Leonard Maltin

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

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The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors

The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors

Movie · as Narrator

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Monty and the Movies poster

Monty and the Movies

Movie · as Self

2026
Now, Irving Rapper poster

Now, Irving Rapper

Movie · as Self

2026
The First Five Minutes... The Title Design Legacy of Dan Perri poster

The First Five Minutes... The Title Design Legacy of Dan Perri

Movie · as self

2025
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet poster

Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet

Movie · as Self

2025
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks poster

Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks

Movie · as Self

2024
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt poster

Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt

Movie · as Self

2024
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames poster

Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames

Movie · as Self

2024
The Life and Times of Farmer Al poster

The Life and Times of Farmer Al

Movie · as Self

2023
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In poster

Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In

Movie · as Self

2023
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre poster

Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre

Movie · as Self

2023
100 Years of Warner Bros. poster

100 Years of Warner Bros.

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2022
Only in Theaters poster

Only in Theaters

Movie · as Self

2022
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View poster

To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View

Movie · as Self

2022
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

2022
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey poster

Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

Movie

2021
Cinema Finds Its Voice poster

Cinema Finds Its Voice

Movie · as Narrator

2021
Cinema's First Colors poster

Cinema's First Colors

Movie · as Narrator

2021
8 Winds poster

8 Winds

Movie · as Self

2021
The Méliès Mystery poster

The Méliès Mystery

Movie · as Narrator

2020
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! poster

Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!

Movie · as Self

2020
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives poster

Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives

Movie · as Self

2019
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music poster

Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music

Movie · as Self

2019
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs poster

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs

Movie · as Himself

2019
Carl Laemmle poster

Carl Laemmle

Movie · as Himself

2019
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace poster

Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace

Movie · as Himself

2019
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers poster

Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers

Movie · as Self

2019
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film poster

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

Movie · as Self

2018
The Great Buster: A Celebration poster

The Great Buster: A Celebration

Movie · as Self

2018
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor poster

Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

Movie · as Himself

2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror poster

Eli Roth's History of Horror

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2017
Cartoon Camera poster

Cartoon Camera

Movie · as Self (Host)

2017
This Is Bob Hope... poster

This Is Bob Hope...

Movie · as Self

2017
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America poster

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

Movie · as Self

2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs poster

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

Movie · as Self

2016
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos poster

The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos

Movie · as Self

2015
Fanarchy poster

Fanarchy

Movie · as Self

2015
Notfilm poster

Notfilm

Movie · as Self

2015
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity poster

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

Movie · as Self

2015
Women He's Undressed poster

Women He's Undressed

Movie · as Self

2014
That Guy Dick Miller poster

That Guy Dick Miller

Movie · as Self

2014
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh poster

The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh

Movie · as Self

2014
BoJack Horseman poster

BoJack Horseman

TV · as Leonard Maltin (voice) · 1 ep

2013
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz poster

The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Movie · as Self

2013
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster poster

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

Movie · as Self

2013
The One and Only June Foray poster

The One and Only June Foray

Movie · as Self

2012
Pablo poster

Pablo

Movie · as Self

2012
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess poster

Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

Movie · as Himself

2011
These Amazing Shadows poster

These Amazing Shadows

Movie · as Self

2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary poster

Woody Allen: A Documentary

Movie · as Self

2011
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

Movie

2011
Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation poster

Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation

Movie · as Himself

2010
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino poster

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino

Movie · as Self

2010
Searchers 2.0 poster

Searchers 2.0

Movie · as Film Critic

2010
Maltin on Movies

Maltin on Movies

TV · 1 ep

2010
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood poster

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

TV · as Self · 7 eps

2009
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos poster

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

Movie · as Self

2009
Dick Tracy Special poster

Dick Tracy Special

Movie · as Himself

2009
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached poster

The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached

Movie · as Self

2009
Vittorio D. poster

Vittorio D.

Movie · as Self

2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year poster

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Movie · as Self

2009
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman poster

Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman

Movie · as Self

2009
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story poster

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

Movie · as Self

2009
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me poster

Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me

Movie · as Self

2009
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer

Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer

Movie · as Self

2009
The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi

The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi

Movie · as Self

2009
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America poster

Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America

TV · as Self - Film Critic and Historian · 6 eps

2008
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 poster

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930

Movie · as Self

2008
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film poster

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

Movie · as Self

2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood poster

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

Movie · as Self

2008
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story poster

Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story

Movie · as Himself

2008
Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood

Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood

Movie · as Self

2008
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics poster

The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics

Movie · as Self

2007
Heckler poster

Heckler

Movie · as Self

2007
Bloodsucking Cinema poster

Bloodsucking Cinema

Movie · as Self

2007
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 poster

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920

Movie · as Himself

2007
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Movie · as Self

2007
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story poster

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Movie · as Self

2007
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein poster

Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein

Movie · as Self

2007
The Pixar Story poster

The Pixar Story

Movie · as Self

2006
The Sci-Fi Boys poster

The Sci-Fi Boys

Movie · as Self

2006
American Scary poster

American Scary

Movie · as Himself

2006
My Dad, Walt Disney poster

My Dad, Walt Disney

Movie

2006
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

Movie · as Self

2006
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride poster

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

Movie · as Self

2006
Preserve Me a Seat

Preserve Me a Seat

Movie · as Self

2005
Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis poster

Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis

Movie

2005
From Kansas City to Hollywood poster

From Kansas City to Hollywood

Movie · as Self

2005
William Powell: A True Gentleman poster

William Powell: A True Gentleman

Movie

2005
They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'

They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'

