Michael Maltese

Michael Maltese

Writing

Born 1908-02-06 · New York, New York, USA · Died 1981-02-22

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]

Acting

Little Beau Pepé

Little Beau Pepé

Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)

A Hound for Trouble

A Hound for Trouble

Customer (voice)

A Hare Grows in Manhattan

A Hare Grows in Manhattan

Dog (voice) (uncredited)

Rumors

Rumors

Soldier (voice)

Wackiki Wabbit

Wackiki Wabbit

Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)

The Aristo-Cat

The Aristo-Cat

Hubie (voice)

Tortoise Wins by a Hare

Tortoise Wins by a Hare

Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)

The Ducktators

The Ducktators

Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)

We, the Animals - Squeak!

We, the Animals - Squeak!

Leader Mouse (voice)

You Ought to Be in Pictures

You Ought to Be in Pictures

Studio Guard (uncredited)

Crew