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Michael Maltese

Michael Maltese

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]

Born

Feb 06, 1908

New York, New York, USA

Died

Feb 22, 1981

Known For

Writing

Movies

12 acting

187 crew

Popularity

0.7

Rumors
Rumors
1943 • as Soldier (voice)
★ 7.1
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
1947 • as Dog (voice) (uncredited)
★ 6.4
Chuck Amuck: The Movie
Chuck Amuck: The Movie
1991 • as Himself
★ 6.4
You Ought to Be in Pictures
You Ought to Be in Pictures
1940 • as Studio Guard (uncredited)
★ 7.5
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
1943 • as Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
★ 7.1
A Hound for Trouble
A Hound for Trouble
1951 • as Customer (voice)
★ 7.3
Little Beau Pepé
Little Beau Pepé
1952 • as Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
★ 6.7
We, the Animals - Squeak!
We, the Animals - Squeak!
1941 • as Leader Mouse (voice)
★ 5.9
A Feather in His Hare
A Feather in His Hare
1948 • as Indian (voice)
★ 5.9
The Aristo-Cat
The Aristo-Cat
1943 • as Hubie (voice)
★ 6.9
The Ducktators
The Ducktators
1942 • as Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Wackiki Wabbit
Wackiki Wabbit
1943 • as Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
★ 6.8