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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Known For
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2024
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Self
2023
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In
Self
2023
Only in Theaters
Self
2022
Cinema's First Colors
Narrator
2021
Cinema Finds Its Voice
Narrator
2021
8 Winds
Self
2021
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
Himself
2020
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
Self
2019
Cartoon Camera
Self (Host)
2017
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Self
2013
Pablo
Self
2012
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
2011
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
These Amazing Shadows
Self
2011
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Self
2009
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
Himself
2008
Heckler
Self
2007
Bloodsucking Cinema
Self
2007
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Self
2007
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
Himself
2007
The Sci-Fi Boys
Self
2006
It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’
Himself
2004
A Conversation with Roy Disney
2004
Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter
Himself
2003
Curtains for Roy Earle
Self
2003
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Self
2003
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
Self, Film Historian
2003
Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'
Self
2003
Cinerama Adventure
Self
2002
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001
Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'
Self / Interviewer
2001
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Self
2000
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
Self
1998
Forgotten Silver
Self
1997
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
Self - Film Historian
1997
Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada
1994
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Self
1992
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Leonard Maltin
1990
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
Self
1986
The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors
Narrator
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
2024
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self · (3 episodes)
2023
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
2022
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!
Self
2022
The Méliès Mystery
Narrator
2021
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
Self
2020
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
Self
2019
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
Himself
2019
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs
Himself
2019
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Self
2019
Carl Laemmle
Himself
2019
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self · (4 episodes)
2018
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Self
2018
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
Himself
2018
This Is Bob Hope...
Self
2017
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Self
2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Self
2017
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos
Self
2016
Notfilm
Self
2015
Fanarchy
Self
2015
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
Self
2015
Women He's Undressed
Self
2015
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
Self
2015
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
Self
2014
BoJack Horseman
Leonard Maltin (voice) · (1 episode)
2014
That Guy Dick Miller
Self
2014
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Self
2013
The One and Only June Foray
Self
2013
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Himself
2012
Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
Himself
2011
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Self · (7 episodes)
2010
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
Himself
2010
Maltin on Movies
(1 episode)
2010
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Self
2009
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
Self
2009
Vittorio D.
Self
2009
The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi
Self
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self
2009
Dick Tracy Special
Himself
2009
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Self
2009
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
Himself
2009
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
Self
2009
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self
2008
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story
Himself
2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Self
2008
Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Self
2007
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self
2007
Searchers 2.0
Film Critic
2007
The Pixar Story
Self
2007
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein
Self
2007
My Dad, Walt Disney
2006
American Scary
Himself
2006
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
Self
2006
Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis
2005
From Kansas City to Hollywood
Self
2005
Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin
Himself
2005
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
Himself
2005
Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
Himself
2005
They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'
Himself
2005
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
Self / historian and film critic
2005
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
Remembering Harold
Himself
2005
The Man Behind the Duck
Self
2004
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
Leonard Maltin
2004
The Voice Behind the Mouse
Himself
2004
Mickey's Cartoon Comeback
Himself
2004
A Conversation with Joe Grant
Himself
2004
Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT
Leonard Maltin
2004
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
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
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
Leonard Maltin
2002
John Ford Goes to War
Self - Interviewee
2002
The Crockett Craze
2001
A Conversation with Fess Parker
Host
2001
Celebrating Dumbo
Self
2001
Good Day Live
Self · (5 episodes)
2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Self
2001
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
Narrator
2001
Songs of the Silly Symphonies
2001
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Self
2000
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued
Himself
2000
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Self
2000
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
Self
2000
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
Self
2000
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Self
2000
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Himself
1999
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
Self - Film Critic and Historian
1999
Keepers of the Frame
Himself
1999
Junket Whore
Self
1998
The Secrets of 007
Self
1997
The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
Self
1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (voice)
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
(1 episode)
1996
Freakazoid!
Himself (voice) · (1 episode)
1995
James Dean and Me
Self (uncredited)
1995
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
Self
1994
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
Himself
1993
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
Self
1993
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons
Self
1992
The Making of High Noon
Self - Presenter
1992
The Making of 'The Quiet Man'
Host
1992
The Lost Stooges
Himself
1990
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Leonard Maltin · (1 episode)
1989
Bugs and Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
Himself
1989
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
Self
1985
The Making of the Stooges
Self
1984
Entertainment Tonight
(91 episodes)
1981
Entertainment Tonight
Self · (1 episode)
1981
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1968
Davy Crockett
DVD Release Host · (0 episode)
1954