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.
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Filmography
all 162
Movies 148
self 141
TV Shows 14
Narrator 5
Writer 3
Producer 1
Self
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt (2024)
Movie
Self
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre (2023)
Movie
Self
Pencils Vs Pixels (2023)
Movie
Self
100 Years of Warner Bros. (2023)
TV
Leonard Maltin
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In (2023)
Movie
Self
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey (2022)
Movie
Self
Only in Theaters (2022)
Movie
Self - Interviewee
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story (2022)
Movie
Self
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View (2022)
Movie
Narrator
Cinema's First Colors (2021)
Movie
Narrator
Cinema Finds Its Voice (2021)
Movie
Self
8 Winds (2021)
Movie
Narrateur
The Méliès Mystery (2021)
Movie
Self
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! (2020)
Movie
Self
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives (2020)
Movie
Self
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers (2019)
Movie
Self
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music (2019)
Movie
Himself
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace (2019)
Movie
Himself
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs (2019)
Movie
Himself
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film (2019)
Movie
Himself
Carl Laemmle (2019)
Movie
Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018)
TV
Self
The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)
Movie
Self - Film Critic / Historian
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor (2018)
Movie
Self
This Is Bob Hope... (2017)
Movie
Self
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America (2017)
Movie
Self - Host
Cartoon Camera (2017)
Movie
Self
Score: A Film Music Documentary (2017)
Movie
Self
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos (2016)
Movie
Self
Notfilm (2015)
Movie
Self
Fanarchy (2015)
Movie
Self
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015)
Movie
Self
Women He's Undressed (2015)
Movie
Self
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! (2015)
TV
Self
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! (2015)
Movie
Self
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh (2014)
Movie
Leonard Maltin (voice)
BoJack Horseman (2014)
TV
6.24
Himself
That Guy Dick Miller (2014)
Movie
Self
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2013)
Movie
Himself
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (2013)
Movie
Himself
The One and Only June Foray (2013)
Movie
Self
Revealed (2013)
TV
Self - Critic
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess (2012)
Movie
Self
Pablo (2012)
Movie
Himself
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution (2012)
Movie
Himself
Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation (2011)
Movie
Self
Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)
Movie
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland (2011)
Movie
Self
These Amazing Shadows (2011)
Movie
Self / Self - Critic and Film Historian / Self - Interviewee
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010)
TV
Maltin on Movies (2010)
TV
Self
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)
Movie
Self
Gone With The Wind: The Legend Lives On (2009)
Movie
Self - Author, Film Critic
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman (2009)
Movie
Self
Vittorio D. (2009)
Movie
Self - Film Critic and Historian
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
Movie
Leonard Maltin
Dick Tracy Special (2009)
Movie
Himself
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009)
Movie
Self
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached (2009)
Movie
Self
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2009)
Movie
Self
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009)
Movie
Self
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 (2008)
Movie
Self
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008)
Movie
Self
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
Movie
Self / Producer
Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (2007)
Movie
Self
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
Movie
Self
Heckler (2007)
Movie
Self
Bloodsucking Cinema (2007)
Movie
Self
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
Movie
Self
The Pixar Story (2007)
Movie
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 (2007)
Movie
Self
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein (2007)
Movie
Actor
My Dad, Walt Disney (2006)
Movie
Himself
American Scary (2006)
Movie
Self
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' (2006)
Movie
Self
The Sci-Fi Boys (2006)
Movie
Narrator
From Kansas City to Hollywood (2005)
Movie
Self - Interviewer
Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis (2005)
Movie
Self
Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin (2005)
Movie
Self
Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White (2005)
Movie
Self - Author, Critic
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War! (2005)
Movie
Himself
They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance' (2005)
Movie
Self / historian and film critic
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again (2005)
Movie
Self
William Powell: A True Gentleman (2005)
Movie
Himself
Remembering Harold (2005)
