Leonard Maltin
December 18, 1950 (73 years old) in New York City, New York, USA
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
Credits
- 2024 · Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames as
- 2024 · Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt as Self
- 2022 · Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey as
- 2021 · The Méliès Mystery as Narrateur
- 2019 · Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers as Self
- 2019 · Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music as Self
- 2019 · Carl Laemmle as Himself
- 2016 · The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos as Self
- 2015 · Fanarchy as Self
- 2014 · The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh as Self
- 2012 · King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution as Himself
- 2011 · Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland as
- 2009 · Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman as Himself
- 2009 · Dick Tracy Special as Himself
- 2009 · Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer as Self
- 2007 · Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit as Self
- 2007 · Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 as Himself
- 2006 · American Scary as Himself
- 2006 · Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' as Self
- 2005 · Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War! as Himself
- 2005 · They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance' as Himself
- 2005 · William Powell: A True Gentleman as
- 2004 · Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT as Leonard Maltin
- 2003 · Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter as Himself
- 2003 · Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' as Self
- 2001 · Celebrating Dumbo as Himself
- 2001 · Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot' as Self / Interviewer
- 2001 · Songs of the Silly Symphonies as
- 2000 · The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued as Himself
- 2000 · Mary Pickford: A Life on Film as Self
- 2000 · Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies as Self
- 2000 · Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints as Self
- 1995 · James Dean and Me as Self (uncredited)
- Future · The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors as Narrator
- 2024 · The Life and Times of Farmer Al as Self
- 2023 · Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre as Self
- 2023 · 100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self
- 2023 · Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In as Self
- 2022 · Only in Theaters as Self
- 2022 · Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story as Self - Interviewee
- 2022 · To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View as Self
- 2022 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2021 · Cinema's First Colors as Narrator
- 2021 · Cinema Finds Its Voice as Narrator
- 2021 · 8 Winds as Self
- 2020 · Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! as Self
- 2020 · Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives as Self
- 2019 · Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace as Himself
- 2019 · Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs as Himself
- 2019 · Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film as Self
- 2018 · Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
- 2018 · The Great Buster: A Celebration as Self
- 2018 · Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor as Himself
- 2017 · This Is Bob Hope... as Self
- 2017 · Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America as Self
- 2017 · Cartoon Camera as Self (Host)
- 2015 · Notfilm as Self
- 2015 · Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity as Self
- 2015 · Women He's Undressed as Self
- 2015 · The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! as Self
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as Leonard Maltin (voice)
- 2014 · That Guy Dick Miller as Self
- 2013 · The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz as Self
- 2013 · Drew: The Man Behind the Poster as Self
- 2013 · The One and Only June Foray as Self
- 2012 · Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess as Himself
- 2012 · Pablo as Self
- 2011 · Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation as Himself
- 2011 · Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
- 2011 · These Amazing Shadows as Self
- 2010 · Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood as Self
- 2010 · Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino as Himself
- 2010 · Maltin on Movies as
- 2009 · Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me as Self
- 2009 · Vittorio D. as Self
- 2009 · 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self
- 2009 · The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story as Self
- 2009 · The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached as Himself
- 2009 · No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos as Self
- 2008 · Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 as Himself
- 2008 · Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film as Self
- 2008 · Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as Himself
- 2007 · Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story as Self
- 2007 · Heckler as Self
- 2007 · Bloodsucking Cinema as Self
- 2007 · The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk as Self
- 2007 · The Pixar Story as Self
- 2007 · Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein as Self
- 2006 · My Dad, Walt Disney as
- 2006 · The Sci-Fi Boys as Self
- 2005 · From Kansas City to Hollywood as Self
- 2005 · Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis as
- 2005 · Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin as Himself
- 2005 · Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White as Himself
- 2005 · Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again as Self / historian and film critic
- 2005 · Remembering Harold as Himself
- 2004 · The Man Behind the Duck as Self
- 2004 · It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’ as Himself
- 2004 · Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin as Leonard Maltin
- 2004 · The Voice Behind the Mouse as Himself
- 2004 · Mickey's Cartoon Comeback as Himself
- 2004 · A Conversation with Roy Disney as
- 2004 · A Conversation with Joe Grant as Himself
- 2003 · A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' as Self
- 2003 · Curtains for Roy Earle as Self
- 2003 · Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes as Self
- 2003 · Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' as Self
- 2003 · Sex at 24 Frames Per Second as Self
- 2003 · Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' as Himself, film historian
- 2003 · Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night' as Self
- 2002 · Frank and Ollie... and Mickey as Leonard Maltin
- 2002 · Cinerama Adventure as Self
- 2002 · John Ford Goes to War as Self - Interviewee
- 2001 · The Crockett Craze as
- 2001 · A Conversation with Fess Parker as Host
- 2001 · Good Day Live as Self
- 2001 · Drive-In Movie Memories as
- 2001 · Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored as Self
- 2001 · Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin as Narrator
- 2000 · The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature as Self
- 2000 · Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation as Self
- 2000 · Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood as Self
- 1999 · The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story as Himself
- 1999 · Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl as Self - Film Critic and Historian
- 1999 · Keepers of the Frame as Himself
- 1998 · Junket Whore as Self
- 1998 · Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane as Self
- 1997 · The Secrets of 007 as Self
- 1997 · Forgotten Silver as Himself
- 1997 · Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' as Self - Film Historian
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' as Self
- 1997 · Frank Capra's American Dream as Self (voice)
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1995 · Freakazoid! as Himself (voice)
- 1994 · Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill as Self
- 1994 · Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada as
- 1993 · Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star as Himself
- 1993 · The Making of 'Rio Grande' as Self
- 1992 · Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons as Self
- 1992 · The Magical World of Chuck Jones as Self
- 1992 · The Making of High Noon as Self - Presenter
- 1990 · Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Leonard Maltin
- 1990 · The Lost Stooges as Himself
- 1989 · Mystery Science Theater 3000 as Self
- 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
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1954 · Davy Crockett as DVD Release Host