LEONARD MALTIN

Leonard Maltin
Leonard Maltin
Gender: Male
Known for: Acting
Birthday: December 18, 1950
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.

Notable work

8.5

Filmography

Starring

2024·
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2024·
The Life and Times of Farmer Al
Self
2024·
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
2024·
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt
Self
2023·
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self
2023·
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Self
2022·
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
Self
2022·
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2022·
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Self - Interviewee
2022·
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
Self
2021·
The Méliès Mystery
Narrator
2020·
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
Self
2019·
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Self
2019·
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
Self
2019·
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
Himself
2019·
Carl Laemmle
Himself
2019·
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs
Himself
2018·
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
2018·
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
Himself
2018·
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Self
2017·
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Self
2017·
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Self
2017·
This Is Bob Hope...
Self
2016·
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos
Self
2015·
Women He's Undressed
Self
2015·
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
Self
2015·
Notfilm
Self
2015·
Fanarchy
Self
2015·
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
Self
2014·
BoJack Horseman
Leonard Maltin (voice)
2014·
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
Self
2014·
That Guy Dick Miller
Self
2013·
The One and Only June Foray
Self
2013·
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Self
2012·
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Himself
2011·
Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
Himself
2010·
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Self
2010·
Maltin on Movies
2010·
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
Himself
2009·
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
Self
2009·
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Self
2009·
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Self
2009·
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
Self
2009·
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self
2009·
Vittorio D.
Self
2009·
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
Himself
2009·
Dick Tracy Special
Himself
2008·
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story
Himself
2008·
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Self
2008·
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self
2007·
Searchers 2.0
Film Critic
2007·
The Pixar Story
Self
2007·
Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Self
2007·
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein
Self
2007·
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self
2006·
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
Self
2006·
My Dad, Walt Disney
2006·
American Scary
Himself
2005·
Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
Himself
2005·
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
Himself
2005·
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
Self / historian and film critic
2005·
Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
Himself
2005·
Remembering Harold
Himself
2005·
They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'
Himself
2005·
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005·
From Kansas City to Hollywood
Self
2005·
Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis
2004·
Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT
Leonard Maltin
2004·
A Conversation with Joe Grant
Himself
2004·
Mickey's Cartoon Comeback
Himself
2004·
The Voice Behind the Mouse
Himself
2004·
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
Leonard Maltin
2004·
The Man Behind the Duck
Self
2003·
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'
Self
2003·
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
Himself
2003·
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Self
2003·
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
Self
2002·
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
Leonard Maltin
2002·
John Ford Goes to War
Self - Interviewee
2001·
Good Day Live
Self
2001·
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
Narrator
2001·
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Self
2001·
Celebrating Dumbo
Self
2001·
The Crockett Craze
2001·
Songs of the Silly Symphonies
2001·
A Conversation with Fess Parker
Host
2000·
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Self
2000·
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
Self
2000·
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Self
2000·
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued
Himself
2000·
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Self
2000·
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
Self
1999·
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
Self - Film Critic and Historian
1999·
Keepers of the Frame
Himself
1999·
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Himself
1998·
Junket Whore
Self
1997·
The View
Self
1997·
The Secrets of 007
Self
1997·
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (voice)
1997·
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
Self
1996·
E! True Hollywood Story
1995·
Freakazoid!
Himself (voice)
1995·
James Dean and Me
Self (uncredited)
1994·
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
Self
1993·
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
Self
1993·
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
Himself
1992·
The Making of 'The Quiet Man'
Host
1992·
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons
Self
1992·
The Making of High Noon
Self - Presenter
1990·
The Lost Stooges
Himself
1989·
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Leonard Maltin
1989·
Bugs and Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
Himself
1985·
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
Self
1984·
The Making of the Stooges
Self
1981·
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1968·
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
TBA·
The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors
Narrator
2023·
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In
Self
2022·
Only in Theaters
Self
2021·
8 Winds
Self
2021·
Cinema's First Colors
Narrator
2021·
Cinema Finds Its Voice
Narrator
2020·
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
Himself
2019·
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
Self
2017·
Cartoon Camera
Self (Host)
2013·
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Self
2012·
Pablo
Self
2011·
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011·
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
2011·
These Amazing Shadows
Self
2009·
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Self
2008·
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
Himself
2007·
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Self
2007·
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
Himself
2007·
Bloodsucking Cinema
Self
2007·
Heckler
Self
2006·
The Sci-Fi Boys
Self
2004·
A Conversation with Roy Disney
2004·
It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’
Himself
2003·
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Self
2003·
Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'
Self
2003·
Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter
Himself
2003·
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
Self, Film Historian
2003·
Curtains for Roy Earle
Self
2002·
Cinerama Adventure
Self
2001·
Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'
Self / Interviewer
2001·
Drive-In Movie Memories
2000·
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Self
1998·
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
Self
1997·
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
Self - Film Historian
1997·
Forgotten Silver
Self
1994·
Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada
1992·
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Self
1990·
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Leonard Maltin
1986·
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
Self
1954·
Davy Crockett
DVD Release Host