Michael Maltese
Writing • Born 1908-02-06 – Died 1981-02-22
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]
Filmography
10 credits
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
Movie • 1947
Dog (voice) (uncredited)
Wackiki Wabbit
Movie • 1943
Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
You Ought to Be in Pictures
Movie • 1940
Studio Guard (uncredited)
Rumors
Movie • 1943
Soldier (voice)
We, the Animals - Squeak!
Movie • 1941
Leader Mouse (voice)
A Hound for Trouble
Movie • 1951
Customer (voice)
The Ducktators
Movie • 1942
Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
The Aristo-Cat
Movie • 1943
Hubie (voice)
Little Beau Pepé
Movie • 1952
Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
Movie • 1943
Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)