Movie
Self
The Life and Times of Pluto (2004)
Movie
Self - Host
The Man Behind the Duck (2004)
Movie
Self
It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’ (2004)
Movie
Leonard Maltin
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin (2004)
Movie
Self
A Conversation with John Hench (2004)
Movie
Self
The Voice Behind the Mouse (2004)
Movie
Self
Mickey's Cartoon Comeback (2004)
Movie
Self
Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT (2004)
Movie
Self
A Conversation with Roy Disney (2004)
Movie
Self
Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter (2003)
Movie
Self - Film Historian
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' (2003)
Movie
Self - Film Historian
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' (2003)
Movie
Self - Film Historian
Curtains for Roy Earle (2003)
Movie
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003)
Movie
Self
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (2003)
Movie
Self
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003)
Movie
10
Self - Film Historian
Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night' (2003)
Movie
Self - Film Historian
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (2003)
Movie
Self - Host
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey (2002)
Movie
Self
Behind the Boards on Baby Weems (2002)
Movie
Self - Host
Studio Tour (2002)
Movie
Self - Host
A Conversation with Bill Farmer (2002)
Movie
Self
Cinerama Adventure (2002)
Movie
Writer
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002)
Movie
Interviewee
John Ford Goes to War (2002)
Movie
Self
The Crockett Craze (2001)
Movie
Self - Host
Walt Disney Treasures - Mickey Mouse in Living Color (2001)
Movie
Self
A Conversation with Fess Parker (2001)
Movie
Self - Interviewer
Silly Symphonies Souvenirs (2001)
Movie
Self
Celebrating Dumbo (2001)
Movie
Self
Good Day Live (2001)
TV
Self
Drive-In Movie Memories (2001)
Movie
Self
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored (2001)
Movie
Self - Interviewer
Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot' (2001)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin (2001)
Movie
Self - Interviewer
Songs of the Silly Symphonies (2001)
Movie
Himself
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature (2000)
Movie
Himself
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued (2000)
Movie
Self
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000)
Movie
Self
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (2000)
Movie
Self
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000)
Movie
Self
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (2000)
Movie
Self - Film Historian
Forgotten Silver (2000)
Movie
Self
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints (2000)
Movie
Himself
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999)
Movie
Self - Film Critic and Historian
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (1999)
Movie
Himself
Keepers of the Frame (1999)
Movie
Self
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane (1998)
Movie
Self
The Secrets of 007 (1997)
Movie
10
Self - Film Historian
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' (1997)
Movie
Self
The View (1997)
TV
5.5
Self (voice)
Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)
Movie
Self - Film Historian
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' (1997)
Movie
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
TV
Himself (voice)
Freakazoid! (1995)
TV
6
Self (uncredited)
James Dean and Me (1995)
Movie
Self
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill (1994)
Movie
Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada (1994)
Movie
Himself
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star (1993)
Movie
Self / Executive Producer / Writer
The Making of 'Rio Grande' (1993)
Movie
Self
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons (1992)
Movie
Self
The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992)
Movie
Self - Presenter
The Making of High Noon (1992)
Movie
Writer
Fantasia: The Making of a Masterpiece (1991)
Movie
Leonard Maltin
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Movie
6
Narrator
The Lost Stooges (1990)
Movie
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1989)
TV
4.33
Self - Host
Bugs and Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons (1989)
Movie
Self
W.C. Fields: Straight Up (1986)
Movie
Self
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage (1985)
Movie
Writer
Our Gang: Inside the Clubhouse (1984)
Movie
Associate Producer
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
Movie
Self
The Making of the Stooges (1984)
Movie
Entertainment Tonight (1981)
TV
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV
Narrator
The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors
Movie
Self
Preserve Me a Seat
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.81
Based on 407 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1968
2001
2005
2001
2023
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1950-12-18 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
ReligionJudaism
ChildrenJessie Maltin
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States of America
Also Known AsLeonard Michael Maltin
AwardsJune Foray award, Temecula Valley International Film Festival, Inkpot Award, Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion
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