Michael Maltese

Known for: Writing

Born: 1908-02-06 – 1981-02-22 (aged 73)

From: 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 (10)

MOVIE★ 6.7
Little Beau Pepé
1952
as Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.3
A Hound for Trouble
1951
as Customer (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
1947
as Dog (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.1
Rumors
1943
as Soldier (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Wackiki Wabbit
1943
as Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Aristo-Cat
1943
as Hubie (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.1
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
1943
as Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Ducktators
1942
as Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.9
We, the Animals - Squeak!
1941
as Leader Mouse (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.5
You Ought to Be in Pictures
1940
as Studio Guard (uncredited)