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

Self

Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music

Leonard Maltin

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Self

Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In

Self

Curtains for Roy Earle

Self

Forgotten Silver

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

Self

W.C. Fields: Straight Up

Self

Heckler

Self

Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane

Narrator

Cinema Finds Its Voice

Self

Pablo

Self

Only in Theaters

Self - Film Historian

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

Self

These Amazing Shadows

Self

Woody Allen: A Documentary

Narrator

Le cinéma inventé: les premières couleurs du cinéma

Self

The Sci-Fi Boys

Narrator

Le cinéma inventé: les premières couleurs du cinéma

Self

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

Self (Host)

Cartoon Camera

Self

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

Self

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

Self

8 Winds

Self, Film Historian

Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'

Himself

Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter

Self

Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'

Self

Bloodsucking Cinema

Self

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

Drive-In Movie Memories

Self

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

Self

Cinerama Adventure

Himself

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

Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

Self / Interviewer

Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'

A Conversation with Roy Disney

Self

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

Self

Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre

Himself

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

Self

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Self

The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Self

The Making of the Stooges

Self

That Guy Dick Miller

Host

A Conversation with Fess Parker

Self - Interviewee

John Ford Goes to War

Self

To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View

Himself

The Lost Stooges

Self

The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!

Self

Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage

Himself

Dick Tracy Special

Self

The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'

Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis

Songs of the Silly Symphonies

The Crockett Craze

Self

From Kansas City to Hollywood

Self

The Man Behind the Duck

Self

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Self - Interviewee

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

Himself

The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached

Self

Soundies: A Musical History

Self

Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt

Self

Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin

Himself

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story

Leonard Maltin

Frank and Ollie... and Mickey

Himself

The Voice Behind the Mouse

Himself

Mickey's Cartoon Comeback

Himself

Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star

Self

Junket Whore

Self

Fanarchy

Himself

A Conversation with Joe Grant

Self

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

Self

Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames

Himself

Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino

Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

Self

The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos

Self (uncredited)

James Dean and Me

Himself

American Scary

Self

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

Self

Celebrating Dumbo

Self

Vittorio D.

Self

This Is Bob Hope...

Self

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

William Powell: A True Gentleman

Self

Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

Leonard Maltin

Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT

Self

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

Self

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

Self

The Great Buster: A Celebration

Narrator

Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin

Himself

Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons

Self

A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'

Self - Presenter

The Making of High Noon

Himself

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs

Self

Notfilm

Himself

Carl Laemmle

Self

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

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Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman

Himself

Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation

Self

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

Self

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

Self (voice)

Frank Capra's American Dream

Himself

Keepers of the Frame

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The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

Self

The Pixar Story

Himself

The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued

Himself

Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace

Self

Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers

Himself

Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

Himself

Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

Self

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

Himself

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

Himself

Remembering Harold

Self

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

Self

The Making of 'Rio Grande'

Self

The One and Only June Foray

Self

Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives

Self

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

Self

Women He's Undressed

Himself

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

My Dad, Walt Disney

Himself

Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes

Self / historian and film critic

Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again

Self - Film Critic and Historian

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

Self

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

Self

The Secrets of 007

Self

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

Self

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

Himself

Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!

Self

Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons

Self

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

Self

Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me

Narrator

Le Mystère Méliès

Self

Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

Self

The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh

Self

Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer

Himself

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

Self

The Life and Times of Farmer Al

Self

1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!

Himself

Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story

Film Critic

Searchers 2.0

Host

The Making of 'The Quiet Man'

Self

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet

Self

The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi

Self

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years

Self

The Omen Legacy

Self

Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks

Self

Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood

Self

Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

148

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-12-18

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Leonard Michael Maltin