Leonard Michael Maltin is an American film critic, historian, and author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives. He has appeared in documentaries on the making of classic Disney animated films from the late 1930s to the late 1970s for the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection. He also appeared in the Walt Disney Treasures DVD featurettes and was an interviewee in The Age of Believing: The Disney Live-Action Classics. In addition, he hosted Treasures from the Disney Vault on Turner Classic Movies from 2014–2019. He is also the author of the book The Disney Films. A film critic that looks strikingly similar to him appears in the Bonkers episode "The Toon That Ate Hollywood".
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Leonard Maltin in the 1995 documentary The Mickey Mouse Club Story.
Leonard Maltin in You Can Fly!: The Making of Peter Pan.
Leonard Maltin in The Story Behind Fun and Fancy Free.
Leonard Maltin in The Jungle Book: The Making of a Musical Masterpiece.
Maltin in The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature.
Leonard Maltin speaks onstage at the 14th annual Hollywood Film Awards in October 2010.
Leonard Maltin attending the 40th annual Annie Awards in February 2013.
Leonard Maltin speaks at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con.
Leonard Maltin attending the 32nd annual Santa Barbara International Film Fest in February 2017.
Leonard Maltin attending the 25th annual Critics' Choice Awards in January 2020.
