Leonard Maltin
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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
Credits
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
as Leonard Maltin
Junket Whore (1998)
as Self
The Pixar Story (2007)
as Self
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003)
as Self
Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)
as Self
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace (2019)
as Himself
The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)
as Self
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 (2008)
as Self
The Sci-Fi Boys (2006)
as Self
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015)
as Self
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000)
as Self
8 Winds (2021)
as Self
Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)
as Self (voice)
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored (2001)
as Self
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009)
as Self
Vittorio D. (2009)
as Self
These Amazing Shadows (2011)
as Self
Heckler (2007)
as Self
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 (2007)
as Himself
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000)
as Self
This Is Bob Hope... (2017)
as Self
The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992)
as Self
Fanarchy (2015)
as Self
Carl Laemmle (2019)
as Himself
Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory (1993)
as Host
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017)
as Self
Women He's Undressed (2015)
as Self
Forgotten Silver (1997)
as Self
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008)
as Self
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl (1999)
as Self - Film Critic and Historian
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
as Self
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' (2003)
as Self
American Scary (2006)
as Himself
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film (2019)
as Self
Bloodsucking Cinema (2007)
as Self
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003)
as Himself
Pablo (2012)
as Self
That Guy Dick Miller (2014)
as Self
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999)
as Himself
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks (2025)
as Self
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! (2020)
as Self
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (2013)
as Self
The Secrets of 007 (1997)
as Self
James Dean and Me (1995)
as Self (uncredited)
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)
as Self
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008)
as Self
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet (2025)
as Self
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (2003)
as Self
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh (2014)
as Self
The Omen Legacy (2001)
as Self
Only in Theaters (2022)
as Self
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View (2022)
as Self
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2009)
as Self
The One and Only June Foray (2013)
as Self
John Ford Goes to War (2002)
as Self - Interviewee
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames (2024)
as Self
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein (2007)
as Self
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature (2000)
as Self
Cinema Finds Its Voice (2021)
as Narrator
The Making of 'Rio Grande' (1993)
as Self
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints (2000)
as Self
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride (2006)
as Self
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland (2011)
Actor
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (2000)
as Self
Notfilm (2015)
as Self
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009)
as Self
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt (2024)
as Self
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2003)
as Self
Mickey's Cartoon Comeback (2004)
as Himself
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' (2006)
as Self
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
as Self
Cinerama Adventure (2002)
as Self
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story (2022)
as Self - Interviewee
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (2000)
as Self
Drive-In Movie Memories (2001)
Actor
The Méliès Mystery (2021)
as Narrator
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! (2015)
as Self
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached (2009)
as Self
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
as Self
Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation (2011)
as Himself
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino (2010)
as Self
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music (2019)
as Self
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane (1998)
as Self
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor (2018)
as Himself
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2013)
as Self
Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood (2008)
as Self
Keepers of the Frame (1999)
as Himself
Dick Tracy Special (2009)
as Himself
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America (2017)
as Self
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill (1994)
as Self
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin (2004)
as Self
Celebrating Dumbo (2001)
as Self
Searchers 2.0 (2007)
as Film Critic
The Crockett Craze (2001)
Actor
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In (2023)
as Self
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos (2016)
as Self
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin (2001)
as Narrator
Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece (1997)
as Self
The Making of High Noon (1992)
as Self - Presenter
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story (2008)
as Himself
A Conversation with Fess Parker (2001)
as Host
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre (2023)
as Self
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
as Self
Cartoon Camera (2017)
as Self (Host)
My Dad, Walt Disney (2006)
Actor
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey (2022)
Actor
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' (1997)
as Self
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs (2019)
as Himself
The Making of the Stooges (1984)
as Self
Now, Irving Rapper (2026)
as Self
The Lost Stooges (1990)
as Self
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives (2020)
as Self
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey (2002)
as Leonard Maltin
Curtains for Roy Earle (2003)
as Self
The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi (2009)
as Self
The Man Behind the Duck (2004)
as Self
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman (2009)
as Self
Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter (2003)
as Himself
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers (2019)
as Self
W.C. Fields: Straight Up (1986)
as Self
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again (2005)
as Self / historian and film critic
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (2003)
as Self, Film Historian
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' (1997)
as Self - Film Historian
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued (2000)
as Self
A Conversation with Joe Grant (2004)
as Himself
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons (1992)
as Self
The Voice Behind the Mouse (2004)
as Himself
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' (2003)
as Self
Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot' (2001)
as Self / Interviewer
The Life and Times of Farmer Al (2024)
as Self
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess (2012)
as Himself
The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors (—)
as Narrator
Remembering Harold (2005)
as Himself
William Powell: A True Gentleman (2005)
Actor
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star (1993)
as Himself
Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons (1989)
as Himself
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage (1985)
as Self
Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT (2004)
as Leonard Maltin
The Making of 'The Quiet Man' (1992)
as Host
From Kansas City to Hollywood (2005)
as Self
Studio Tour (2002)
as self
They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance' (2005)
as Himself
Songs of the Silly Symphonies (2001)
Actor
Cinema's First Colors (2021)
as Narrator
A Conversation with Roy Disney (2004)
Actor
Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night' (2003)
as Self
Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis (2005)
Actor
Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada (1994)
Actor