Leonard Maltin
Acting • Born 1950-12-18
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.
Filmography
167 credits
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
Movie • 2019
Self
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Movie • 1990
Leonard Maltin
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In
Movie • 2023
Self
Curtains for Roy Earle
Movie • 2003
Self
Forgotten Silver
Movie • 1997
Self
Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada
Movie • 1994
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
Movie • 1986
Self
Heckler
Movie • 2007
Self
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
Movie • 1998
Self
Cinema Finds Its Voice
Movie • 2021
Narrator
Pablo
Movie • 2012
Self
Only in Theaters
Movie • 2022
Self
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
Movie • 1997
Self - Film Historian
These Amazing Shadows
Movie • 2011
Self
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Movie • 2011
Self
Cinema's First Colors
Movie • 2021
Narrator
The Sci-Fi Boys
Movie • 2006
Self
The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors
Movie
Narrator
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
Movie • 2020
Self
Cartoon Camera
Movie • 2017
Self (Host)
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Movie • 2000
Self
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Movie • 2009
Self
8 Winds
Movie • 2021
Self
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
Movie • 2003
Self, Film Historian
Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter
Movie • 2003
Himself
Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'
Movie • 2003
Self
Bloodsucking Cinema
Movie • 2007
Self
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Movie • 2003
Self
Drive-In Movie Memories
Movie • 2001
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Movie • 1992
Self
Cinerama Adventure
Movie • 2002
Self
It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’
Movie • 2004
Himself
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
Movie • 2011
Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'
Movie • 2001
Self / Interviewer
A Conversation with Roy Disney
Movie • 2004
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
Movie • 2008
Self
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Movie • 2023
Self
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
Movie • 2007
Himself
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Movie • 2007
Self
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Movie • 2013
Self
The Making of the Stooges
Movie • 1984
Self
That Guy Dick Miller
Movie • 2014
Self
A Conversation with Fess Parker
Movie • 2001
Host
John Ford Goes to War
Movie • 2002
Self - Interviewee
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
Movie • 2022
Self
The Lost Stooges
Movie • 1990
Himself
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
Movie • 2015
Self
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
Movie • 1985
Self
Dick Tracy Special
Movie • 2009
Himself
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
Movie • 1997
Self
Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis
Movie • 2005
Songs of the Silly Symphonies
Movie • 2001
The Crockett Craze
Movie • 2001
From Kansas City to Hollywood
Movie • 2005
Self
The Man Behind the Duck
Movie • 2004
Self
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Movie • 2007
Self
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Movie • 2022
Self - Interviewee
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
Movie • 2009
Himself
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein
Movie • 2007
Self
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt
Movie • 2024
Self
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
Movie • 2004
Self
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Movie • 1999
Himself
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
Movie • 2002
Leonard Maltin
The Voice Behind the Mouse
Movie • 2004
Himself
Mickey's Cartoon Comeback
Movie • 2004
Himself
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
Movie • 1993
Himself
Junket Whore
Movie • 1998
Self
Fanarchy
Movie • 2015
Self
A Conversation with Joe Grant
Movie • 2004
Himself
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Movie • 2013
Self
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
Movie • 2024
Self
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
Movie • 2010
Self
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
Movie • 2022
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos
Movie • 2016
Self
James Dean and Me
Movie • 1995
Self (uncredited)
American Scary
Movie • 2006
Himself
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
Movie • 2000
Self
Celebrating Dumbo
Movie • 2001
Self
Vittorio D.
Movie • 2009
Self
This Is Bob Hope...
Movie • 2017
Self
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Movie • 2001
Self
William Powell: A True Gentleman
Movie • 2005
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Movie • 2017
Self
Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT
Movie • 2004
Leonard Maltin
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Movie • 2008
Self
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Movie • 2008
Self
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Movie • 2018
Self
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
Movie • 2001
Narrator
Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
Movie • 1989
Himself
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
Movie • 2003
Self
The Making of High Noon
Movie • 1992
Self - Presenter
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs
Movie • 2019
Himself
Notfilm
Movie • 2015
Self
Carl Laemmle
Movie • 2019
Himself
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie • 2009
Self
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
Movie • 2009
Self
Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
Movie • 2011
Himself
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
Movie • 2015
Self
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Movie • 2003
Self
Frank Capra's American Dream
Movie • 1997
Self (voice)
Keepers of the Frame
Movie • 1999
Himself
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Movie • 2000
Self
The Pixar Story
Movie • 2007
Self
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued
Movie • 2000
Self
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
Movie • 2019
Himself
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
Movie • 2019
Self
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Movie • 2012
Himself
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
Movie • 2018
Himself
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Movie • 2019
Self
They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'
Movie • 2005
Himself
Remembering Harold
Movie • 2005
Himself
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Movie • 2000
Self
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
Movie • 1993
Self
The One and Only June Foray
Movie • 2013
Self
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
Movie • 2020
Self
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Movie • 2009
Self
Women He's Undressed
Movie • 2015
Self
Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
Movie • 2005
Himself
My Dad, Walt Disney
Movie • 2006
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
Movie • 2003
Himself
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
Movie • 2005
Self / historian and film critic
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Movie • 1999
Self - Film Critic and Historian
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
Movie • 2000
Self
The Secrets of 007
Movie • 1997
Self
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'
Movie • 2003
Self
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
Movie • 1994
Self
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
Movie • 2005
Himself
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons
Movie • 1992
Self
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Movie • 2000
Self
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Movie • 2009
Self
The Méliès Mystery
Movie • 2021
Narrator
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
Movie • 2006
Self
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
Movie • 2014
Self
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
Movie • 2009
Self
Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
Movie • 2005
Himself
The Life and Times of Farmer Al
Movie • 2024
Self
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story
Movie • 2008
Himself
Searchers 2.0
Movie • 2007
Film Critic
The Making of 'The Quiet Man'
Movie • 1992
Host
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Movie • 2017
Self
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
Movie • 2025
Self
The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi
Movie • 2009
Self
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
Movie • 2003
Self
The Omen Legacy
Movie • 2001
Self
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
Movie • 2025
Self
Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood
Movie • 2008
Self
Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece
Movie • 1997
Self
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Movie • 2006
Self
Now, Irving Rapper
Movie • 2026
Self
Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory
Movie • 1993
Host
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Mystery Science Theater 3000
TV • 1989
Leonard Maltin
The View
TV • 1997
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Davy Crockett
TV • 1954
DVD Release Host
Good Day Live
TV • 2001
Self
Maltin on Movies
TV • 2010
Freakazoid!
TV • 1995
Himself (voice)
100 Years of Warner Bros.
TV • 2023
Self
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
TV • 2010
Self
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Leonard Maltin (voice)
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV • 2018
Self
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
TV • 2009
Self - Film Critic and Historian
The Annie Awards
TV • 2005
Self - Host
Arli$$
TV • 1996
Leonard Maltin