Leonard Maltin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-12-18 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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.

Acting

2019

Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music

as Self

1990

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

as Leonard Maltin

2023

Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In

as Self

2003

Curtains for Roy Earle

as Self

1997

Forgotten Silver

as Self

1994

Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada

1986

W.C. Fields: Straight Up

as Self

2007

Heckler

as Self

1998

Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane

as Self

2021

Cinema Finds Its Voice

as Narrator

2012

Pablo

as Self

2022

Only in Theaters

as Self

1997

Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'

as Self - Film Historian

2011

These Amazing Shadows

as Self

2011

Woody Allen: A Documentary

as Self

2021

Cinema's First Colors

as Narrator

2006

The Sci-Fi Boys

as Self

-

The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors

as Narrator

2020

Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!

as Self

2017

Cartoon Camera

as Self (Host)

2000

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

as Self

2009

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

as Self

2021

8 Winds

as Self

2003

Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'

as Self, Film Historian

2003

Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter

as Himself

2003

Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'

as Self

2007

Bloodsucking Cinema

as Self

2003

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

as Self

2001

Drive-In Movie Memories

1992

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

as Self

2002

Cinerama Adventure

as Self

2004

It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’

as Himself

2011

Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

2001

Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'

as Self / Interviewer

2004

A Conversation with Roy Disney

2008

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930

as Self

2007

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920

as Himself

2023

Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre

as Self

2007

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

as Self

2013

The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

as Self

1984

The Making of the Stooges

as Self

2014

That Guy Dick Miller

as Self

2001

A Conversation with Fess Parker

as Host

2002

John Ford Goes to War

as Self - Interviewee

2022

To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View

as Self

1990

The Lost Stooges

as Himself

2015

The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!

as Self

1985

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

as Self

2009

Dick Tracy Special

as Himself

1997

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'

as Self

2001

The Crockett Craze

2001

Songs of the Silly Symphonies

2005

Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis

2005

From Kansas City to Hollywood

as Self

2004

The Man Behind the Duck

as Self

2007

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

as Self

2022

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

as Self - Interviewee

2009

The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached

as Himself

2007

Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein

as Self

2024

Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt

as Self

2004

Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin

as Self

1999

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story

as Himself

2002

Frank and Ollie... and Mickey

as Leonard Maltin

2004

The Voice Behind the Mouse

as Himself

2004

Mickey's Cartoon Comeback

as Himself

1993

Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star

as Himself

1998

Junket Whore

as Self

2015

Fanarchy

as Self

2004

A Conversation with Joe Grant

as Himself

2013

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

as Self

2024

Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames

as Self

2010

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino

as Himself

2022

Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

2016

The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos

as Self

1995

James Dean and Me

as Self (uncredited)

2006

American Scary

as Himself

2000

Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

as Self

2001

Celebrating Dumbo

as Self

2009

Vittorio D.

as Self

2017

This Is Bob Hope...

as Self

2001

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

as Self

2005

William Powell: A True Gentleman

2017

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

as Self

2004

Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT

as Leonard Maltin

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 Self

2018

The Great Buster: A Celebration

as Self

2001

Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin

as Narrator

1989

Bugs and Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons

as Himself

2003

A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'

as Self

1992

The Making of High Noon

as Self - Presenter

2019

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs

as Himself

2015

Notfilm

as Self

2019

Carl Laemmle

as Himself

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self

2009

Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman

as Self

2011

Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation

as Himself

2015

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

as Self

2003

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

as Self

1997

Frank Capra's American Dream

as Self (voice)

1999

Keepers of the Frame

as Himself

2000

The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

as Self

2000

The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued

as Himself

2007

The Pixar Story

as Self

2019

Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace

as Himself

2019

Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers

as Self

2012

Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

as Himself

2018

Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

as Himself

2019

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

as Self

2005

They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'

as Himself

2005

Remembering Harold

as Himself

2000

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

as Self

1993

The Making of 'Rio Grande'

as Self

2013

The One and Only June Foray

as Self

2020

Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives

as Self

2009

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

as Self

2015

Women He's Undressed

as Self

2005

Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin

as Himself

2006

My Dad, Walt Disney

2003

Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes

as Himself

2005

Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again

as Self / historian and film critic

1999

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

as Self - Film Critic and Historian

2000

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

as Self

1997

The Secrets of 007

as Self

2003

Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'

as Self

1994

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

as Self

2005

Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!

as Himself

1992

Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons

as Self

2000

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints

as Self

2009

Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me

as Self

2021

The Méliès Mystery

as Narrator

2006

Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

as Self

2014

The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh

as Self

2009

Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer

as Self

2005

Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White

as Himself

2024

The Life and Times of Farmer Al

as Self

2022

1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!

as Self

2008

Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story

as Himself

2007

Searchers 2.0

as Film Critic

1992

The Making of 'The Quiet Man'

as Host

2017

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

as Self

2024

Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet

2009

The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi

as Self

2003

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years

as Self

2001

The Omen Legacy

as Self

2025

Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks

as Self

2008

Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood

as Self

Production

2001

Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'

as Thanks

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as Associate Producer

1993

The Making of 'Rio Grande'

as Executive Producer

1993

The Making of 'Rio Grande'

as Writer

2004

The Man Behind the Duck

as Writer

2004

The Voice Behind the Mouse

as Writer

2004

The Voice Behind the Mouse

as Producer

2004

Mickey's Cartoon Comeback

as Writer

1991

Fantasia: The Making of a Masterpiece

as Writer

1992

Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons

as Producer

1992

Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons

as Writer

2004

The Man Behind the Duck

as Producer

2002

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

as Book

2004

A Conversation with John Hench

as Writer

2004

A Conversation with John Hench

as Producer

2004

A Conversation with Joe Grant

as Screenplay

2004

A Conversation with Joe Grant

as Producer

1992

The Making of High Noon

as Producer

1992

The Making of High Noon

as Writer

2002

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

as Writer

1992

The Making of 'The Quiet Man'

as Writer

1992

The Making of 'The Quiet Man'

as Producer

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