Leonard Maltin

Personal Info

Birthday

December 18, 1950

(74 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Leonard Michael Maltin

Leonard Maltin

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

BoJack Horseman

Mystery Science Theater 3000

Davy Crockett

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Searchers 2.0

Cinema Finds Its Voice

The Making of 'The Quiet Man'

The Méliès Mystery

Filmography

2025
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
as Self
2024
The Life and Times of Farmer Al
as Self
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
as Self
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt
as Self
2023
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
as Self
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In
as Self
2022
Only in Theaters
as Self
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
as Self - Interviewee
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
as Self
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
as Self
2021
Cinema's First Colors
as Narrator
Cinema Finds Its Voice
as Narrator
8 Winds
as Self
The Méliès Mystery
as Narrator
2020
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
as Self
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
as Self
2019
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
as Self
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
as Self
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
as Himself
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs
as Himself
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
as Self
Carl Laemmle
as Himself
2018
The Great Buster: A Celebration
as Self
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
as Himself
2017
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
as Self
Cartoon Camera
as Self (Host)
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as Self
2016
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos
as Self
2015
Notfilm
as Self
Fanarchy
as Self
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
as Self
Women He's Undressed
as Self
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
as Self
2014
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
as Self
That Guy Dick Miller
as Self
2013
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
as Self
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
as Self
The One and Only June Foray
as Self
2012
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
as Himself
Pablo
as Self
2011
Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
as Himself
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
These Amazing Shadows
as Self
2010
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
as Himself
2009
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
as Self
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
as Self
The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi
as Self
Vittorio D.
as Self
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self
Dick Tracy Special
as Himself
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
as Self
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
as Himself
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
as Self
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
as Self
2008
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
as Self
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
as Self
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story
as Himself
Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood
as Self
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Self
2007
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self
Heckler
as Self
Bloodsucking Cinema
as Self
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
as Self
Searchers 2.0
as Film Critic
The Pixar Story
as Self
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
as Himself
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein
as Self
2006
American Scary
as Himself
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
as Self
The Sci-Fi Boys
as Self
2005
From Kansas City to Hollywood
as Self
Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
as Himself
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
as Himself
Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
as Himself
They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'
as Himself
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
as Self / historian and film critic
Remembering Harold
as Himself
2004
The Man Behind the Duck
as Self
It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’
as Himself
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
as Self
Mickey's Cartoon Comeback
as Himself
Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT
as Leonard Maltin
The Voice Behind the Mouse
as Himself
A Conversation with Joe Grant
as Himself
2003
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
as Self
Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter
as Himself
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
as Self
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'
as Self
Curtains for Roy Earle
as Self
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
as Himself
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
as Self
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
as Self
Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'
as Self
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
as Self, Film Historian
2002
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
as Leonard Maltin
Cinerama Adventure
as Self
John Ford Goes to War
as Self - Interviewee
2001
A Conversation with Fess Parker
as Host
The Omen Legacy
as Self
Celebrating Dumbo
as Self
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
as Self
Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'
as Self / Interviewer
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
as Narrator
2000
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued
as Himself
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
as Self
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
as Self
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
as Self
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
as Self
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
as Self
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
as Self
1999
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
as Himself
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self - Film Critic and Historian
Keepers of the Frame
as Himself
1998
Junket Whore
as Self
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
as Self
1997
The Secrets of 007
as Self
Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece
as Self
Forgotten Silver
as Self
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
as Self - Film Historian
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
as Self
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (voice)
1995
James Dean and Me
as Self (uncredited)
1994
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
as Self
1993
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
as Himself
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
as Self
1992
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons
as Self
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
as Self
The Making of High Noon
as Self - Presenter
The Making of 'The Quiet Man'
as Host
1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
as Leonard Maltin
The Lost Stooges
as Himself
1989
Bugs and Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
as Himself
1986
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
as Self
1985
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
as Self
1984
The Making of the Stooges
as Self