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Leonard Maltin
Known for Gremlins 2: The New Batch · BoJack Horseman · The Pixar Story
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,…
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- Born
- Dec 18, 1950
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
- Known For
- Acting
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.
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Known For
MOVIE
Gremlins 2: The New BatchLeonard Maltin · 1990
★ 6.5
★ 6.5
TV
BoJack HorsemanLeonard Maltin (voice) · 2014
★ 8.5
★ 8.5
MOVIE
The Pixar StorySelf · 2007
★ 7.5
★ 7.5
TV
Freakazoid!Himself (voice) · 1995
★ 7.8
★ 7.8
TV
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 1993
★ 7.3
★ 7.3
TV
The ViewSelf · 1997
★ 4.3
★ 4.3
TV
E! True Hollywood Story1 eps · 1996
★ 8.1
★ 8.1
MOVIE
The Great Buster: A CelebrationSelf · 2018
★ 7.2
★ 7.2
Filmography
Movies
Animators At PlayNarrator
1930
Going Hollywood: The '30sAssociate Producer
1984
The Making of the StoogesSelf
1984
Reflecting Thought: Stan BrakhageSelf
1985
W.C. Fields: Straight UpSelf
1986
Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime CartoonsHimself
1989
Gremlins 2: The New BatchLeonard Maltin
1990TL
The Lost StoogesSelf
1990
Fantasia: The Making of a MasterpieceWriter
1991
Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer CartoonsSelf
1992Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer CartoonsProducer
1992Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer CartoonsWriter
1992
The Magical World of Chuck JonesSelf
1992TM
The Making of 'The Quiet Man'Host
1992TM
The Making of 'The Quiet Man'Writer
1992TM
The Making of 'The Quiet Man'Producer
1992
The Making of High NoonSelf - Presenter
1992The Making of High NoonWriter
1992The Making of High NoonProducer
1992
Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill FactoryHost
1993Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill FactoryWriter
1993
The Making of 'Rio Grande'Self
1993The Making of 'Rio Grande'Executive Producer
1993The Making of 'Rio Grande'Writer
1993YD
Young Duke: Making Of A Movie StarHimself
1993
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could KillSelf
1994
Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada
1994
James Dean and MeSelf (uncredited)
1995
Forgotten SilverSelf
1997
Frank Capra's American DreamSelf (voice)
1997
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'Self - Film Historian
1997
The Secrets of 007Self
1997
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'Self
1997
Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical MasterpieceSelf
1997
Junket WhoreSelf
1998
Mike Hammer's Mickey SpillaneSelf
1998
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" GirlSelf - Film Critic and Historian
1999KO
Keepers of the FrameHimself
1999
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks StoryHimself
1999
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in AnimationSelf
2000
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre FootprintsSelf
2000
Howard Hughes: His Women and His MoviesSelf
2000
Mary Pickford: A Life on FilmSelf
2000
The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia ContinuedSelf
2000
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert FeatureSelf
2000
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in HollywoodSelf
2000
A Conversation with Fess ParkerHost
2001
Celebrating DumboSelf
2001
Drive-In Movie Memories
2001PM
Playboy Mansion Parties UncensoredSelf
2001
Songs of the Silly Symphonies
2001The Crockett Craze
2001
The Omen LegacySelf
2001
Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'Self / Interviewer
2001Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'Thanks
2001
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard MaltinNarrator
2001
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts StoryBook
2002Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts StoryWriter
2002
Cinerama AdventureSelf
2002
Frank and Ollie... and MickeyLeonard Maltin
2002
John Ford Goes to WarSelf - Interviewee
2002
Studio Tourself
2002
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'Self
2003BH
Bob Hope: The Road to LaughterHimself
2003
Curtains for Roy EarleSelf
2003
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'Self
2003DH
Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'Self
2003
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'Self
2003
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney TunesHimself
2003
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per SecondSelf
2003
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster YearsSelf
2003
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'Self, Film Historian
2003
A Conversation with Joe GrantHimself
2004A Conversation with Joe GrantScreenplay
2004A Conversation with Joe GrantProducer
2004
A Conversation with John HenchProducer
2004A Conversation with John HenchWriter
2004
A Conversation with Roy Disney
2004
Diamond in the Rough: The Making of AladdinSelf
2004
Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOTLeonard Maltin
2004
Mickey's Cartoon ComebackHimself
2004Mickey's Cartoon ComebackWriter
2004
The Man Behind the DuckSelf
2004The Man Behind the DuckWriter
2004The Man Behind the DuckProducer
2004The Voice Behind the MouseHimself
2004The Voice Behind the MouseWriter
2004The Voice Behind the MouseProducer
2004
Alias Nick and NoraSelf
2005
Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis
2005
From Kansas City to HollywoodSelf
2005RH
Remembering HaroldHimself
2005RA
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together AgainSelf / historian and film critic
2005TC
They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'Himself
2005
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
American ScaryHimself
2006
Buy the Ticket, Take the RideSelf
2006
My Dad, Walt Disney
2006PM
Preserve Me a SeatSelf
2006
The Sci-Fi BoysSelf
2006TU
Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'Self
2006
Bloodsucking CinemaSelf
2007
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920Himself
2007
HecklerSelf
2007
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael FeinsteinSelf
2007
Spine Tingler! The William Castle StorySelf
2007TD
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to TalkSelf
2007
The Pixar StorySelf
2007BH
Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of HollywoodSelf
2008
Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930Self
2008
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer StoryHimself
2008
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster FilmSelf
2008
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action ClassicsSelf
2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code HollywoodSelf
2008
1939: Hollywood's Greatest YearSelf
2009CA
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie TrailerSelf
2009
Dick Tracy SpecialHimself
2009
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on MeSelf
2009
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & VilmosSelf
2009TA
The Anatomy of Vince GuaraldiSelf
2009
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' StorySelf
2009
The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings AttachedSelf
2009
Victor Fleming: Master CraftsmanSelf
2009
Vittorio D.Self
2009
Dalí & Disney: A Date with DestinoSelf
2010
Searchers 2.0Film Critic
2010HD
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
Lost Forever: The Art of Film PreservationHimself
2011
These Amazing ShadowsSelf
2011
Woody Allen: A DocumentarySelf
2011
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen GoddessHimself
2012
PabloSelf
2012
Drew: The Man Behind the PosterSelf
2013
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of OzSelf
2013
The One and Only June ForaySelf
2013
That Guy Dick MillerSelf
2014
The True Adventures of Raoul WalshSelf
2014
FanarchySelf
2015
Marsha Hunt's Sweet AdversitySelf
2015
NotfilmSelf
2015TT
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!Self
2015
Women He's UndressedSelf
2015
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of ChaosSelf
2016
Cartoon CameraSelf (Host)
2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the UnderdogsSelf
2017
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of AmericaSelf
2017
This Is Bob Hope...Self
2017
Scandal: The Trial of Mary AstorHimself
2018
The Great Buster: A CelebrationSelf
2018
Carl LaemmleHimself
2019
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie PalaceHimself
2019
Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer CinematographersSelf
2019
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed FilmSelf
2019
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie MusicSelf
2019
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten TeppichsHimself
2019
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney ArchivesSelf
2020
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!Self
2020
8 WindsSelf
2021
Cinema Finds Its VoiceNarrator
2021
Cinema's First ColorsNarrator
2021
The Méliès MysteryNarrator
2021BK
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the StorySelf - Interviewee
2022
Only in TheatersSelf
2022
Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey
2022
To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of ViewSelf
2022
Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms InSelf
2023
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian TheatreSelf
2023
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 FramesSelf
2024
Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht BeltSelf
2024
The Life and Times of Farmer AlSelf
2024
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael ParksSelf
2025
Stella Stevens: The Last StarletSelf
2025
Now, Irving RapperSelf
2026
Monty and the MoviesSelf
TI
The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First ColorsNarrator
Television
Davy CrockettDVD Release Host
1954
Omnibus1 eps
1967
The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest · 1 eps
1968
Entertainment Tonight
1981Entertainment TonightSelf · 1 eps
1981
Mystery Science Theater 3000Leonard Maltin · 1 eps
1989
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 1 eps
1993
Freakazoid!Himself (voice) · 1 eps
1995
Arli$$Leonard Maltin · 1 eps
1996
E! True Hollywood Story1 eps
1996E! True Hollywood StorySelf · 1 eps
1996
The ViewSelf · 1 eps
1997
Good Day LiveSelf · 5 eps
2001
The Annie AwardsSelf - Host · 1 eps
2005
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of AmericaSelf - Film Critic and Historian · 6 eps
2009MO
Maltin on Movies1 eps
2010
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of HollywoodSelf · 7 eps
2010
BoJack HorsemanLeonard Maltin (voice) · 1 eps
2014
Eli Roth's History of HorrorSelf · 4 eps
2018
100 Years of Warner Bros.Self · 3 eps
2023Photos
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