Movie · as Himself

2005
Remembering Harold

Remembering Harold

Movie · as Himself

2005
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again

Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again

Movie · as Self / historian and film critic

2005
Alias Nick and Nora poster

Alias Nick and Nora

Movie · as Self

2005
The Annie Awards poster

The Annie Awards

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

2004
A Conversation with Roy Disney poster

A Conversation with Roy Disney

Movie

2004
The Man Behind the Duck poster

The Man Behind the Duck

Movie · as Self

2004
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin poster

Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin

Movie · as Self

2004
The Voice Behind the Mouse poster

The Voice Behind the Mouse

Movie · as Himself

2004
Mickey's Cartoon Comeback poster

Mickey's Cartoon Comeback

Movie · as Himself

2004
A Conversation with Joe Grant poster

A Conversation with Joe Grant

Movie · as Himself

2004
Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT poster

Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT

Movie · as Leonard Maltin

2003
Curtains for Roy Earle poster

Curtains for Roy Earle

Movie · as Self

2003
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' poster

Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'

Movie · as Self, Film Historian

2003
Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter

Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter

Movie · as Himself

2003
Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'

Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'

Movie · as Self

2003
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' poster

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

Movie · as Self

2003
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' poster

A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'

Movie · as Self

2003
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second poster

Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

Movie · as Self

2003
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes poster

Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes

Movie · as Himself

2003
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' poster

Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'

Movie · as Self

2003
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years poster

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years

Movie · as Self

2002
Cinerama Adventure poster

Cinerama Adventure

Movie · as Self

2002
John Ford Goes to War poster

John Ford Goes to War

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

2002
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey poster

Frank and Ollie... and Mickey

Movie · as Leonard Maltin

2002
Studio Tour poster

Studio Tour

Movie · as self

2001
Drive-In Movie Memories poster

Drive-In Movie Memories

Movie

2001
Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot' poster

Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'

Movie · as Self / Interviewer

2001
A Conversation with Fess Parker poster

A Conversation with Fess Parker

Movie · as Host

2001
Songs of the Silly Symphonies poster

Songs of the Silly Symphonies

Movie

2001
The Crockett Craze poster

The Crockett Craze

Movie

2001
Celebrating Dumbo poster

Celebrating Dumbo

Movie · as Self

2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

Movie · as Self

2001
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin poster

Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin

Movie · as Narrator

2001
The Omen Legacy poster

The Omen Legacy

Movie · as Self

2001
Good Day Live poster

Good Day Live

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2000
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film poster

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

Movie · as Self

2000
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood poster

Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

Movie · as Self

2000
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature poster

The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

Movie · as Self

2000
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued poster

The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued

Movie · as Self

2000
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation poster

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

Movie · as Self

2000
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies poster

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

Movie · as Self

2000
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints poster

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints

Movie · as Self

2000
Wallace & Gromit Go Chicken

Wallace & Gromit Go Chicken

Movie · as Self

1999
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story poster

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story

Movie · as Himself

1999
Keepers of the Frame

Keepers of the Frame

Movie · as Himself

1999
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl poster

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl

Movie · as Self - Film Critic and Historian

1998
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane poster

Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane

Movie · as Self

1998
Junket Whore poster

Junket Whore

Movie · as Self

1997
Forgotten Silver poster

Forgotten Silver

Movie · as Self

1997
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' poster

Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'

Movie · as Self - Film Historian

1997
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' poster

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'

Movie · as Self

1997
Frank Capra's American Dream poster

Frank Capra's American Dream

Movie · as Self (voice)

1997
The Secrets of 007 poster

The Secrets of 007

Movie · as Self

1997
Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece poster

Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece

Movie · as Self

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Arli$$ poster

Arli$$

TV · as Leonard Maltin · 1 ep

1995
James Dean and Me poster

James Dean and Me

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1995
Freakazoid! poster

Freakazoid!

TV · as Himself (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada poster

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

Movie

1994
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill poster

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

Movie · as Self

1993
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star

Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star

Movie · as Himself

1993
The Making of 'Rio Grande' poster

The Making of 'Rio Grande'

Movie · as Self

1993
Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory poster

Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory

Movie · as Host

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
The Magical World of Chuck Jones poster

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

Movie · as Self

1992
The Making of High Noon poster

The Making of High Noon

Movie · as Self - Presenter

1992
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons poster

Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons

Movie · as Self

1992
The Making of 'The Quiet Man'

The Making of 'The Quiet Man'

Movie · as Host

1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch poster

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Movie · as Leonard Maltin

1990
The Lost Stooges

The Lost Stooges

Movie · as Self

1989
Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons poster

Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons

Movie · as Himself

1989
Mystery Science Theater 3000 poster

Mystery Science Theater 3000

TV · as Leonard Maltin · 1 ep

1986
W.C. Fields: Straight Up poster

W.C. Fields: Straight Up

Movie · as Self

1985
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage poster

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

Movie · as Self

1984
The Making of the Stooges poster

The Making of the Stooges

Movie · as Self

1981
Entertainment Tonight poster

Entertainment Tonight

TV · as Self

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1967
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · 1 ep

1954
Davy Crockett poster

Davy Crockett

TV · as DVD Release Host

1930
Animators At Play poster

Animators At Play

Movie · as Narrator