |
| 1998 | Junket WhoreSelf | |
| 1997 | Forgotten SilverSelf | |
| 1997 | Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'Self - Film Historian | |
| 1997 | The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'Self | |
| 1997 | Frank Capra's American DreamSelf (voice) | |
| 1997 | The Secrets of 007Self | |
| 1997 | Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical MasterpieceSelf | |
| 1997 | The ViewSelf | |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1996 | Arli$$Leonard Maltin | |
| 1995 | James Dean and MeSelf (uncredited) | |
| 1995 | Freakazoid!Himself (voice) | |
| 1994 | Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada | |
| 1994 | Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could KillSelf | |
| 1993 | Young Duke: Making Of A Movie StarHimself | |
| 1993 | The Making of 'Rio Grande'Self | |
| 1993 | Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill FactoryHost | |
| 1992 | The Magical World of Chuck JonesSelf | |
| 1992 | The Making of High NoonSelf - Presenter | |
| 1992 | Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer CartoonsSelf | |
| 1992 | The Making of 'The Quiet Man'Host | |
| 1990 | Gremlins 2: The New BatchLeonard Maltin | |
| 1990 | The Lost StoogesHimself | |
| 1989 | Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime CartoonsHimself | |
| 1989 | Mystery Science Theater 3000Leonard Maltin | |
| 1986 | W.C. Fields: Straight UpSelf | |
| 1985 | Reflecting Thought: Stan BrakhageSelf | |
| 1984 | The Making of the StoogesSelf | |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight | |
| 1981 | Entertainment TonightSelf | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 1954 | Davy CrockettDVD Release Host | |
| - | The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First ColorsNarrator |
| 2004 | The Voice Behind the MouseProducer | |
| 2004 | The Man Behind the DuckProducer | |
| 2004 | A Conversation with John HenchProducer | |
| 2004 | A Conversation with Joe GrantProducer | |
| 1993 | The Making of 'Rio Grande'Executive Producer | |
| 1992 | Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer CartoonsProducer | |
| 1992 | The Making of High NoonProducer | |
| 1992 | The Making of 'The Quiet Man'Producer | |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30sAssociate Producer |
| 2004 | The Man Behind the DuckWriter | |
| 2004 | The Voice Behind the MouseWriter | |
| 2004 | Mickey's Cartoon ComebackWriter | |
| 2004 | A Conversation with John HenchWriter | |
| 2004 | A Conversation with Joe GrantScreenplay | |
| 2002 | Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts StoryBook | |
| 2002 | Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts StoryWriter | |
| 1993 | The Making of 'Rio Grande'Writer | |
| 1993 | Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill FactoryWriter | |
| 1992 | Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer CartoonsWriter | |
| 1992 | The Making of High NoonWriter | |
| 1992 | The Making of 'The Quiet Man'Writer | |
| 1991 | Fantasia: The Making of a MasterpieceWriter |
| 2001 | Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'Thanks |














