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.
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Acting History
2025
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet as Self
2025Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks as Self
2024The Life and Times of Farmer Al as Self
2024Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames as Self
2024Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt as Self
2023Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre as Self
2023100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self
2023Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In as Self
2022Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2022Only in Theaters as Self
2022Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story as Self - Interviewee
2022To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View as Self
20221982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
2021Cinema's First Colors as Narrator
2021Cinema Finds Its Voice as Narrator
20218 Winds as Self
2021The Méliès Mystery as Narrator
2020Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! as Self
2020Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives as Self
2019Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers as Self
2019Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music as Self
2019Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace as Himself
2019Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs as Himself
2019Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film as Self
2019Carl Laemmle as Himself
2018Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
2018The Great Buster: A Celebration as Self
2018Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor as Himself
2017This Is Bob Hope... as Self
2017Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America as Self
2017Cartoon Camera as Self (Host)
2017John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs as Self
2016The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos as Self
2015Notfilm as Self
2015Fanarchy as Self
2015Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity as Self
2015Women He's Undressed as Self
2015The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! as Self
2014The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh as Self
2014BoJack Horseman as Leonard Maltin (voice)
2014That Guy Dick Miller as Self
2013The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz as Self
2013Drew: The Man Behind the Poster as Self
2013The One and Only June Foray as Self
2012Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess as Himself
2012Pablo as Self
2011Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation as Himself
2011Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
2011Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011These Amazing Shadows as Self
2010Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood as Self
2010Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino as Self
2010Maltin on Movies
2009Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me as Self
2009Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman as Self
2009The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi as Self
2009Vittorio D. as Self
20091939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self
2009Dick Tracy Special as Himself
2009The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story as Self
2009The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached as Himself
2009Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America as Self - Film Critic and Historian
2009No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos as Self
2009Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer as Self
2008Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 as Self
2008Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film as Self
2008Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story as Himself
2008Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood as Self
2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as Self
2007Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story as Self
2007Heckler as Self
2007Bloodsucking Cinema as Self
2007The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk as Self
2007Searchers 2.0 as Film Critic
2007The Pixar Story as Self
2007Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 as Himself
2007Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein as Self
2006My Dad, Walt Disney
2006Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride as Self
2006American Scary as Himself
2006Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' as Self
2006The Sci-Fi Boys as Self
2005From Kansas City to Hollywood as Self
2005Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis
2005Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White as Himself
2005Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War! as Himself
2005Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin as Himself
2005They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance' as Himself
2005Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again as Self / historian and film critic
2005William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005Remembering Harold as Himself
2004The Man Behind the Duck as Self
2004It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’ as Himself
2004Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin as Self
2004Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT as Leonard Maltin
2004A Conversation with Joe Grant as Himself
2004The Voice Behind the Mouse as Himself
2004A Conversation with Roy Disney
2004Mickey's Cartoon Comeback as Himself
2003Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years as Self
2003Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter as Himself
2003A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' as Self
2003Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' as Self
2003Curtains for Roy Earle as Self
2003Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes as Himself
2003Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' as Self
2003Sex at 24 Frames Per Second as Self
2003Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night' as Self
2003Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' as Self, Film Historian
2002Frank and Ollie... and Mickey as Leonard Maltin
2002Cinerama Adventure as Self
2002John Ford Goes to War as Self - Interviewee
2001The Crockett Craze
2001A Conversation with Fess Parker as Host
2001The Omen Legacy as Self
2001Celebrating Dumbo as Self
2001Good Day Live as Self
2001Drive-In Movie Memories
2001Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored as Self
2001Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot' as Self / Interviewer
2001Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin as Narrator
2001Songs of the Silly Symphonies
2000The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued as Himself
2000The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature as Self
2000Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation as Self
2000Mary Pickford: A Life on Film as Self
2000Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood as Self
2000Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies as Self
2000Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints as Self
1999The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story as Himself
1999Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl as Self - Film Critic and Historian
1999Keepers of the Frame as Himself
1998Junket Whore as Self
1998Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane as Self
1997The Secrets of 007 as Self
1997Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece as Self
1997Forgotten Silver as Self
1997Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' as Self - Film Historian
1997The View as Self
1997Frank Capra's American Dream as Self (voice)
1997The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' as Self
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1995Freakazoid! as Himself (voice)
1995James Dean and Me as Self (uncredited)
1994Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill as Self
1994Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada
1993Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star as Himself
1993The Making of 'Rio Grande' as Self
1992Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons as Self
1992The Magical World of Chuck Jones as Self
1992The Making of High Noon as Self - Presenter
1992The Making of 'The Quiet Man' as Host
1990Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Leonard Maltin
1990The Lost Stooges as Himself
1989Mystery Science Theater 3000 as Leonard Maltin
1989Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons as Himself
1986W.C. Fields: Straight Up as Self
1985Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage as Self
1984The Making of the Stooges as Self
1981Entertainment Tonight
1981Entertainment Tonight as Self
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1954Davy Crockett as DVD Release Host
—The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors as Narrator