Michael Maltese
Writing
1908-02-06 · 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)
movieLittle Beau Pepé
as Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited) · 1952 · 6.7
movieA Hound for Trouble
as Customer (voice) · 1951 · 7.3
movieA Hare Grows in Manhattan
as Dog (voice) (uncredited) · 1947 · 6.2
movieRumors
as Soldier (voice) · 1943 · 7.1
movieWackiki Wabbit
as Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited) · 1943 · 6.7
movieThe Aristo-Cat
as Hubie (voice) · 1943 · 6.9
movieTortoise Wins by a Hare
as Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited) · 1943 · 7.0
movieThe Ducktators
as Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited) · 1942 · 6.3
movieWe, the Animals - Squeak!
as Leader Mouse (voice) · 1941 · 5.9
movieYou Ought to Be in Pictures
as Studio Guard (uncredited) · 1940 · 7.5