Michael Maltese

Michael Maltese

Writing • Born 1908-02-06 • New York, New York, USA

Michael Maltese (February 6, 1908 – February 22, 1981) was an American story man for classic animated cartoon shorts. He is best known for working in the 1950s on a series of Merrie Melodies cartoons with director Chuck Jones. This collaboration produced many highly acclaimed animated shorts, including 4 of the top 5 "greatest cartoons" as judged by 1000 animation professionals; "What's Opera, Doc?" tops this list as the best animated short of all time. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

Filmography

Rumors 7.0
Rumors
1943 • Soldier (voice)
The Aristo-Cat 6.7
The Aristo-Cat
1943 • Hubie (voice)
You Ought to Be in Pictures 7.5
You Ought to Be in Pictures
1940 • Studio Guard (uncredited)
Tortoise Wins by a Hare 6.9
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
1943 • Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
A Hound for Trouble 7.0
A Hound for Trouble
1951 • Customer (voice)
Little Beau Pepé 6.7
Little Beau Pepé
1952 • Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
We, the Animals - Squeak! 5.8
We, the Animals - Squeak!
1941 • Leader Mouse (voice)
Wackiki Wabbit 6.7
Wackiki Wabbit
1943 • Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
The Ducktators 6.2
The Ducktators
1942 • Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
A Hare Grows in Manhattan 6.1
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
1947 • Dog (voice) (uncredited)
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