Michael Maltese
Known for
Writing
Life
1908 – 1981 (aged 73)
Born in
New York, New York, USA
Credits
View on IMDb10 acting credits
Biography
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]
Known For
You Ought to Be in Pictures
18 May 1940
The Ducktators
01 Aug 1942
Wackiki Wabbit
03 Jul 1943
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
20 Feb 1943
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
22 Mar 1947
Little Beau Pepé
28 Mar 1952
The Aristo-Cat
18 Jun 1943
Rumors
01 Dec 1943
Filmography
1952
- Little Beau Pepéas Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
1951
- A Hound for Troubleas Customer (voice)
1947
- A Hare Grows in Manhattanas Dog (voice) (uncredited)
1943
- Rumorsas Soldier (voice)
- Wackiki Wabbitas Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
- The Aristo-Catas Hubie (voice)
- Tortoise Wins by a Hareas Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
1942
- The Ducktatorsas Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
1941
- We, the Animals - Squeak!as Leader Mouse (voice)
1940
- You Ought to Be in Picturesas Studio Guard (uncredited)