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.

Known For

The View

BoJack Horseman

Mystery Science Theater 3000

The Dick Cavett Show

Omnibus

Arli$$

Freakazoid!

Entertainment Tonight

All Movies (148)

• Now, Irving Rapper2026 · as Self
• Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet2025 · as Self
• Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks2025 · as Self
• The Life and Times of Farmer Al2024 · as Self
• Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames2024 · as Self
• Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt2024 · as Self
• Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre2023 · as Self
• Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In2023 · as Self
• Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey2022
• Only in Theaters2022 · as Self
• Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story2022 · as Self - Interviewee
• To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View2022 · as Self
• Cinema's First Colors2021 · as Narrator
• Cinema Finds Its Voice2021 · as Narrator
• 8 Winds2021 · as Self
• The Méliès Mystery2021 · as Narrator
• Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!2020 · as Self
• Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives2020 · as Self
• Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers2019 · as Self
• Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music2019 · as Self
• Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace2019 · as Himself
• Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs2019 · as Himself
• Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film2019 · as Self
• Carl Laemmle2019 · as Himself
• The Great Buster: A Celebration2018 · as Self
• Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor2018 · as Himself
• This Is Bob Hope...2017 · as Self
• Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America2017 · as Self
• Cartoon Camera2017 · as Self (Host)
• John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs2017 · as Self
• The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos2016 · as Self
• Notfilm2015 · as Self
• Fanarchy2015 · as Self
• Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity2015 · as Self
• Women He's Undressed2015 · as Self
• The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!2015 · as Self
• The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh2014 · as Self
• That Guy Dick Miller2014 · as Self
• The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz2013 · as Self
• Drew: The Man Behind the Poster2013 · as Self
• The One and Only June Foray2013 · as Self
• Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess2012 · as Himself
• Pablo2012 · as Self
• Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation2011 · as Himself
• Woody Allen: A Documentary2011 · as Self
• Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland2011
• These Amazing Shadows2011 · as Self
• Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino2010 · as Self
• Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me2009 · as Self
• Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman2009 · as Self
• The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi2009 · as Self
• Vittorio D.2009 · as Self
• 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year2009 · as Self
• Dick Tracy Special2009 · as Himself
• The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story2009 · as Self
• The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached2009 · as Self
• No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos2009 · as Self
• Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer2009 · as Self
• The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics2008 · as Self
• Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-19302008 · as Self
• Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film2008 · as Self
• Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story2008 · as Himself
• Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood2008 · as Self
• Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood2008 · as Self
• Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story2007 · as Self
• Heckler2007 · as Self
• Bloodsucking Cinema2007 · as Self
• The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk2007 · as Self
• Searchers 2.02007 · as Film Critic
• The Pixar Story2007 · as Self
• Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-19202007 · as Himself
• Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein2007 · as Self
• My Dad, Walt Disney2006
• Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride2006 · as Self
• American Scary2006 · as Himself
• Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'2006 · as Self
• The Sci-Fi Boys2006 · as Self
• Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis2005
• From Kansas City to Hollywood2005 · as Self
• They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'2005 · as Himself
• Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again2005 · as Self / historian and film critic
• William Powell: A True Gentleman2005
• Remembering Harold2005 · as Himself
• The Man Behind the Duck2004 · as Self
• Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin2004 · as Self
• A Conversation with Roy Disney2004
• The Voice Behind the Mouse2004 · as Himself
• Mickey's Cartoon Comeback2004 · as Himself
• A Conversation with Joe Grant2004 · as Himself
• Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT2004 · as Leonard Maltin
• Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years2003 · as Self
• Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter2003 · as Himself
• A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'2003 · as Self
• Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'2003 · as Self
• Curtains for Roy Earle2003 · as Self
• Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes2003 · as Himself
• Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'2003 · as Self
• Sex at 24 Frames Per Second2003 · as Self
• Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'2003 · as Self, Film Historian
• Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'2003 · as Self
• Frank and Ollie... and Mickey2002 · as Leonard Maltin
• Studio Tour2002 · as self
• Cinerama Adventure2002 · as Self
• John Ford Goes to War2002 · as Self - Interviewee
• The Crockett Craze2001
• A Conversation with Fess Parker2001 · as Host
• The Omen Legacy2001 · as Self
• Celebrating Dumbo2001 · as Self
• Drive-In Movie Memories2001
• Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored2001 · as Self
• Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'2001 · as Self / Interviewer
• Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin2001 · as Narrator
• Songs of the Silly Symphonies2001
• The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature2000 · as Self
• The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued2000 · as Self
• Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation2000 · as Self
• Mary Pickford: A Life on Film2000 · as Self
• Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood2000 · as Self
• Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies2000 · as Self
• Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints2000 · as Self
• The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story1999 · as Himself
• Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl1999 · as Self - Film Critic and Historian
• Keepers of the Frame1999 · as Himself
• Junket Whore1998 · as Self
• Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane1998 · as Self
• The Secrets of 0071997 · as Self
• Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece1997 · as Self
• Forgotten Silver1997 · as Self
• Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'1997 · as Self - Film Historian
• Frank Capra's American Dream1997 · as Self (voice)
• The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'1997 · as Self
• James Dean and Me1995 · as Self (uncredited)
• Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill1994 · as Self
• Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada1994
• Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star1993 · as Himself
• The Making of 'Rio Grande'1993 · as Self
• Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory1993 · as Host
• Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons1992 · as Self
• The Magical World of Chuck Jones1992 · as Self
• The Making of High Noon1992 · as Self - Presenter
• The Making of 'The Quiet Man'1992 · as Host
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch1990 · as Leonard Maltin
• The Lost Stooges1990 · as Self
• Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons1989 · as Himself
• W.C. Fields: Straight Up1986 · as Self
• Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage1985 · as Self
• The Making of the Stooges1984 · as Self
• The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors— · as Narrator

All TV Shows (18)

• 100 Years of Warner Bros.2023 · as Self
• Eli Roth's History of Horror2018 · as Self
• BoJack Horseman2014 · as Leonard Maltin (voice)
• Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood2010 · as Self
• Maltin on Movies2010
• Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America2009 · as Self - Film Critic and Historian
• The Annie Awards2005 · as Self - Host
• Good Day Live2001 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• Arli$$1996 · as Leonard Maltin
• Freakazoid!1995 · as Himself (voice)
• Mystery Science Theater 30001989 · as Leonard Maltin
• Entertainment Tonight1981
• Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Omnibus1967
• Davy Crockett1954 · as DVD Release Host