Leonard Maltin

Dec 18, 1950 (74 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

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

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Mystery Science Theater 3000

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BoJack Horseman

Leonard Maltin (voice)

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Eli Roth's History of Horror

Self

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Freakazoid!

Himself (voice)

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Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Leonard Maltin

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E! True Hollywood Story

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100 Years of Warner Bros.

Self

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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Self

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Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

Self

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Heckler

Self

Credits

The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors Future

Narrator

★ NR
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet 2024

★ NR
The Life and Times of Farmer Al 2024

Self

★ NR
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames 2024

★ 8
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt 2024

Self

★ NR
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre 2023

Self

★ 6.4
100 Years of Warner Bros. 2023

Self

★ 7.7
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In 2023

Self

★ 6
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey 2022

★ NR
Only in Theaters 2022

Self

★ 5.7
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story 2022

Self - Interviewee

★ 10
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View 2022

Self

★ NR
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! 2022

Self

★ 8
Cinema's First Colors 2021

Narrator

★ NR
Cinema Finds Its Voice 2021

Narrator

★ NR
8 Winds 2021

Self

★ 4.5
The Méliès Mystery 2021

Narrator

★ 6.8
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! 2020

Himself

★ 8
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives 2020

Self

★ 7.2
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers 2019

Self

★ 8.4
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music 2019

Self

★ 7.6
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace 2019

Himself

★ 7
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs 2019

Himself

★ 6
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film 2019

Self

★ 6.8
Carl Laemmle 2019

Himself

★ 4.8
Eli Roth's History of Horror 2018

Self

★ 6.6
The Great Buster: A Celebration 2018

Self

★ 7.2
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor 2018

Himself

★ 5.2
This Is Bob Hope... 2017

Self

★ 8
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America 2017

Self

★ 6
Cartoon Camera 2017

Self (Host)

★ NR
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs 2017

Self

★ 6.8
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos 2016

Self

★ 7.3
Notfilm 2015

Self

★ 5
Fanarchy 2015

Self

★ 6
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity 2015

Self

★ NR
Women He's Undressed 2015

Self

★ 5.4
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! 2015

Self

★ NR
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh 2014

Self

★ 7.3
BoJack Horseman 2014

Leonard Maltin (voice)

★ 8.5
That Guy Dick Miller 2014

Self

★ 7
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz 2013

Self

★ 10
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster 2013

Self

★ 7
The One and Only June Foray 2013

Self

★ NR
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess 2012

Himself

★ NR
Pablo 2012

Self

★ 6.9
Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation 2011

Himself

★ 5
Woody Allen: A Documentary 2011

Self

★ 6.8
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland 2011

★ NR
These Amazing Shadows 2011

Self

★ 7.4
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood 2010

Self

★ 4.7
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino 2010

Himself

★ 8.5
Maltin on Movies 2010

★ NR
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me 2009

Self

★ 7.2
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman 2009

Self

★ 7.5
Vittorio D. 2009

Self

★ 6.3
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year 2009

Self

★ 7.5
Dick Tracy Special 2009

Himself

★ 4
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story 2009

Self

★ 7.3
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached 2009

Himself

★ NR
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos 2009

Self

★ 6.3
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer 2009

Self

★ 6.5
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 2008

Himself

★ NR
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film 2008

Self

★ 6.9
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story 2008

Himself

★ 6
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood 2008

Self

★ 6.4
Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit 2007

Self

★ 9.8
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story 2007

Self

★ 7.7
Heckler 2007

Self

★ 5.9
Bloodsucking Cinema 2007

Self

★ 5
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk 2007

Self

★ 7
Searchers 2.0 2007

Film Critic

★ 6.2
The Pixar Story 2007

Self

★ 7.6
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 2007

Himself

★ NR
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein 2007

Self

★ 5
My Dad, Walt Disney 2006

★ NR
American Scary 2006

Himself

★ 7.6
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' 2006

Self

★ NR
The Sci-Fi Boys 2006

Self

★ 7
Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis 2005

★ NR
From Kansas City to Hollywood 2005

Self

★ 6
Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin 2005

Himself

★ NR
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War! 2005

Himself

★ 7
Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White 2005

Himself

★ 7
They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance' 2005

Himself

★ NR
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again 2005

Self / historian and film critic

★ NR
William Powell: A True Gentleman 2005

★ 7.5
Remembering Harold 2005

Himself

★ NR
The Man Behind the Duck 2004

Self

★ NR
It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’ 2004

Himself

★ NR
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin 2004

Leonard Maltin

★ 6
A Conversation with Roy Disney 2004

★ 10
The Voice Behind the Mouse 2004

Himself

★ NR
Mickey's Cartoon Comeback 2004

Himself

★ NR
A Conversation with Joe Grant 2004

Himself

★ NR
Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT 2004

Leonard Maltin

★ 7
Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter 2003

Himself

★ NR
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' 2003

Self

★ 8
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' 2003

Self

★ 8
Curtains for Roy Earle 2003

Self

★ NR
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes 2003

Himself

★ 6
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' 2003

Self

★ 6.5
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second 2003

Self

★ 5.2
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' 2003

Self, Film Historian

★ 6.5
Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night' 2003

Self

★ NR
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey 2002

Leonard Maltin

★ NR
Cinerama Adventure 2002

Self

★ 7.6
John Ford Goes to War 2002

Self - Interviewee

★ 5.7
The Crockett Craze 2001

★ 6
A Conversation with Fess Parker 2001

Host

★ NR
Celebrating Dumbo 2001

Self

★ NR
Drive-In Movie Memories 2001

★ 7.3
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored 2001

Self

★ 6.9
Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot' 2001

Self / Interviewer

★ 7
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin 2001

Narrator

★ 6.2
Songs of the Silly Symphonies 2001

★ 6
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature 2000

Self

★ 8
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued 2000

Himself

★ NR
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation 2000

Self

★ 6.8
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film 2000

Self

★ NR
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood 2000

Self

★ 7
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies 2000

Self

★ NR
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints 2000

Self

★ NR
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story 1999

Himself

★ 7.5
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl 1999

Self - Film Critic and Historian

★ 7.7
Keepers of the Frame 1999

Himself

★ 10
Junket Whore 1998

Self

★ NR
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane 1998

Self

★ 6
The Secrets of 007 1997

Self

★ 7.9
Forgotten Silver 1997

Self

★ 7.2
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' 1997

Self - Film Historian

★ NR
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' 1997

Self

★ 7
Frank Capra's American Dream 1997

Self (voice)

★ 6.2
E! True Hollywood Story 1996

★ 8.1
Freakazoid! 1995

Himself (voice)

★ 7.8
James Dean and Me 1995

Self (uncredited)

★ 8.7
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill 1994

Self

★ NR
Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada 1994

★ NR
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star 1993

Himself

★ NR
The Making of 'Rio Grande' 1993

Self

★ 5
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons 1992

Self

★ 10
The Magical World of Chuck Jones 1992

Self

★ 8
The Making of High Noon 1992

Self - Presenter

★ 6
The Making of 'The Quiet Man' 1992

Host

★ NR
Gremlins 2: The New Batch 1990

Leonard Maltin

★ 6.5
The Lost Stooges 1990

Himself

★ NR
Mystery Science Theater 3000 1989

Leonard Maltin

★ 7.7
Bugs and Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons 1989

Himself

★ 9
W.C. Fields: Straight Up 1986

Self

★ NR
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage 1985

Self

★ NR
The Making of the Stooges 1984

Self

★ NR
Davy Crockett 1954

DVD Release Host

★ 6.1