Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Birthdate
1908-02-06
Day of Death
1981-02-22
Place of Birth
New York, New York, USA
Michael Maltese
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)
⭐ 6.7
Role:
Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Little Beau Pepé
1952
⭐ 7.3
Role:
Customer (voice)
A Hound for Trouble
1951
⭐ 6.2
Role:
Dog (voice) (uncredited)
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
1947
⭐ 7.1
Role:
Soldier (voice)
Rumors
1943
⭐ 6.7
Role:
Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)
Wackiki Wabbit
1943
⭐ 6.9
Role:
Hubie (voice)
The Aristo-Cat
1943
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
1943
⭐ 6.3
Role:
Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)
The Ducktators
1942
⭐ 5.9
Role:
Leader Mouse (voice)
We, the Animals - Squeak!
1941
⭐ 7.5
Role:
Studio Guard (uncredited)