
Leonard Maltin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 18, 1950 (age 75)
- Birthplace
- 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
The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors
Movie · as Narrator

Monty and the Movies
Movie · as Self

Now, Irving Rapper
Movie · as Self

The First Five Minutes... The Title Design Legacy of Dan Perri
Movie · as self

Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
Movie · as Self

Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
Movie · as Self

Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt
Movie · as Self

Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
Movie · as Self

The Life and Times of Farmer Al
Movie · as Self

Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In
Movie · as Self

Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Movie · as Self

100 Years of Warner Bros.
TV · as Self · 3 eps

Only in Theaters
Movie · as Self

To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
Movie · as Self
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Movie · as Self - Interviewee

Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
Movie

Cinema Finds Its Voice
Movie · as Narrator

Cinema's First Colors
Movie · as Narrator

8 Winds
Movie · as Self

The Méliès Mystery
Movie · as Narrator

Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
Movie · as Self

Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
Movie · as Self

Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
Movie · as Self

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs
Movie · as Himself

Carl Laemmle
Movie · as Himself

Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
Movie · as Himself

Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
Movie · as Self

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Movie · as Self

The Great Buster: A Celebration
Movie · as Self

Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
Movie · as Himself

Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV · as Self · 4 eps

Cartoon Camera
Movie · as Self (Host)

This Is Bob Hope...
Movie · as Self

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Movie · as Self

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Movie · as Self

The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos
Movie · as Self

Fanarchy
Movie · as Self

Notfilm
Movie · as Self

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
Movie · as Self

Women He's Undressed
Movie · as Self

That Guy Dick Miller
Movie · as Self

The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
Movie · as Self

BoJack Horseman
TV · as Leonard Maltin (voice) · 1 ep

The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Movie · as Self

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Movie · as Self

The One and Only June Foray
Movie · as Self

Pablo
Movie · as Self

Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Movie · as Himself

These Amazing Shadows
Movie · as Self

Woody Allen: A Documentary
Movie · as Self
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
Movie

Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
Movie · as Himself

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
Movie · as Self

Searchers 2.0
Movie · as Film Critic
Maltin on Movies
TV · 1 ep

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
TV · as Self · 7 eps

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Movie · as Self

Dick Tracy Special
Movie · as Himself

The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
Movie · as Self

Vittorio D.
Movie · as Self

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie · as Self

Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
Movie · as Self

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Movie · as Self

Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Movie · as Self
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
Movie · as Self
The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi
Movie · as Self

Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
TV · as Self - Film Critic and Historian · 6 eps

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
Movie · as Self

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Movie · as Self

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Movie · as Self

Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story
Movie · as Himself
Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood
Movie · as Self

The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
Movie · as Self

Heckler
Movie · as Self

Bloodsucking Cinema
Movie · as Self

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
Movie · as Himself
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Movie · as Self

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Movie · as Self

Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein
Movie · as Self

The Pixar Story
Movie · as Self

The Sci-Fi Boys
Movie · as Self

American Scary
Movie · as Himself

My Dad, Walt Disney
Movie
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
Movie · as Self

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Movie · as Self
Preserve Me a Seat
Movie · as Self

Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis
Movie

From Kansas City to Hollywood
Movie · as Self

William Powell: A True Gentleman
Movie
They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'
Movie · as Himself
Remembering Harold
Movie · as Himself
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
Movie · as Self / historian and film critic

Alias Nick and Nora
Movie · as Self

The Annie Awards
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

A Conversation with Roy Disney
Movie

The Man Behind the Duck
Movie · as Self

Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
Movie · as Self

The Voice Behind the Mouse
Movie · as Himself

Mickey's Cartoon Comeback
Movie · as Himself

A Conversation with Joe Grant
Movie · as Himself

Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT
Movie · as Leonard Maltin

Curtains for Roy Earle
Movie · as Self

Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
Movie · as Self, Film Historian
Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter
Movie · as Himself
Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'
Movie · as Self

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Movie · as Self

A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
Movie · as Self

Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Movie · as Self

Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
Movie · as Himself

Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'
Movie · as Self

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
Movie · as Self

Cinerama Adventure
Movie · as Self

John Ford Goes to War
Movie · as Self - Interviewee

Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
Movie · as Leonard Maltin

Studio Tour
Movie · as self

Drive-In Movie Memories
Movie

Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'
Movie · as Self / Interviewer

A Conversation with Fess Parker
Movie · as Host

Songs of the Silly Symphonies
Movie

The Crockett Craze
Movie

Celebrating Dumbo
Movie · as Self
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Movie · as Self

Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
Movie · as Narrator

The Omen Legacy
Movie · as Self

Good Day Live
TV · as Self · 5 eps

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Movie · as Self

Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
Movie · as Self

The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Movie · as Self

The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued
Movie · as Self

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Movie · as Self

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
Movie · as Self

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Movie · as Self
Wallace & Gromit Go Chicken
Movie · as Self

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Movie · as Himself
Keepers of the Frame
Movie · as Himself

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Movie · as Self - Film Critic and Historian

Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
Movie · as Self

Junket Whore
Movie · as Self

Forgotten Silver
Movie · as Self

Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
Movie · as Self - Film Historian

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
Movie · as Self

Frank Capra's American Dream
Movie · as Self (voice)

The Secrets of 007
Movie · as Self

Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece
Movie · as Self

The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep

E! True Hollywood Story
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Arli$$
TV · as Leonard Maltin · 1 ep

James Dean and Me
Movie · as Self (uncredited)

Freakazoid!
TV · as Himself (voice) · 1 ep

Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada
Movie

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
Movie · as Self
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
Movie · as Himself

The Making of 'Rio Grande'
Movie · as Self

Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory
Movie · as Host

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Movie · as Self

The Making of High Noon
Movie · as Self - Presenter

Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons
Movie · as Self
The Making of 'The Quiet Man'
Movie · as Host

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Movie · as Leonard Maltin
The Lost Stooges
Movie · as Self

Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
Movie · as Himself

Mystery Science Theater 3000
TV · as Leonard Maltin · 1 ep

W.C. Fields: Straight Up
Movie · as Self

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
Movie · as Self

The Making of the Stooges
Movie · as Self

Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self

The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Omnibus
TV · 1 ep

Davy Crockett
TV · as DVD Release Host

Animators At Play
Movie · as Narrator