Leonard Maltin
Acting Born Dec 18, 1950 New York City, New York, USA 191 credits
Biography
Leonard Maltin works in acting. Born December 18, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. Archytele tracks 191 screen credits across canonical film and television databases.
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Career timeline
Now, Irving Rapper
Stella Stevens: The Last StarletLong Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 FramesDrew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht BeltThe Life and Times of Farmer Al
100 Years of Warner Bros.Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms InTemple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Only in TheatersBoris Karloff: The Rest of the StorySplice Here: A Projected OdysseyTo Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View
8 WindsCinema Finds Its VoiceCinema's First ColorsThe Méliès Mystery
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
Carl LaemmleGoing Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie PalaceMaking Apes: The Artists Who Changed FilmZsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten TeppichsMax Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
Eli Roth's History of HorrorThe Great Buster: A CelebrationScandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
John G. Avildsen: King of the UnderdogsThis Is Bob Hope...Cartoon CameraStewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos
Women He's UndressedFanarchyMarsha Hunt's Sweet AdversityThe Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!Notfilm
BoJack HorsemanThat Guy Dick MillerThe True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
Drew: The Man Behind the PosterThe One and Only June ForayThe Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
PabloClara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
These Amazing ShadowsWoody Allen: A DocumentaryHarry Dean Stanton: Crossing MulhollandLost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of HollywoodDalí & Disney: A Date with DestinoMaltin on Movies
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of AmericaThe Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story1939: Hollywood's Greatest YearNo Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & VilmosVittorio D.
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster FilmThou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code HollywoodThe Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action ClassicsOut of the Inkwell: The Fleischer StoryBen Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood
The Pixar StoryHecklerBloodsucking CinemaSearchers 2.0Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Buy the Ticket, Take the RideAmerican ScaryThe Sci-Fi BoysTreasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'My Dad, Walt Disney
The Annie AwardsRemembering HaroldFrom Kansas City to HollywoodWilliam Powell: A True GentlemanThey Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance'
A Conversation with John Hench · WriterA Conversation with John Hench · ProducerThe Voice Behind the MouseThe Voice Behind the Mouse · WriterThe Voice Behind the Mouse · Producer
Sex at 24 Frames Per SecondCurtains for Roy EarleWelcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Studio TourJohn Ford Goes to WarCinerama AdventureAdded Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story · BookAdded Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story · Writer
Good Day LivePlayboy Mansion Parties UncensoredTopaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard MaltinDrive-In Movie MemoriesCelebrating Dumbo
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in AnimationMary Pickford: A Life on FilmThe Fantasia Legacy: The Concert FeatureWithout Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in HollywoodHollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" GirlKeepers of the FrameThe Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Junket WhoreMike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
The ViewFrank Capra's American DreamForgotten SilverThe Secrets of 007The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
Full Filmography
191 titles- Now, Irving Rapper (2026) as Self
- Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet (2025) as Self
- Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks (2025) as Self
- Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames (2024) as Self
- Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt (2024) as Self
- The Life and Times of Farmer Al (2024) as Self
- 100 Years of Warner Bros. (2023) as Self
- Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In (2023) as Self
- Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre (2023) as Self
- Only in Theaters (2022) as Self
- Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story (2022) as Self - Interviewee
- Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey (2022)
- To Kill a Mockingbird: All Points of View (2022) as Self
- 8 Winds (2021) as Self
- Cinema Finds Its Voice (2021) as Narrator
- Cinema's First Colors (2021) as Narrator
- The Méliès Mystery (2021) as Narrator
- Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! (2020) as Self
- Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives (2020) as Self
- Carl Laemmle (2019) as Himself
- Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace (2019) as Himself
- Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film (2019) as Self
- Zsa Zsa Gabor, Königin des roten Teppichs (2019) as Himself
- Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music (2019) as Self
- Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers (2019) as Self
- Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018) as Self
- The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018) as Self
- Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor (2018) as Himself
- John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017) as Self
- This Is Bob Hope... (2017) as Self
- Cartoon Camera (2017) as Self (Host)
- Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America (2017) as Self
- The Marx Brothers: Hollywood's Kings of Chaos (2016) as Self
- Women He's Undressed (2015) as Self
- Fanarchy (2015) as Self
- Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015) as Self
- The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! (2015) as Self
- Notfilm (2015) as Self
- BoJack Horseman (2014) as Leonard Maltin (voice)
- That Guy Dick Miller (2014) as Self
- The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh (2014) as Self
- Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (2013) as Self
- The One and Only June Foray (2013) as Self
- The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2013) as Self
- Pablo (2012) as Self
- Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess (2012) as Himself
- These Amazing Shadows (2011) as Self
- Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011) as Self
- Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland (2011)
- Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation (2011) as Himself
- Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010) as Self
- Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino (2010) as Self
- Maltin on Movies (2010)
- Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009) as Self - Film Critic and Historian
- The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009) as Self
- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009) as Self
- No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2009) as Self
- Vittorio D. (2009) as Self
- Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009) as Self
- Dick Tracy Special (2009) as Himself
- Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009) as Self
- The Making of 'Pinocchio': No Strings Attached (2009) as Self
- Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman (2009) as Self
- The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi (2009) as Self
- Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008) as Self
- Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) as Self
- The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008) as Self
- Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story (2008) as Himself
- Ben Hecht: Shakespeare of Hollywood (2008) as Self
- Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1921-1930 (2008) as Self
- The Pixar Story (2007) as Self
- Heckler (2007) as Self
- Bloodsucking Cinema (2007) as Self
- Searchers 2.0 (2007) as Film Critic
- Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) as Self
- Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein (2007) as Self
- The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007) as Self
- Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 (2007) as Himself
- Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride (2006) as Self
- American Scary (2006) as Himself
- The Sci-Fi Boys (2006) as Self
- Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' (2006) as Self
- My Dad, Walt Disney (2006)
- The Annie Awards (2005) as Self - Host
- Remembering Harold (2005) as Himself
- From Kansas City to Hollywood (2005) as Self
- William Powell: A True Gentleman (2005)
- They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance' (2005) as Himself
- Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again (2005) as Self / historian and film critic
- Alice's Cartoon World: An Interview with Virginia Davis (2005)
- A Conversation with John Hench (2004) Writer
- A Conversation with John Hench (2004) Producer
- The Voice Behind the Mouse (2004) as Himself
- The Voice Behind the Mouse (2004) Writer
- The Voice Behind the Mouse (2004) Producer
- A Conversation with Joe Grant (2004) as Himself
- A Conversation with Joe Grant (2004) Screenplay
- A Conversation with Joe Grant (2004) Producer
- The Man Behind the Duck (2004) as Self
- The Man Behind the Duck (2004) Writer
- The Man Behind the Duck (2004) Producer
- Mickey's Cartoon Comeback (2004) as Himself
- Mickey's Cartoon Comeback (2004) Writer
- Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin (2004) as Self
- A Conversation with Roy Disney (2004)
- Marty Sklar, Walt, and EPCOT (2004) as Leonard Maltin
- Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) as Self
- Curtains for Roy Earle (2003) as Self
- Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (2003) as Self, Film Historian
- Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night' (2003) as Self
- Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (2003) as Self
- Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2003) as Self
- A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' (2003) as Self
- Bob Hope: The Road to Laughter (2003) as Himself
- Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' (2003) as Self
- Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003) as Himself
- Studio Tour (2002) as self
- John Ford Goes to War (2002) as Self - Interviewee
- Cinerama Adventure (2002) as Self
- Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002) Book
- Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002) Writer
- Frank and Ollie... and Mickey (2002) as Leonard Maltin
- Good Day Live (2001) as Self
- Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored (2001) as Self
- Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin (2001) as Narrator
- Drive-In Movie Memories (2001)
- Celebrating Dumbo (2001) as Self
- The Omen Legacy (2001) as Self
- A Conversation with Fess Parker (2001) as Host
- Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot' (2001) as Self / Interviewer
- Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot' (2001) Thanks
- Songs of the Silly Symphonies (2001)
- The Crockett Craze (2001)
- Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000) as Self
- Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (2000) as Self
- The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature (2000) as Self
- Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000) as Self
- Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints (2000) as Self
- Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (2000) as Self
- The Fantasia Legacy: Fantasia Continued (2000) as Self
- Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl (1999) as Self - Film Critic and Historian
- Keepers of the Frame (1999) as Himself
- The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999) as Himself
- Junket Whore (1998) as Self
- Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane (1998) as Self
- The View (1997) as Self
- Frank Capra's American Dream (1997) as Self (voice)
- Forgotten Silver (1997) as Self
- The Secrets of 007 (1997) as Self
- The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' (1997) as Self
- Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book': The Making of a Musical Masterpiece (1997) as Self
- Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' (1997) as Self - Film Historian
- Arli$$ (1996) as Leonard Maltin
- E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
- Freakazoid! (1995) as Himself (voice)
- James Dean and Me (1995) as Self (uncredited)
- Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the Film Board of Canada (1994)
- Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill (1994) as Self
- Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory (1993) as Host
- Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory (1993) Writer
- The Making of 'Rio Grande' (1993) as Self
- The Making of 'Rio Grande' (1993) Writer
- The Making of 'Rio Grande' (1993) Executive Producer
- Young Duke: Making Of A Movie Star (1993) as Himself
- The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992) as Self
- The Making of High Noon (1992) as Self - Presenter
- The Making of High Noon (1992) Writer
- The Making of High Noon (1992) Producer
- Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons (1992) as Self
- Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons (1992) Producer
- Cartoon Madness: The Fantastic Max Fleischer Cartoons (1992) Writer
- The Making of 'The Quiet Man' (1992) as Host
- The Making of 'The Quiet Man' (1992) Writer
- The Making of 'The Quiet Man' (1992) Producer
- Fantasia: The Making of a Masterpiece (1991) Writer
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) as Leonard Maltin
- The Lost Stooges (1990) as Self
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1989) as Leonard Maltin
- Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons (1989) as Himself
- W.C. Fields: Straight Up (1986) as Self
- Reflecting Thought: Stan Brakhage (1985) as Self
- Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984) Associate Producer
- The Making of the Stooges (1984) as Self
- Entertainment Tonight (1981)
- Entertainment Tonight (1981) as Self
- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- Omnibus (1967)
- Davy Crockett (1954) as DVD Release Host
- Animators At Play (1930) as Narrator
- The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors as Narrator
- Movie Maniacs: Leonard Maltin on the Columbia Three Stooges Shorts as Himself
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Leonard Maltin best known for?
Leonard Maltin is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including 100 Years of Warner Bros. (2023), BoJack Horseman (2014), Joe (1970), Cash on Demand (1961).
When and where was Leonard Maltin born?
Leonard Maltin was born on December 18, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA.
How many credits does Leonard Maltin have?
Leonard Maltin has accumulated over 191 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1930 to 2026.
What is Leonard Maltin's background in cinema and television?
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 publi...
Leonard Maltin by the numbers
191credits
173films
18TV series
1930–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- BoJack Horseman (2014) as Leonard Maltin (voice) — aged about 63
- Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) as Self — aged about 56
- Freakazoid! (1995) as Himself (voice) — aged about 44
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1989) as Leonard Maltin — aged about 38
- 100 Years of Warner Bros. (2023) as Self — aged about 72
- Omnibus (1967) — aged about 16
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