Leonard Maltin
Acting
Born December 18, 1950
From New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Leonard Michael 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 Gu...
Filmography
Now, Irving Rapper
Self
2026
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
Self
2025
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
Self
20258.0
The Life and Times of Farmer Al
Self
2024
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
Self
20248.0
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt
Self
2024
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Self
20236.2
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In
Self
20236.0
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
20228.0
Only in Theaters
Self
20224.2
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Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Self - Interviewee
202210.0
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
Self
2022
Cinema's First Colors
Narrator
2021
Cinema Finds Its Voice
Narrator
20217.0
8 Winds
Self
20214.0
The Méliès Mystery
Narrator
20216.9
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
Self
20208.0
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
Self
20207.1
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers
Self
20198.4
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
Self
20197.6
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
Himself
20196.3
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs
Himself
20196.0
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Self
20196.8
Carl Laemmle
Himself
20194.0
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Self
20187.2
Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
Himself
20184.4
This Is Bob Hope...
Self
20178.0
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Self
20176.0
Cartoon Camera
Self (Host)
2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Self
20176.7
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos
Self
20167.2
Notfilm
Self
20155.0
Fanarchy
Self
20156.0
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
Self
2015
Women He's Undressed
Self
20155.4
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The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
Self
2015
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
Self
20147.3
That Guy Dick Miller
Self
20147.0
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Self
201310.0
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Self
20137.0
The One and Only June Foray
Self
2013
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Himself
2012
Pablo
Self
20126.9
Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
Himself
20115.0
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
20116.9
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Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
These Amazing Shadows
Self
20117.4
Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino
Self
20108.5
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Self
20097.2
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
Self
20097.5
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The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi
Self
2009
Vittorio D.
Self
20096.3
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self
20097.5
Dick Tracy Special
Himself
20094.0
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Self
20097.3
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached
Self
2009
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Self
20095.6
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Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer
Self
20096.5
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
Self
20087.0
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930
Self
2008
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self
20086.9
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story
Himself
20087.0
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Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood
Self
2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Self
20086.1
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self
20077.8
Heckler
Self
20075.9
Bloodsucking Cinema
Self
20075.7
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The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Self
20077.0
Searchers 2.0
Film Critic
20076.2
The Pixar Story
Self
20077.5
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
Himself
2007
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein
Self
20075.0
My Dad, Walt Disney
2006
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Self
20067.2
American Scary
Himself
20067.5
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Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
Self
2006
The Sci-Fi Boys
Self
20067.0
Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis
2005
From Kansas City to Hollywood
Self
20056.0
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They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'
Himself
2005
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Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
Self / historian and film critic
200510.0
William Powell: A True Gentleman
20057.5
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Remembering Harold
Himself
2005
The Man Behind the Duck
Self
200410.0
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
Self
20046.0
A Conversation with Roy Disney
20048.5
The Voice Behind the Mouse
Himself
20049.0
Mickey's Cartoon Comeback
Himself
20049.0
A Conversation with Joe Grant
Himself
20049.0
Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT
Leonard Maltin
20047.0
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
Self
20036.3
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Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter
Himself
20038.0
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
Self
20038.0
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'
Self
20038.0
Curtains for Roy Earle
Self
2003
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
Himself
20038.0
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Self
20037.4
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Self
20035.3
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
Self, Film Historian
20037.0
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Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'
Self
2003
Frank and Ollie... and Mickey
Leonard Maltin
20029.0
Studio Tour
self
20026.0
Cinerama Adventure
Self
20027.7
John Ford Goes to War
Self - Interviewee
20025.5
The Crockett Craze
20016.5
A Conversation with Fess Parker
Host
20018.0
The Omen Legacy
Self
20017.0
Celebrating Dumbo
Self
200110.0
Drive-In Movie Memories
20018.0
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Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Self
20016.1
Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'
Self / Interviewer
20018.0
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin
Narrator
20016.6
Songs of the Silly Symphonies
20016.3
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Self
20008.0
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued
Self
2000
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Self
20007.0
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Self
20007.0
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
Self
20007.7
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
Self
20009.0
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Self
20009.0
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Himself
19997.8
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Self - Film Critic and Historian
19998.3
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Keepers of the Frame
Himself
199910.0
Junket Whore
Self
19985.0
Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
Self
19986.0
The Secrets of 007
Self
19977.9
Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece
Self
19978.0
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
Self - Film Historian
199710.0
Forgotten Silver
Self
19977.2
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (voice)
19976.3
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
Self
19977.3
James Dean and Me
Self (uncredited)
19958.8
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
Self
1994
Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada
1994
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Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star
Himself
1993
The Making of 'Rio Grande'
Self
19935.0
Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory
Host
1993
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons
Self
199210.0
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Self
19928.0
The Making of High Noon
Self - Presenter
19926.7
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The Making of 'The Quiet Man'
Host
199210.0
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Leonard Maltin
19906.5
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The Lost Stooges
Self
19909.0
Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons
Himself
19898.7
W.C. Fields: Straight Up
Self
19869.0
Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage
Self
1985
The Making of the Stooges
Self
19849.0
Animators At Play
Narrator
1930
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The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors
Narrator
N/A
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Movie Maniacs: Leonard Maltin on the Columbia Three Stooges Shorts
Himself
N/A