Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin

Acting

Born December 18, 1950 · 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…

Known for

The View

The View

1997

BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman

2014

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

Good Day Live

2001

Omnibus

Omnibus

1967

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

Mystery Science Theater 3000

Mystery Science Theater 3000

1989

Arli$$

Arli$$

1996

Acting(170)

2026Now, Irving RapperSelf

2025Stella Stevens: The Last StarletSelf

2025Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael ParksSelf

2024The Life and Times of Farmer AlSelf

2024Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 FramesSelf

2024Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht BeltSelf

2023Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian TheatreSelf

2023100 Years of Warner Bros.Self

2023Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms InSelf

2022Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

2022Only in TheatersSelf

2022Boris Karloff: The Rest of the StorySelf - Interviewee

2022To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of ViewSelf

2021Cinema's First ColorsNarrator

2021Cinema Finds Its VoiceNarrator

20218 WindsSelf

2021The Méliès MysteryNarrator

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

2020Adventure Thru the Walt Disney ArchivesSelf

2019Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer CinematographersSelf

2019Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie MusicSelf

2019Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie PalaceHimself

2019Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten TeppichsHimself

2019Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed FilmSelf

2019Carl LaemmleHimself

2018Eli Roth's History of HorrorSelf

2018The Great Buster: A CelebrationSelf

2018Scandal: The Trial of Mary AstorHimself

2017This Is Bob Hope...Self

2017Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of AmericaSelf

2017Cartoon CameraSelf (Host)

2017John G. Avildsen: King of the UnderdogsSelf

2016The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of ChaosSelf

2015NotfilmSelf

2015FanarchySelf

2015Marsha Hunt's Sweet AdversitySelf

2015Women He's UndressedSelf

2015The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!Self

2014The True Adventures of Raoul WalshSelf

2014BoJack HorsemanLeonard Maltin (voice)

2014That Guy Dick MillerSelf

2013The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of OzSelf

2013Drew: The Man Behind the PosterSelf

2013The One and Only June ForaySelf

2012Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen GoddessHimself

2011Lost Forever: The Art of Film PreservationHimself

2011Woody Allen: A DocumentarySelf

2011Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

2011These Amazing ShadowsSelf

2010Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of HollywoodSelf

2010Dalí & Disney: A Date with DestinoSelf

2010Maltin on Movies

2009Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on MeSelf

2009Victor Fleming: Master CraftsmanSelf

2009The Anatomy of Vince GuaraldiSelf

2009Vittorio D.Self

20091939: Hollywood's Greatest YearSelf

2009Dick Tracy SpecialHimself

2009The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' StorySelf

2009The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings AttachedSelf

2009Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of AmericaSelf - Film Critic and Historian

2009No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & VilmosSelf

2009Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie TrailerSelf

2008The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action ClassicsSelf

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

2008Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster FilmSelf

2008Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer StoryHimself

2008Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of HollywoodSelf

2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code HollywoodSelf

2007Spine Tingler! The William Castle StorySelf

2007HecklerSelf

2007Bloodsucking CinemaSelf

2007The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to TalkSelf

2007Searchers 2.0Film Critic

2007The Pixar StorySelf

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

2007Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael FeinsteinSelf

2006My Dad, Walt Disney

2006Buy the Ticket, Take the RideSelf

2006American ScaryHimself

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

2006The Sci-Fi BoysSelf

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

2005From Kansas City to HollywoodSelf

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

2005Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together AgainSelf / historian and film critic

2005William Powell: A True Gentleman

2005Alias Nick and NoraSelf

2005The Annie AwardsSelf - Host

2005Remembering HaroldHimself

2004The Man Behind the DuckSelf

2004Diamond in the Rough: The Making of AladdinSelf

2004A Conversation with Roy Disney

2004The Voice Behind the MouseHimself

2004Mickey's Cartoon ComebackHimself

2004A Conversation with Joe GrantHimself

2004Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOTLeonard Maltin

2003Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster YearsSelf

2003Bob Hope: The Road to LaughterHimself

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

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

2003Curtains for Roy EarleSelf

2003Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney TunesHimself

2003Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'Self

2003Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per SecondSelf

2003Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'Self, Film Historian

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

2002Frank and Ollie... and MickeyLeonard Maltin

2002Studio Tourself

2002Cinerama AdventureSelf

2002John Ford Goes to WarSelf - Interviewee

2001The Crockett Craze

2001A Conversation with Fess ParkerHost

2001The Omen LegacySelf

2001Celebrating DumboSelf

2001Good Day LiveSelf

2001Drive-In Movie Memories

2001Playboy Mansion Parties UncensoredSelf

2001Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'Self / Interviewer

2001Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard MaltinNarrator

2001Songs of the Silly Symphonies

2000The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert FeatureSelf

2000The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia ContinuedSelf

2000Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in AnimationSelf

2000Mary Pickford: A Life on FilmSelf

2000Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in HollywoodSelf

2000Howard Hughes: His Women and His MoviesSelf

2000Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre FootprintsSelf

1999The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks StoryHimself

1999Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" GirlSelf - Film Critic and Historian

1999Keepers of the FrameHimself

1998Junket WhoreSelf

1998Mike Hammer's Mickey SpillaneSelf

1997The Secrets of 007Self

1997Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical MasterpieceSelf

1997Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'Self - Film Historian

1997Forgotten SilverSelf

1997The ViewSelf

1997Frank Capra's American DreamSelf (voice)

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

1996E! True Hollywood Story

1996Arli$$Leonard Maltin

1995Freakazoid!Himself (voice)

1995James Dean and MeSelf (uncredited)

1994Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could KillSelf

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

1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest

1993Young Duke: Making Of A Movie StarHimself

1993The Making of 'Rio Grande'Self

1993Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill FactoryHost

1992Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer CartoonsSelf

1992The Magical World of Chuck JonesSelf

1992The Making of High NoonSelf - Presenter

1992The Making of 'The Quiet Man'Host

1990Gremlins 2: The New BatchLeonard Maltin

1990The Lost StoogesSelf

1989Mystery Science Theater 3000Leonard Maltin

1989Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime CartoonsHimself

1986W.C. Fields: Straight UpSelf

1985Reflecting Thought: Stan BrakhageSelf

1984The Making of the StoogesSelf

1981Entertainment Tonight

1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest

1954Davy CrockettDVD Release Host

1930Animators At PlayNarrator

The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First ColorsNarrator

Movie Maniacs: Leonard Maltin on the Columbia Three Stooges ShortsHimself

Monty and the MoviesSelf