Michael Maltese

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1908-02-06

Deathday 1981-02-22 (73 years old)

Place of Birth New York, New York, USA

Also Known As Mike Maltese, Michael Malteze

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]

Known For

Writer

1967
1966
1965
Tom-ic Energy

as Story

1965
Big Mouse-Take

as Writer

1965
Horse Shoo

as Writer

1964
Bear Hug

as Writer

1964
Elephantastic

as Writer

1964
Bear Knuckles

as Writer

1964
Raggedy Rug

as Writer

1964
Trouble Bruin

as Writer

1963
1963
Bear Up!

as Story

1963
Drum-Sticked

as Writer

1963
Habit Rabbit

as Writer

1962
1962
Swash Buckled

as Writer

1962
Bearly Able

as Writer

1961
Fee Fie Foes

as Writer

1961
1960
Horse Hare

as Story

1960
1960
1960
Trip for Tat

as Story

1960
High Note

as Story

1960
The Flintstones

as Writer

1959
Baton Bunny

as Story

1959
Wolf Hounded

as Story

1959
1959
1959
1958
1958
Cat Feud

as Story

1958
1957
1957
Boyhood Daze

as Story

1957
1957
1957
1957
Steal Wool

as Story

1957
Fox-Terror

as Writer

1956
1956
1956
1955
1955
1955
1955
Guided Muscle

as Story

1955
1955
1955
Flea for Two

as Writer

1955
Witch Crafty

as Story

1955
1954
1954
1954
1954
1954
No Barking

as Story

1954
1954
The Cats Bah

as Story

1954
1954
1954
1953
Duck Amuck

as Story

1953
1953
Kiss Me Cat

as Story

1953
1953
Zipping Along

as Story

1953
1953
Wild Over You

as Story

1953
1952
1952
1952
1952
1952
1952
1952
1952
Beep, Beep

as Writer

1951
Rabbit Fire

as Story

1951
Chow Hound

as Story

1951
1951
1951
Bunny Hugged

as Story

1951
1950
1950
8 Ball Bunny

as Story

1950
Homeless Hare

as Story

1950
1950
Two's a Crowd

as Story

1949
1949
1949
Rabbit Hood

as Story

1949
Frigid Hare

as Writer

1949
Bear Feat

as Writer

1949
1948
1948
1948
Scaredy Cat

as Story

1948
Kit for Cat

as Story

1948
1947
1947
1947
Tweetie Pie

as Story

1947
Slick Hare

as Story

1947
1947
1947
1947
1946
Baseball Bugs

as Story

1946
1946
1946
1945
1945
Herr Meets Hare

as Writer

1944
Angel Puss

as Story

1944
1943
Fin'n Catty

as Story

1943
1943
1942
Fresh Hare

as Story

1942
Aloha Hooey

as Story

1942
Crazy Cruise

as Story

1942
Foney Fables

as Story

1941
1941
1941
1941
Notes to You

as Story

1941
1941

Actor

1952
Little Beau Pepé

as Foreign Legion Singer (voice) (uncredited)

1951
A Hound for Trouble

as Customer (voice)

1947
A Hare Grows in Manhattan

as Dog (voice) (uncredited)

1943
Rumors

as Soldier (voice)

1943
Wackiki Wabbit

as Fat Castaway (voice) (uncredited)

1943
The Aristo-Cat

as Hubie (voice)

1943
Tortoise Wins by a Hare

as Various Rabbit Thugs (voice) (uncredited)

1942
The Ducktators

as Mussolini Duck (voice) (uncredited)

1941
We, the Animals - Squeak!

as Leader Mouse (voice)

1940
You Ought to Be in Pictures

as Studio Guard (uncredited)